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AyeshaCanadaHairBlackNormal HairThick or Coarse HairClips WorkI am pretty happy with these rollers. They smelled first time I heated them so I little bit worried but they heated quickly and my hair was curled well. Many people are talking about clips but they work fine with me. I guess those who are not happy with them are curling too much hair with a roller...?posted Aug 23, 2011Link to this post
Olavo N.Iai Como Compra Conair Instant Heat Multi-sized Hot Rollers With Heated Clipscomo eu comprar o Conair Instant Heat Multi-Sized Hot Rollers with Heated Clips eu moro no brasilposted Jun 29, 2011Link to this post
CarolynUSHairBlondeDry HairColor Treated HairThick or Coarse HairThis Does Not Have Ionic TechnologyThis is the 2nd website advertising this setter as having ionic technology and it doesn't!!!! Having purchased this elsewhere for under 23.00 with free shipping and having purchased it most importantly because of the advertising claims that this setter had this latest and greatest technology, after unpacking the unit, plugging it in and getting ready to set away, it took me all of minutes to realize something wasn't quite right. Sure enough, this model was advertised as being an ionic hair setter and it certainly was not! So what did I stupidly do? I ordered the Babyliss Pro 30 hair setter from Folica, without doing more research to ensure that this time, especially after paying close to 60.00 was indeed an ionic model. WRONG again! I'm not sure why this seems to be such a common problem. I would think that the description and accurate specs on the products, especially when purchasing from online stores where one can't simply pick up and read the box a product is packaged in, would be the utmost importance. That this happened to me twice in less than a week means either I am too trusting and believe everything I read or I am a fool..one or the other. I guess I am more angry at myself for allowing this to happen to me twice in a row.posted Jun 22, 2011Link to this post
KiaraNew YorkHairDark BrownCurly HairThick or Coarse HairInvest In Something ElseI have bra strap length extremely thick, curly and coarse hair. I purchased this product with hopes of being able to use it as a roller-set (which is when washed hair is placed in rollers to dry leaving a voluminous loose curl effect). Since the clips don't hold very well, the hair cannot be secured tightly to the scalp meaning the roots of my hair would dry in their very curly state while the ends would have a much looser curl. Using this on wet/damp hair is not an option for me. I've learned that this product works best when my hair is straightened. I roll my hair about halfway up (without having to heat the rollers). About 15mins later I take them out and the ends of my hair are curled beautifully showing my layers. (The same look can be achieved by rolling the hair up with your fingers and holding it in place with bobby-pins/duckbill-clips.) The rollers lay on metal rods that heat up and three smaller rods are at the right so that three clips can also be heatead. I'm not sure if heating the clips makes a difference in results but if Conair was going to throw the option in I'd prefer to be able to heat more than three clips at a time. I'd say skip this product and go for one with better clips.posted May 20, 2011Link to this post
Lisa K.Horrible Cheap Doesnt Heat Well- And Yes The Clips Are Beyond Uselesssee aboveposted May 12, 2011Link to this post
JaniceTEXASHairMedium BrownNormal HairColor Treated HairOverheatsI've had this set about 6 months and have been very happy with it. My hair doesn't hold curl very good. These worked great for me until this week and all of a sudden the machine overheats in about a minute . You can smell the metal burning and the curlers are way too hot to touch. I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem. At this point I don't think I would buy another set.posted Jan 5, 2011Link to this post
JodiClips Suck.I wish I had read these reviews before buying these rollers. The clips are brutal! Not only do they not hold well, they leave visible dents in my hair - looks ridiculous. I am returning them right away.posted Oct 13, 2010Link to this post
DianaCharlotteLove It!I love this set. This is my first set of hot rollers and it works extremely well. My hair looks great, the rollers heat up quickly and the clips work well. My only challenge is that I would like to have more medium and small rollers and there is no way to order them online.posted Sep 22, 2010Link to this post
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Janssen Fights Sandy: a recap of the night
Posted 18 November 2012 - 10:52 PM
Take 2.
I was lucky enough to be able to attend Cam Janssen Fights Hurricane Sandy outside of St. Louis. We have family in the area, so we visited and went to the hockey game. In case you missed Gulitti's interview and write-up about the event, you can read up on it here.
First and foremost, an amazing effort by Cam and his fiancee to pull the whole thing together in only two weeks. To plan it, coordinate everything, and have it turn out so successful is a testament to their dedication to this cause -- and to New Jersey. I have no idea how much it raised altogether, but the place seemed sold out, or at least was very close to it. Capacity was about 2,500, and although there were some empty bleacher seats in one corner, there were lots of people standing in areas where there were no seats (along the glass, up in the press box area, etc). General admission tickets were $20 each, and VIP tickets were $200 apiece... so that adds up to a nice chunk of change that will be sent to the NJ/NY area when all is said and done.
The game was held at a local ice rink, Hardee's Iceplex, which is similar to the Ice House. Lots of items were up for auction: signed jerseys including Brett Hull and Jeremy Roenick (SJ Sharks), tons of St. Louis Blues player photos (8"x10") that were autographed, Skullcandy headphones, game-used and autographed sticks, framed autographed photos -- including one of Scott Gomez. I figure that one came out of Cam's miscellaneous personal collection.
The game had a great positive, fun feeling to it. Kinda like the All-Star game, except more enjoyable to watch (and I like the All-Star game). You could tell the players really enjoyed being out there and were having a blast. They took it somewhat seriously, but played loose.
