BREAKING: China To Hold live fire drills in a threat to Japan over Disputed Islands July 10-15

Japan’s plan to buy the disputed Tiaoyutai island group in the East China Sea has provoked a Chinese announcement that it will stage a maritime live ammunition exercise July 10-15, according to local media reports.

In Taiwan, President Ma Ying-jeou said Saturday that there will be no concessions on the nation’s sovereignty over the Tiaoyutai islands.

After Japan announced plans to purchase the island chain from its private owners by the end [...]

Silver Will Be In A Severe Supply Shortage By August 2012

Guest Post, by AGXIIK

Silver Will Be in a Severe Supply Shortage by August 2012

Placing my a** hat on the table in front of me, I predict that silver will go into a severe supply shortage by August 2012 or sooner.
Why?
Greek sort of got bailed out, leaving the price of silver to float upwards as opposed to downward should central banks and private owners need to dump PMs to get liquidity.
Absorption of [...]

Hours Ahead Of Monday’s Euro FinMin Meeting There Is No Greek Deal; IIF “Remains Hopeful”

But wait, we thought Greece and the ECB had an upper hand? Wouldn’t they exercise said upper hand by now, considering its now 9pm in Greece on a Sunday, the day before the critical European finmin meeting by which point the Greek deal was supposed to be in place?

From Reuters:

Greece’s private creditors are working closely with Athens on a debt swap deal, their chief negotiator said on Sunday, adding that he was confident [...]

Money, its meant to be a unit of account, and a store of value!

Fiat currency, it reminds me of a contract thats won by the lowest bidder!  Completely useless as a store of value when it can be printed out of thin air by  a small elite!  In turn, because it is constantly depreciating, it is nearly worthless as a ‘unit of account’ as well, because what does $100,000 revenue (for e.g.) over a year mean if the [...]

Cotton hoarding as prices multiply in record global commodity inflation:

You have to watch this video to believe it. The speculation in the commodities market is well out of hand. Cotton futures are at a record high on speculation that demand in China will continue to increase, as China is the world’s largest importer of cotton. Add in the flooding in Australia and you have the makings of a rally driven by fundamentals but bolstered [...]