As the United States gears up for their presdential election,a few thoughts cross our minds.Don,t take this the wrong way,as in a democratic country its good to hold multi party elections as this strenghens the democracy.
How ever we sitting in far away
South Africa are completly
agahst at the choice of Democratic candidates. Old main candidates ,one obviously suffering from the start of senile dementia,the other one having suffered two main heart attacks and many minor incidents with ideas and slogans that were in vogue in the 1920ties ,hardly fitting now .
Both these "main candidates" as well as the unlikable Bloomberg seem to have no idea on topics that need answering such as work oportunities,health a great economy etc. ,but just run on hate of Trump!
Surely with so many members they ought to find a personable candidate that wont buckle under the wily foreign leaders they will have to deal with! This is of great importance to our country here as we all have to trade worldwide and find a good government.
Honestly at the moment only President Trump one of the few leaders who carries out his promises stands to forfill this role. If not him then Bloomberg does know more about international affairs than the rest. I am 82 years of age,have been in politics as well as business my whole life,but do forget things from time to time.That i am too old to even think of being in a political position or a business leader now.
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Monday, March 2, 2020
Friday, August 2, 2019
TURMOIL CONTINUES AROUND THE WORLD
All our markets are affected by the United States taking a tougher line against both Russia and China.
What is not so obvious to onlookers is that both these states have and are continuing for a considerable time being ramping up their military capabilites and continue to interfere local small conflicts worldwide.
As examples Russia through surrogates is massively interferes in the Middle East and for the first time in years South America ,openly supporting non democratic states such as Venezuela and Cuba ,pretending to champion Socalism ! Russia has also broken the non proliferation deal by secretely adding to its low flying rockets that can carry nuclear warheads.
China is actively finding new bases for its fleet and at the same time adding five hundred new ships yearly to its fleet.
Further China a signatory to world trade organisation deals ,ignores these and steals intelectual property quite openly. It uses these deals to bind its opponents to gain trade advantages.
China further provides capital to the most despotic countries with minimum regard for paying back the loans. Suddenly they demand the capital be payed back and if not forthcoming take over major institutions in these countries such as ports ,railways etc. Massive invasion of Chinese are then sent to these countries. This has mostly happened in Africa, a new form of colonialism !
China has also tried to expand its territory by claiming international parts of trading routes far removed from their land,such as the South China Sea over othe claimants and free passage ways.
What is not so obvious to onlookers is that both these states have and are continuing for a considerable time being ramping up their military capabilites and continue to interfere local small conflicts worldwide.
As examples Russia through surrogates is massively interferes in the Middle East and for the first time in years South America ,openly supporting non democratic states such as Venezuela and Cuba ,pretending to champion Socalism ! Russia has also broken the non proliferation deal by secretely adding to its low flying rockets that can carry nuclear warheads.
China is actively finding new bases for its fleet and at the same time adding five hundred new ships yearly to its fleet.
Further China a signatory to world trade organisation deals ,ignores these and steals intelectual property quite openly. It uses these deals to bind its opponents to gain trade advantages.
China further provides capital to the most despotic countries with minimum regard for paying back the loans. Suddenly they demand the capital be payed back and if not forthcoming take over major institutions in these countries such as ports ,railways etc. Massive invasion of Chinese are then sent to these countries. This has mostly happened in Africa, a new form of colonialism !
China has also tried to expand its territory by claiming international parts of trading routes far removed from their land,such as the South China Sea over othe claimants and free passage ways.
Sunday, June 2, 2019
RARE EARTH OPPORTUNITIES!
It seems as if China is about to invoke a ban on Rare Earth mineral and metal exports,to the USA and its allies !
This is in reply to the USA increasing tariffs on Chinese exports into America. At the moment they have a massive trade surplus with America. The USA is trying to balance the "Playing field"as China uses many underhand methods to prevent fair trade.
China produces at least 85% of these rare earths and up to now has sold them at prices low enough to discourage any other country from developing their own sources.