Players were divided into Team Black and Team White. Far as I can remember:
Team Black
Cam Janssen
Derek Janssen
David Backes
T.J. Oshie
Alex Pietrangelo
Brian Elliott
Jamal Mayers
Brad Winchester
Jamie Rivers
Logan Brown (HS kid, super lanky but pretty skilled... plays on Blues youth hockey Tier 1 team I think)
Team White
Andy McDonald
Craig Smith
Ty Conklin
Barret Jackman
Chris Butler
Kevin Shattenkirk
Scott Nichol
Jim Campbell
Tom Tilley
Kyle O'Kane
T.J. Moor
When the players came out for warm-ups, Cam led the way - and almost face-planted immediately. Apparently Backes had dulled the blade on his right skate, so Cam had to hobble over to the trainer on the bench across the ice, looking over his shoulder and chirping at Backes the whole way. After he got it fixed up, he went right after Backes and smacked him across the backside with his stick, while Backes just laughed.
First period was dominated largely by Team White. Andy McDonald was all over the place. Quick, shifty, great vision and creativity in the open ice -- and clearly benefited from the no-contact nature of this game. It's easy to see why he's so valuable to the Blues' offense, especially on the PP, but it's also easy to see why he's always so banged up... he looked small compared to most of the guys out there, even the non-NHLers. Craig Smith was also really impressive, so hopefully he will be a bright spot for the Predators in the future. Conklin made some great saves, including some post-to-post moves, but Team Black didn't challenge with great scoring threats all that much. Everyone was looking to set up Cam for shots on goal, and it eventually paid off: he scored a goal midway through the first period, and celebrated with Teemu Selanne's classic "toss the glove in the air and shoot it down" move. The place loved it, and so did the other players.
Second period was very different, as Team Black really amped up their game. Cam scored again, prompting Tony Twist -- who was on the benches with a mic -- to interview Cam and confirm that, yes, in one night he equaled his entire NHL career total of goals. Oshie was flying and buzzing around the net, while Winchester was a constant threat on the ice, too. Elliott made some huge saves.
Third period Team Black held on for the victory. Backes scored a sick goal and celebrated by riding his stick down the ice to the benches. Janssen finished off the hat trick on a semi-breakaway, and the place went bananas. Fans threw their hats onto the ice, while the players chucked their helmets along the ice towards Cam. Team White made it interesting by scoring three unanswered goals to close the gap to 9-8 in the final 20 seconds... including their 8th goal being scored 7-on-6. Team White had pulled the goalie, Elliott tried to score and failed, but a clearing attempt was going to make it into Team White's zone... so another of their players hopped over the boards, grabbed the puck, and flung it back into Team Black's zone. Team Black had another guy jump on the ice to help out, but still got scored on. So there ya go, 7-on-6 goal.
After the final horn sounded, Cam and most of the other guys pretended to square off to fight - but pretty much all converged on Cam. Pulled his jersey up over his head, shoved him around, swarmed him, etc. Cam took to the mic and thanked the crowd for coming out, but it took a good minute for the crowd to get quiet enough to hear him - he received a standing ovation. He thanked the crowd, the first responders for their efforts, "the boys" for coming out and playing. Said it was great to play hockey, and great to get the hat trick. He got all the guys together for photos, then got a bunch of markers and told the players to take up positions to sign autographs for all the fans. Cam, Backes, Oshie, and Pietrangelo had the most fans by far.
We sprung for the VIP tickets so we headed upstairs to where the after party was. Booze, catered food, DJ, some tables to stand around. Probably 150-200 people in there, but who knows how many were paid tickets and how many were gratis. A number of the players' wives and girlfriends were up there (lots of them were blonde, for whatever that's worth to you), Cam's whole family was up there and having a blast, some local firemen and police officers looked to be there, too. It took the players a long time to get up there because they really stuck it out downstairs to sign lots of autographs. A few of them came up afterwards: saw Pietrangelo first, then Backes, Shattenkirk, Winchester, Conklin, Janssen, and some of the local boys who I didn't recognize. Got to talk to Cam, who was super polite despite being pulled in about 12 different directions and being swarmed for autographs. He and his fiancee couldn't have been nicer.
All in all, a really fun time. Great game to watch and for a great cause. I'm sure the one in Atlantic City will be even higher quality hockey since it's almost all NHLers, but this once was a fun, small-town feeling atmosphere.
Fox2 news covered the event and you can see the story here, including a highlight of Cam's goal celebration.
Oh, right - sat next to someone from the area who told me she was really unhappy when Cam left the Blues again, that he's just so well liked in the area and that he was always so active in the community. You could just tell everyone was thrilled to see him back and doing this. The loudest cheers were for him, Backes, Oshie, and Pietrangelo.
If you have any individual questions or anything, please post them in here and I'll try to respond. There was more I had written up in my original post but, again... lost it.
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Posted 18 November 2012 - 11:18 PM
That is it, thats the final straw. End of the world 2012Janssen finished off the hat trick on a semi-breakaway
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Posted 19 November 2012 - 12:06 AM
. Right? 'Words you never thought you'd see used together in a sentence' for $500 Alex. Thanks for posting this IG, and thanks to Cam and his fiance for putting this together. Great stuff to help a great cause.That is it, thats the final straw. End of the world 2012
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What we are forgetting here, is that the purpose of the latest QE3 was not pure relaxation of monetary policy, but also to sterilize the piled up liquidity through stockmarkes and etc. (i.e. punishing the depositors). The traditional lending system has broken up with the bailouts and repercussions it seems will continue to drag down the growth. Therefore the capital markets need the help of depositors and savers to keep it going. You rightly pointed that any currency depreciation leads to a domino effect in other currency depreciations, but then this will be no use as a monetary tool anymore.
Here is an unconventional combination of monetary and social security policy for Japan:
Introduce basic income to Japanese citizens replacing all other forms of welfare. Also, turn the basic income into a form of money supply by simply printing them. This will allow existing debt to be financed from disbanded pension funds, and exert steady inflationary pressure so long as the demography pushes towards the population onus (ie. up to 2060).
