Important European News
Bundesbank’s President Jens Weidmann was questioned for the first time by the press on the future of the euro. Weidmann renewed his criticism of the rescue policy of the European Central Bank (ECB). The announcement by ECB President Mario Draghi to purchase unlimited government bonds to stabilize the euro, Weidmann views that this threatens the very existence of the euro. He suggested that if the current policy of the ECB to inject euro weakness, it is the opinion of the Bundesbank with the euro will no longer be a viable currency.
Yet the bad loans among EU banks are the giant European crisis waiting to explode.It is being reported as 720 billion Euro more than the check Congress wrote to the New York bankers. The total expected credit losses are simply massive and this is why the ECB wants to seize assets of depositors. Any bailout of the banks at the national level is impossible under the political landscape with too many divergent interests.
The Crisis in Cyprus Intensifies
The IMF warns Cyprus that capital controls should not be relaxed. The government in Cyprus is apparently under tremendous pressure to lift the capital controls again. The restrictions affect the daily lives significantly of everyone. However, the IMF now warns that for Cyprus to meet the requirements of the Troika, it must maintain the restrictions on the money in circulation or there is acute danger of a crash. This is what happens when you just take depositor’s money. Politicians are predominantly lawyers who know how to write laws, but foolishly think they can dictate to human nature.
Southerners: The next generation will have a much worse life in Southern Europe, for the euro has proven to be an unsustainable project. Pools show the youth expect for the future to be anything but secure, that the high taxes result in poorly paid jobs with long working hours, and they expect to be much poorer with poorer lives than their parents.
Sorry – No Conflict of Interest
The people preaching the nonsense about gold far too often have a self-interest. That is no different that expecting trading with a New York Bank and expecting that they have your best interest at heart. Come one. Look at the Press Reviews of Greg Smith’s book. You will see numerous reviews defending Goldman Sachs. Right! What Smith wrote is standard practice in New York City. Any hedge fund manager worth his wait has dealing lines everywhere and give-up agreements. You have to be out of your mind to put all your business through one firm. I had dealing lines at every house from Asia to Europe. That was the ONLY way to keep the banks honest – make them compete for the business. Firms that will not let you deal that way cannot be trusted.
So sorry. Don;t bother me if you do not like what I have to say about gold. The ONLY way gold will recover is to stop the hype and bullshit, and call it like it is. That expands the marketplace. The rest is preaching to the choir and the conflicts of interest are just burning and churning.