These minerals include cobalt,spodium(lithium) and many others that most people have never heard of!
1.This is now an opportunity for other countries to to jump in and produce their share of this developing bonanza as prices are starting to rapidly increase!
2. A decade or so ago ,China was in a spat with Japan which has no minerals of any kind. Japan simply in electronics and cell phones etc. started substitution successfully and thus suffered very little discomfort. They are prepared to share this knowledge with the world.
3.Most of the minerals/metals are really not so rare but difficult to mine ,also the price being low and limited use has prevented much in development.
4. The USA has one small mine/factory ,but private enterprise is already planning massive expansion. This is likely to take another three years and many companies will sign long term contracts as one cannot then rely on supplies that can be interrupted at a moments notice.
There is a move afoot for more enterprises in this direction being planned which might take up to five years to be completely up and running.
5 Australia and Namibia have vast amounts of Spodium . And South Africa can extract cobalt easily from mines. All that is required to mine other minerals is the will and sound government without corruption to mine the various resources.
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This is in reply to the USA increasing tariffs on Chinese exports into America. At the moment they have a massive trade surplus with America. The USA is trying to balance the "Playing field"as China uses many underhand methods to prevent fair trade.
China produces at least 85% of these rare earths and up to now has sold them at prices low enough to discourage any other country from developing their own sources.
These minerals include cobalt,spodium(lithium) and many others that most people have never heard of!
1.This is now an opportunity for other countries to to jump in and produce their share of this developing bonanza as prices are starting to rapidly increase!
2. A decade or so ago ,China was in a spat with Japan which has no minerals of any kind. Japan simply in electronics and cell phones etc. started substitution successfully and thus suffered very little discomfort. They are prepared to share this knowledge with the world.
3.Most of the minerals/metals are really not so rare but difficult to mine ,also the price being low and limited use has prevented much in development.
4. The USA has one small mine/factory ,but private enterprise is already planning massive expansion. This is likely to take another three years and many companies will sign long term contracts as one cannot then rely on supplies that can be interrupted at a moments notice.
There is a move afoot for more enterprises in this direction being planned which might take up to five years to be completely up and running.
5 Australia and Namibia have vast amounts of Spodium . And South Africa can extract cobalt easily from mines. All that is required to mine other minerals is the will and sound government without corruption to mine the various resources.
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Monday, October 1, 2018
1.FUTURE PIVOTAL COUNTRIES !
In the Americas
Obviously the United States has secured its position, thanks mainly to its legal inhabitants exercising their rights thru the democratic process to invigorate its laws and rid themselves of older ways of doing things. This is now called the populist movement which might have started here,but is now sweeping the world.
Politicians had been up to the 2016 election of making promises,then not keeping them ,thinking that they knew best which laws should be changed, also thinking globalisation was the best policy,always looking after their rich class of course. Many of their potential workers could not find work or had lost their jobs in this process. They chose a non politician to lead them in President Donald Trump who might not know the finer points of etiquette but tries to keep all his promises.
We see this as a world-wide movement which will sweep away older cob-webs in law ,in fact all that have passed their "sell by dates !" and these countries will eventually form a loose alliance of non interference in each others internal affairs.
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Obviously the United States has secured its position, thanks mainly to its legal inhabitants exercising their rights thru the democratic process to invigorate its laws and rid themselves of older ways of doing things. This is now called the populist movement which might have started here,but is now sweeping the world.
Politicians had been up to the 2016 election of making promises,then not keeping them ,thinking that they knew best which laws should be changed, also thinking globalisation was the best policy,always looking after their rich class of course. Many of their potential workers could not find work or had lost their jobs in this process. They chose a non politician to lead them in President Donald Trump who might not know the finer points of etiquette but tries to keep all his promises.
We see this as a world-wide movement which will sweep away older cob-webs in law ,in fact all that have passed their "sell by dates !" and these countries will eventually form a loose alliance of non interference in each others internal affairs.
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