Economic science will have made a big step forward if it could analyse the effect of a policy over time and tell us what would be the effects in the first year, the second year and the years thereafter.
For example,when the exchange rate of the currency of a country suddenly decreases (that is, devalues)by 20% with respect to the foreign currencies, in the first year, the average price of the products will increase by 7%, economic activities will decrease so that the GDP will decrease by 5%, the rate of unemployment will increase by 5%.
In the second year after the devaluation, the average price of the products will stabilise, economic activities will slowly pick up so that the GDP increase over the previous year would be around 1%, the rate of unemployment will decrease slightly and there will be an improvement in the balance of trade.
In the third year and for at least five more years, economic activities will increase at an increasing rate, unemployment will decrease to close to 0% while the balance of trade will be favourable.
The level of the GDP in the third or fourth year will reach the same level as before the devaluation. Thereafter it will increase even further.
The increasing trend of the economic activities and the GDP will taper off after ten years after the devaluation.
It is this kind of forecast that the economic theory should tend to. The economy of a country is a dynamic matter. The kind of comparative static analysis favoured by economic theories is not suitable.
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very articulate article, seems like it came out of a text book.
QE in Euro will make the currency stronger, that is the opposite effect mentioned in the article by QE.
Not withstanding the article is correct in it's observations of the effects of QE in the USA, it will have the reverse effect in Europe, this is because investors will now feel it is safe again to invest in a nd hold european assets, spreads in spanish and italian bonds will fall, this will be due to an influx of buyers pushing the price of bonds up, and therefore a higher demand for Euro, wich will obviously push the currency higher against USD and most other currencies. If in any doubts look at the Euro/Usd behaviour, with no QE the Euro in the midst of possible currency colapse has been sold and the exchange rate has weekened, when Draghi announced the ECB would do "anything" to hold the Euro together the Euro climbed back up to around 1.3000
So it I think that they theaory is solid but in the case of the Euro will have the opposite effect.
The problem is currency is treated as if it has intrinsic value, when in fact it simply represents value. Value is anything from the house you own, to your hours of labor, to ideas and anything else. Money simply represents that value to make trade easier. As long as money is considered valuable independent of what it represents the world will continue to have these ridiculous swings in the value of currencies. The other problem with the use of money is the inflation caused by governments. All money spent by governments and all regulation created by governments is the cause of inflation. The fact that some regulation is useful and some spending necessary does not mean no inflation. Considering most government spending and regulation is in fact bogus, we see inflation go far too high and the value of the currency goes down as it absorbs the effects of government incompetence and corruption. In effect, inflation is the monopoly money that represents government effects on the world.
Make money the representation of value as it should be and remove the corruption and incompetence of the world wide political class and wild fluctuations on currency value will end. All without going to a gold standard which is impossible because there is not enough gold in the world to represnt the hundreds of trillions that world is worth.
Very interesting. Inflation is a measure of the gov'ts inefficiences and excess spending.
The citizens have the most to lose from a currency depreciation. This trend merely marks the decline of Democracy. Governments gain from dereciation unless they worry about elections.
The depreciation of a currency is to the advantage of everybody in the country.
One of the main weaknesses of the economic theories that have been developed if that they analyse only the short term effects or, on some rare occasions, only the long term effects. They do not analyse the effects over time. They do not project the trajectory over time. For example, when the currency of a country depreciates, most theories will only tell us that prices will increase, economic activities will decrease and unemployment will increase. But this is only the short term effects. The long term effects are exactly the opposite, that is, prices will stop increasing, economic activities increase and unemployment decreases. Similarly, when money supply increases, the short term effects are an increase in economic activities and a decrease in unemployment. However, the long term effects are an increase of the prices, a stabilisation or even a decrease in the economic activities, a deterioration in the balance of trade and a possible increase in unemployment.
As one can see, the long term effects are not necessarily the same as the short term effects. And what is a good policy in the short run is not necessarily good in the long run.
We therefore need a theory that analyse the effects over time.
Some day in the hopefully not too distant future the world will have one currency with the value of money tied to the average total price of commodities in the world which would be a rather stable relatively inflation free just currency. In the United States we could tie the value of the dollar to the average yearly value of all the commodities in the world and thus ensure a rather stable price for the dollar which would make country to country currency fluctuations and speculations rather pointless. We could justly rule the world with our dollar if only we could get our deficit spending under control which threatens to bankrupt the economy in the near future. Gold is just one commodity and causes severe booms and busts because of hoarding and then overspeculation by the very rich. If the dollar was tied to all the world commodities there would theoretically be no danger from boom and bust economic speculation and the money supply would be fair and just for everyone in the world using the dollar for international trade!!!!
I do not think it advisable to have a single currency for all the countries. The unfortunate experience of the Euro currency must not be repeated.
It is very difficult for most people to understand how an undervalued currency is, for any country, the source of high economic growth rate. And if the country could mantain its currency in an undervalued state for a long period of time, it would become the richest and most developed country irrespective of its initial level of development.
It is equally difficult for most people to understand that though investments and high productivity lead to economic growth and development, they (that is, investments and high productivity) themselves are the result of an undervalued currency so that one can say that the fundamental factor of high economic growth rates and rapid economic development is the undervalued currency.
In order to understand such concepts, one must use a different theory from those that are currently taught in universities.
The theories taught in universities are indeed flawed. They do not reflect the reality and they cannot be used to explain economic situation nor to propose solutions which would steer an economy towards a desired goal.
One currency would work if there were political unity in the Euro zone so that individual countries can not internally corrupt the money supply in one country while other countries act in a more stable economic way. Political unity and uniformity of economic behavior (same welfare system and banking system laws)will have to become a reality if the one currency system will be a just implementation of economic policy. My book GLOBALISM, available on Kindle or Nook Book, shows how one world currency will one day be possible but with necessary political unity as a prerequisite.
One currency would work if there were political unity in the Euro zone so that individual countries can not internally corrupt the money supply in one country while other countries act in a more stable economic way. Political unity and uniformity of economic behavior (same welfare system and banking system laws)will have to become a reality if the one currency system will be a just implementation of economic policy. My book GLOBALISM, available on Kindle or Nook Book, shows how one world currency will one day be possible but with necessary political unity as a prerequisite.
There cannot be one currency for several independent countries, each country having its own government and its own fiscal and monetary policy. In order for the Euro to work, there must be one over-arching government (the European Government) for all the countries using the currency. All the national governments must be subordinate to the the European Government. The European Government must have full authority over all the national governments. It must be able to give directives to the national governments in matters such as taxation and borrowings. The European Central Bank must also be subordinate to the European Government. In other words, the European countries must be and act as one country. I personally believe that this is unlikely to happen.
As for one currency for the world, it is for the time being impossible as it is unlikely that all the countries would wish to function as one country.
We both seem to agree that the Euro will fail in the long run without political unity such as a United States of Europe with one constitution and uniformity of financial laws. This is why I believe that political unification should be done in gradual steps such as Spain merging politically with Greece, Germany merging politically with Norway, the Netherlands merging politically with Luxembourg, The Baltic states merging politically with each other, etc. all in gradual steps. The most successful political unifications which prove to be fiscally responsible may also entice other nations to join politically. What nation would not want to join a successful political and prosperous economic union whether or not they have geographical common borders. I personally believe that if the United States could get its financial house in order it could merge politically with Canada or even Mexico at some point in the near future.
A world currency in the distant future,after political unification, could be tied to the yearly average price of all the commodities in the world so that a stable currency could exist without inflation which is caused by the government's tendency to live beyond its financial means and print or circulate too much money not tied to tangible assets.
Good luck for creating a single country out of the countries in Europe.
As for the World acting as a single country, this is, like communism, a utopia.
People in Europe basically eat different food and may dress differently to some extent but they have the same basic human needs to succeed in life and be treated justly with equal education and job opportunity which should be based on personal effort, ability, and achievement. The different national languages are the major obstacle to political unification because national politicians can rule the masses in their national fiefdoms where prejudice exists amongst people who speak differently from one another. Once everyone in Europe speaks English political unity will be possible since cultural differences will largely be eliminated. My book EDUCATION REFORM outlines a just educational system and my book CHANGES IN WELFARE LAWS shows what to do with the vast numbers of people who will be on welfare because of the internet, global corporate monopolies, global banks, robotization, and standardization of parts. Creating a single country in Europe is not a communist idea at all because it depends on the rights that the people have in the national constitution. The United States is in fact 51 countries which are ruled as one and they are not a utopian dream or communist in nature.
Create first a country, then you can set up one currency. Do not set up one currency then try to create one country. This would be like putting the cart in front of the horse.
When you will have created one country out of the 23 or 24 countries of Europe, then you can set up a currency for all of them.
Similarly, after you will have created one country out of the 200 odd countries in the world, then you can set up one currency for all of them.
I agree, political unity of countries should come first before a currency is created for them all. That is the reason the Euro is in trouble because there was no political unity first. I enjoyed your comments with me and you seem very intelligent. I think you might like one or more of the 22 books which I have written. Search Kindle or Book Nook under my name and preview them to see if they might not be up your alley. Enjoy!
I shall certain do so. I have, on my part, developed what I consider a new economic theory. It explains more truly than other economic theories the mechanism of an economy and how a government should steer it in order to achieve sustainable development and minimising the negative effects.
Great! I would love to read your book as long as the new economic theory is not based on complex mathematical formulations. If you want to run by some of the ideas you are not too sure about contact me at email@example.com and I will be glad to discuss any point with you!
If your country's currency is undervalued; this leads to greater exports. As the price of your product is seem as a bargain compared to other countries. The only downside is, if you travel outside of your country, things will become much more expensive.
Never mind. We can sell much more products and get much more money that we can even beat the high prices in foreign countries. Moreover, over time, we get even more money while the amount of money received by a country with an overvalued currency diminishes over time. Don't just look at the present, look to the future. Only fools prefer the present to the future.
I don't ever see language as a barrier. Many countries already speak English. There's only a few that don't. On the other hand, cultural differences are vast. i.e. One country may have non-stop work; and another will close up shop and pray. How do you bridge these gaps. Cultural is not just a state of mind, it dictates how one goes about his life.
Cultural differences are not vast since no country has non stop work which really means working 24/7 and that is not what is happening because it is impossible physically. Closing up shop to pray for a few hours is just an extended work break which I personally think is healthier than only taking 10 minute coffee breaks 2 or 3 times a day at work. A vast difference would be praying 6 hours a day and only working 2 hours.
The dollar index today is exactly where it was when Lehman collapsed and we have virtually just started a long QE3 session; nobody expects a free fall as the chart would otherwise suggest in absence of interventions.
The relative strength of dollar as a reserve currency had been put to test particularly at the start of recession and a fleeting glance at the early part of the chart shows that indeed it served as a haven but only to be unseated as the QE1 started and this aggravated with further easing. This leaves the analysis a bit shallow that when the economy has lost steam and real interest rates went into the negative territory, the reserve currency status quickly metamorphosed into carry trades that interest rate differential provided, the rise of commodity prices that are essentially denominated in dollars provided the icing on the cake.
The future for dollar index is anybody's guess with bets from all corners, but in the short run, we have significant headwinds and equally potent tailwinds counter-acting; the lack of initial volatility is uninspiring for the dollar.
Procyon Mukherjee
Kudos to he guy who got every one to agree on ditching the gold standard. He used Hitlers' philosophy that when masses (the finance ministers / IMF/ WB / PMs and Presidents)think, the level of intelligence drops.
An organised market has turned in to a monster and the OECD rode the monster till Lehman and are not dying under it's weight.
Best wishes
Kishore Nair from Mumbai www.soffina.com
All of the countries will bring each other down.
The USA is down by the same amount that is banked in tax havens by the people who HAVE made money and cheated us by evading taxes. I wrote Obama and told him to take the money back but progress on the endeavor is always on the back pages of the business section of your paper. Your bosses probably know but nobody talks about it because knowledge is power. Add to that the fact that anytime it IS discussed by the 'bought and paid for media' they act like they do not fully understand derivatives.
Some, the last time I heard was three years ago, estimate the formulas could generate a 'bump in the markets' by 694,000,000,000,000.00 six hundred and ninety four trillion. Nobody would guess what it is now or if they ever knew.
Any panic for any reason that the financial planner can not persuade people to 'sit tight' through will trigger many wealthy people to jump ship and the rest of us will drown.
"Brian Elwin Pomeroy"
Buying up Gold, Silver, equities in military-industrial complex, farmlands, oil fields and mines etc. if you can afford it is the only way to avoid the Mugabe-ism of the economy as promoted by the Obama-Bernarke duo.
I believe that the only way for a country to survive and become richer is to produce more than it consumes and to use the surplus to acquire capital products such as infrastructure, machines (or technology, if you prefer) and human capital (education, research and development, etc.). It is the same with an individual: an individual survives and becomes richer when his income (that is, the amount of products it produces) exceeds his consumption and he uses the surplus income to acquire investment products or assets.
In other words, the allegedly free market, aka trader power, is finished. Rightly, so, methinks.
In the United States...a debt induced econonmic collapse will occur...and its cause is simple: The markets want to punish bad financial & economic behavior...but our democratically elected leaders do not want these voters who have made bad economic decisions to be punished by the market...so instead our leaders will bring the whole system crashing down.
How deceiving, our creative economic manipulations have brought us to where we are now, at the edge of a fiscal cliff. It is only a matter of time, and some more of these creative economic gigs and we will be at the rock bottom of the cliff. We should stop listing to these con-economists, and adhere it the eternal Laws of Economics. For your information Google The World Monetary Order to Come.
There is only one way by which a country (or an individual) can become rich: it is to produce more products (consumption products and capital products) than it consumes.
There is one way by which a country (or an individual) seems to be rich without being so: it is to borrow money while at the same time consumes more products than it produces.
Over the last 30 years, China has become richer and richer by producing much more products than it consumed. As a result, it has accumulated large amounts of capital products in the form of infrastructure, machines, equipment and human capital and at the same time it has accumulated a large amount of foreign reserves.
By contrast, the USA seems to be a very rich country by accumulating large amounts of debts. Over the last 30 years, USA has borrowed more than one hundred trillion dollars from other countries in the form of short-term and long term bonds and, more significantly, by creating dollar notes which all the other countries willingly used for international trade and as foreign exchange reserves.
But, like an individual who has borrowed money, a time must come when the USA will have to reimburse all the money it has borrowed. A time will come when another currency will replace the US dollar as the currency for international trade and as the currency used for foreign reserves. And when this time comes, USA will have to produce more products than it consumes in order to reimburse this large amount of debts it has accumulated. Unfortunately, it is a different generation who will have to reimburse the debts accumulated by a previous generation. Un fortunately also, only a small percentage of the US population benefitted from the debts accumulated.
South Africans are finding out that an overvalued Rand currency leads to lower growth rates, with lower interest rates hurting pensioners while workers drown in a sea of 'cheap' debt they cannot repay.
Despite social pain, widespread national wildcat strikes roll across many sectors of the economy, in an orgy of anger at union politicians inability to fulfill unrealistic promises of a culture of entitlement.
Despite a modest fall in the rand, South Africa Government Bond 10Years increased to 6.57% on October 4 of 2012 - very attractive compared to the near zero rates on offer in the US and UK. As a result, the chances of an undervaluation of the ZAR are remote, almost irrespective of Government policy which increasingly leans towards the Chinese and left.
I have to ask: how do you know the Rand is overvalued? How will a weak currency lower the debt of workers? The more a currency weakens, the more it costs for the country to import oil / petrol. People make more debt when interest rates are lower than when interest rates are higher. There's inconsistencies in your line of reasoning. Spending way over your budget depends not upon low interest rates or a weak currency, but upon simple financial management. South African interest rates and inflation is fairly stable.
In my view, the Rand is not overvalued - it was trading at R6.50/$ three years ago, it is almost R9/$ now.
In spite having rich resources, many Riichi Oligarchs there in developing countries like Brazil, Russia, South Africa, Iran etc. are fleeing to the safe haven currency regardless of the Bernarke infinite printing, thereby further improvishing their masses and not allowing the local economies to reach the true potentials.
Bond Yields are very low, so what is currently drawing investment? Foreign businesses / countries that show growth. Even if they boost their domestic economies through low interest rates, the businesses are not making losses in their domestic currencies like most other countries are doing. So investors are taking the currency risk to get better investment returns.
Increasing money supply in order to depreciate a currency with respect to other currencies is not the best way.
Though in the short run the currency does depreciate both nominally and in real terms, in the long run, the increased money supply will lead to an increase in inflation (meaning an increase in the cost of the factors of production) thereby causing the currency to appreciate in real terms with respect to other currencies. In the end, the currency would not have depreciated at all in real terms compared to its initial position.
The country will then have to resort to another round of increase in money supply, resulting in another short-term depreciation of the currency and followed by a long-term appreciation to bring the currency again to its initial level.
Is this not the reason why the US is having a series of QEs - 1, 2, 3, etc.?
Its a rush to the bottom by most of the globe with some exceptions. Because the dollar has been the reserve currency, the US has been able to buy stuff globally, not by producing goods and services to export in exchange, but by producing DOLLARS and paying for the imports with new dollars. So why is everyone in the US surprised than our manufacturing jobs have gone overseas, and that the income gap between rich and poor has increased?
And guess what? China is accumulating gold and starting to diversify away from the dollar. Hmmm, could they be preparing for a dollar collapse, ready to step in with a new gold backed reserve currency?
The danger of another currency replacing the US dollar as the currency for international trade and as a reserves currency for many countries is real. In fact, it might even have started. Indeed, some international trade is being done by using the Chinese Remnimbi. This amount can only increase at the expense of the US dollar. The US is in fact in the position of the UK some one hundred years ago.
The Chinese currency replacing the US dollar? Uh, Poe's law?
Is it written somewhere in stone that the dollar is supreme?
No, it isn't. But it is accepted everywhere, as of now. Whatever replaces it also must be accepted everywhere. Go ahead, put all your money on the bet that it is going to be the Chinese currency. Who or what prevents you from doing so? If my memory serves me right, not that long ago there was quite a hubbub about the Euro replacing the Dollar, wasn't there? Well, how did that work out?...
Hah. At this juncture assuming anything will be around tomorrow is probably a bad bet. Only betting on the dollar is as bad idea as jumping into any other currency which will probably go bye bye as well because we'd be seeing the world economy tank.
Investing in rice and beans seems like the best idea. You can eat it, if you're hungry.
" Investing in rice and beans seems like the best idea. You can eat it, if you're hungry."
Could not agree with you more. The only universal commodity is food; the rest is what you believe in - once your stomach is full...
Until five years ago, no trade was done in the Chinese Remnimbi; during the first half of 2012, goods worth several billions of Remnimbi were traded between China and other countries. Is this not a sign that the Remnimbi is being gradually accepted by an increasing number of countries?
Being accepted is very far from being universally accepted - not to mention being preferred; or being dominant... Those differences may seem subtle to some, but those differences make a currency the go-to one; and others merely one of the many being accepted. Don't let volume mislead you. Which currency do you think is considered more preferred, by far? The Swiss or the Chinese? Ask some currency traders in Hong Kong; or Singapore; or Sydney; or Frankfurt...
If you knew the meaning of a trend, you would have understand the very grave danger facing the USA.
Five years ago, the US dollar was practically the sole currency used for international trade. 100% of all international trade were done in US dollars and all countries were keeping US as foreign exchange reserves.
In 2011, many countries of the Asia Pacific region, Central Asia and Africa started to trade goods with China using the Chinese currency and by-passing the US dollar. This trend not only persisted in 2012 but increased several folds during the first half of 2012.
There is no doubt that the importance of the Chinese Remnimbi as a currency for internationalo trade will increase and though, it might not completely replace the US dollar, it will at the very least assume a greater place at the expense of the US dollar.
"Five years ago, the US dollar was practically the sole currency used for international trade. 100% of all international trade were done in US dollars and all countries were keeping US as foreign exchange reserves."
Really? It may come as a surprise to currency traders and trading partners of the European Community. A hefty portion of the world trade was/is quoted in EU. 100% of international trade was done in US dollars five years ago? I never can tell with your posts whether you are invoking Poe's Law; or you are serious. Well, at least you keep the blogs amusing...
According to Cheng's law, you are a fool.
Are you familiar with the concept of "projecting"...
I suppose you have never heard of Cheng's law.
Would you be so kind and provide a link? I am always ready to learn from my betters... All Western sources seem to be lacking that vital piece of information; but no doubt that you will provide a source, won't you?
As a market observer, the current situation is alarming. The argument isn't whether QE will create problems longer term, it is whether it's better than the alternative. Inherent in all of this is that economies NEED growth and growth is not consistent with deleveraging. On paper, the Greek people should welcome plans to take the austerity pill and deleverage with the light at the end of the tunnel being similar net debt/GDP of Spain by 2025. For humans individually, we are incentivized by the prospect of progress. Absolutes matter less, but direction is more important. A middle-class worker getting job promotions while struggling to put his kids through college is likely still happier than a wealthy individual with college trust funds in place for all of their children that is getting demoted or faced with the prospect of a lifestyle downgrade. This is what's happening to the developed world. This is an extreme case and a bit of a digression, but illustrates a point for other developed nations. QE is the answer to make this transition less painful and grow out of it although it prolongs the adjustment phase.
The irony here is that EM countries are held captive as we export inflation to them. While it's not a problem for us, it will be for nations that need to keep interest rates low to avoid hurting exporters by allowing their currency to depreciate. Talk to anybody in the know in China and they are very resentful of QE (one could make a counter argument indicating that it just forces them to allow a rebalance of the imbalances they've helped to create by depressing their currency for years).
Looking at the situation from a 10,000 view (I'm bullish on the market over the next 12 months) this will not end well. More elections will need to happen and citizens in Europe won't swallow an austerity pill forced on them by technocrats in Brussels. It's really like watching a bad marriage where the actors involved need to go their separate ways. In the real world, when someone can't pay you back, sometimes you need to take a hit on the loan you extended and factor that into any further loan extending decision to said individual. The absolute last thing I would do is mutualize debt liabilities with said individual and pretend they'll suffer for eternity to pay me back...that's moral hazard to the Nth degree and it's illogical to believe you'll get your money back. Now imagine that in said scenario, it's not individuals involved but instead entire nations of individuals that require convincing...the elections will continue to send shockwaves in Europe as we approach them as the idea of union is swimming firmly against the tide.
The US is taking full advantage of being the reserve currency. Printing money and borrowing at record low interest rates to finance a deficit that we need to pay back in our own magic currency. If only mortgage holders in Hungary had this luxury a few years back. It won't change near term, but indirectly screwing your creditors will come back to bite you taking a very long term view. As a country, the US is being set up for the long con. Give us your paper and we'll give you goods and services. Sounds like a good deal for those looking for instant gratification and can't see more than 5 years in front of them, but eventually you have to pay the piper and the idea that economic and political unrest rears it's ugly head when an economy moves backward for too long for the populous to bear. (As a very devout US citizen, I really hope I'm wrong about this)
Historically we've had large wars that change the landscape and perhaps that create large changes to the world order. Economic warfare among sovereign nations is now taking place more subtley. Hopefully this uncomfortable rebalance will not lead to desparation and actual wars from those actors that are on the losing end.
If everyone devalues their currency with nobody becoming stronger than the result will be a huge money supply. If that doesn't cause inflation then I have no idea.
currency values are a mirage will over simplify how currency baskets are weighted. But US dollar is determined by a basket of X, Y, and Z currencies and x,y, and z are determined by a basket that includes the US as well as the others.
lets say a perfect 1 (US)= 1-1-1. US dollars devalues, lowering its exchange rate so it is now .7-1.1-1.2-1 Then X, devalues by increasing money supply so now .8-1-1.2-1, then Y devalues so now it is .9,1-1-1.1, then Z devalues so that they are all back at their previous stance of 1-1-1-1. However, the underlying money supply has increased whatever the US did by FOUR FOLD to maintain the currency rates. ridiculous
1. The Europeans are devaluing because it's an indirect way to mutualizing debt between member nations. Since the governments won't mutualize debt in order to solve their debt-inbalance-crisis, the central bank had to step in.
2. The Americans are doing it because they can. They know that the USD, as the world's reserve currency, in the short-medium term will remain strong regardless of what they do, so an easy way to obtain some extra cash is simply to print it and have foreigners be forced to buy it because there are no alternative global reserve currency ATM.
3. Japan and China are doing it because their economies are export-heavy and because both countries want to amass large foreign reserves for strategic reasons.
Hey it is what it is.
The fact is that countries are very reluctant to devalue their currencies because prices (especially the prices of imported products) rise abruptly, the level of unemployment tends to increase and the population in general feel that they are relatively poorer; however, in the long run, prices tend to stabilises, the level of economic activities increases and eventually the country becomes much richer. Economists and other people, too, focus on the negative short-term effects of a devaluation (or depreciation) and they cannot see nor evaluate the long-term effects. This is due to a lack of a proper theory that explains the matter.
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Red Bull KTM rider and MX1 World champion Tony Cairoli put on an impressive display of riding at Teutschenthal circuit on Sunday to wrap up his season with his 7th consecutive victory in the MX1 Grand Prix of Germany while Austrian Matthias Walkner won the MX3 World titlel!
Red Bull KTM rider and MX1 World champion Tony Cairoli disregarded an injured finger to go out and give another impressive display of riding on the hard pack Teutschenthal circuit on Sunday to wrap up his season with his seventh consecutive victory in the MX1 Grand Prix of Germany.
The race day started on another high note for KTM with yet another title going to the Austrian brand after the opening MX3 moto. Matthias Walkner of Austria sealed the MX3 World title to complete a trio of titles in MX1 (with Cairoli) and MX2 (with Jeffrey Herlings). It was the first time that a World title has gone to an Austrian rider since the legendary Heinz Kinigadner won the 250 cc World Championship titles in 1984 and 1985 riding for the KTM factory team. This, added to the AMA 450 title won by Red Bull KTM's Ryan Dungey makes it a record year for rider's titles for KTM.
The 25-year old Walkner said he had not known what to expect after changing classes in 2012. "But it was clear to me that a good result at the end of the season was possible when everything went well, even though I didn't think about the World Championship title when the season began. It was a dream, unbelievable!"
Cairoli shines in MX1
Cairoli was in a class of his own in Germany with a 1-1 result ahead of young German teammate Ken Roczen finishing second overall. Roczen was home from riding for Red Bull KTM in the US and his impressive guest ride on the KTM 450 SX-F was greeted with wild cheering from his loyal fan base. Germany's Max Nagl, who completed a 1-2-3 for KTM in the second moto finished just off the podium in overall fourth.
In the opening moto it was Nagl who took the holeshot in the opening race ahead of Cairoli. The two faced off for the opening laps but Cairoli quickly exerted his dominance on the KTM 350 SX-F and once he took the lead the race was never in doubt. Roczen held on for third despite a couple of small incidents during the moto but Nagl's chances were spoiled when he ran off into the fence.
With his twentieth race win of the season already under his wheels, Cairoli came out hard and fast in the second moto and immediately grabbed the holeshot. Roczen was right behind in second and stuck to that position throughout the race to the collective joy of the German crowd. Nagl drifted from third to fourth and back to third to finally give KTM a 1-2-3 in race two.
"After what happened in Sweden (double DNF) it was my goal to win every GP and I am really satisfied with what happened," Cairoli said. "It was great to fight with my teammates Roczen and Nagl especially as they were racing on their home ground."
Nagl said he was happy with his riding and his speed this weekend but said his mistake in the first moto had cost him a podium. "It was my fault in the first heat. I jumped a little too far in the triple and I got the (fence) netting around the back wheel and it took me a wheel to get the bike free again," he said.
MX1 teammate Ken de Dycker, still down with the flu admitted he had struggled in Sunday's race. The Belgian rider registered fifth in the opening moto but was tired and unwell in the second coming home tenth for overall seventh place.
Mixed weekend for Jeffrey Herlings
It was mixed fortunes for the Red Bull KTM MX2 World Champion who had already secured his title in Faenza Italy in the last round. The 18-year old Dutch teenager has been the subject of massive media attention at home in the Netherlands, later admitted he lacked a little motivation for the final round.
He went out in the opening moto with a technical issue and with teammate Jeremy van Horebeek sitting out the GP after tweaking his knee in Faenza it was up to Jordi Tixier to deliver a good result for the team. Tixier rode his KTM 250 SX-F into third in the opening race and followed it up with an eighth in the second, while Herlings collected more championship points with a second place in race two. In the final shakeout it was Tixier at fifth overall and Herlings winning enough in the second moto to finish overall eighth. Tixier wrapped up his season well ahead of his stated goal of a top seven finish and was fifth in the final standings.
Tixier said later he was disappointed not to be on the podium but a bad start in the second moto had spoiled his chances. He said he had learned a lot in his rookie year with the factory team and from team boss Stefan Everts. "Jeffrey and Jeremy were also there so it was really good for my speed because I tried to follow them. It is amazing to be in a team like Red Bull KTM. You have so much support for everything."
Big lineup of Red Bull KTM factory riders for next weekend's MXoN
With the 2012 season now wrapped up, a slew of Red Bull KTM riders are down to race for their countries in the MX of Nations in Lommel next weekend. Ryan Dungey will race MX1 for the US team, Tony Cairoli MX1 for Italy, Max Nagl MX1 for Germany, Ken Roczen MX2 for Germany, Marvin Musquin MX2 for France, Jeremy van Horebeek MX2 for Belgium, Jeffrey Herlings Open Class for The Netherlands and Ken de Dycker Open Class for Belgium. KTM's new MX3 World Champion Walkner will ride MX1 for Austria.
MX1 Results Teutschenthal
1. Tony Cairoli (I), KTM
2. Ken Roczen (D), KTM
3. Clement Desalle (B), Suzuki
4. Max Nagl (D), KTM
5. Gautier Paulin (F), Kawasaki
Other KTM
7. Ken de Dycker (B), KTM
12. Kevin Strijbos (B), KTM
14. Davide Guarneri (I), KTM
16. Bryan Mackenzie (GB), KTM
MX1 Final Championship Standings
1. Cairoli, 692 points
2. Desalle, 594
3. Paulin, 536
4. Christophe Pourcel (F), Kawasaki, 521
5. de Dycker, 505
Other KTM
6. Strijbos, 405
13. Guarneri, 226
16. Nagl, 138
17. Matiss Karro (LAT), KTM, 112
MX1 Final Manufacturers Standings
1. KTM, 742 points
2. Kawasaki, 649
3. Suzuki, 617
MX2 Results Teutschenthal
1. Tommy Searle (GB), Kawasaki
2. Zachary Osborne (USA), Yamaha
3. Arnaud Tonus (CH), Yamaha
4. Jake Nicholls (GB), KTM
5. Jordi Tixier (F), KTM
Other KTM
7. Romain Febvre (F), KTM
8. Jeffrey Herlings (NL), KTM
9. Glenn Coldenhoff (NL), KTM
11. Jose Butron (E), KTM
13. Tim Gajser (SLO), KTM
16. Elliott Banks-Browne (GB), KTM
DNS Jeremy van Horebeek (B), KTM
MX2 Final Championship Standings
1. Herlings, 694 points
2. Searle, 651
3. van Horebeek, 559
4. Nicholls, 443
5. Tixier, 434
Other KTM
8. Butron, 291
9. Coldenhoff, 273
13. Febvre, 221
MX2 Final Manufacturers Standings
1. KTM, 757 points (MX2 World Champion)
2. Kawasaki, 721
3. Yamaha, 489
MX3 Results Teutschenthal
1. Filip Neugebauer (CZ), Kawasaki
2. Matthias Walkner (A), KTM
3. Martin Michek (CZ), KTM
4. Günter Schmidinger (A), Honda
5. Dennis Baudrexl (D), KTM
MX3 Final Championship Standings
1. Walkner, 337 points (MX3 World Champion)
2. Michek, 306
3. Schmidinger, 299
4. Klemen Gercar (SLO), Honda, 277
5. Antti Pyrhönen (FIN), Honda, 230
Walkner's road to the MX3 title
Rd. 1 Valkenswaard (NL): finished 3rd
Rd. 2 Castelnau de Levis (F): finished 9th
Rd. 3 Troyan (BG): finished 5th
Rd. 4 Arco di Trento (I): finished 1st
Rd. 5 Mladina (HR): finished 1st
Rd. 6 Orehova Vas (SLO): finished 2nd
Rd. 7 Senkvice (SK): finished 3rd
Rd. 8 Matterley Basin, Winchester (GB): finished 5th
Rd. 9 Teutschenthal (D): finished 2nd
MX3 Final Manufacturers Standings
1. KTM, 391 points (MX3 World Champion)
2. Honda, 383
3. Suzuki, 209
WMX Results Teutschenthal
1. Livia Lancelot (F), Kawasaki
2. Larissa Papenmeier-Picoto (D), Suzuki
3. Meghan Kat Rutledge (AUS), Kawasaki
4. Natalie Kane (GB), KTM
WMX Final Championship Standings
1. Fontanesi, 336 points
2. Kane, 302
3. Britt van der Wekken (NL), Honda, 262
WMX Final Manufacturers Standings
1. Yamaha, 363 points
3. Kawasaki, 272