santa santa ... merry xmas, dear friends :-)

friends, i have been fighting all the year for peace, freedom, democracy and thus against the system i.e. against the current paper money mafia, against the undustrial-military-complex, against the corrupt politics and the like .... well, there should be also some joy in life, isnt it? so let's enjoy your xmas and let's hope these santas will improve your mood 

source: here

or do you better like this santa?

(source unknown)

or this one? at least the gifts seem to be interesting 😄

(source unknown)

me + next santa ~ so small, so sweet 😍

so wise, so true, so important 😍

if your santa didn't show up, maybe that could be the reason ...

(source: larry wright, december 24, 2009)

similar 'unemployment' message in german, but not my favorite view.

lets collect interesting xmass cartoons here anyway ...

nicolaus / santa day (06.12.) rainy => winter very hard => TRUE?

xmas + BMW

lets go woke, the female santa claus 😁

artist emi boz sees xmas a little bit different, doesnt she?

arts by emi boz

xmas in japan? hmmmm ... 

you now what? why don't you look for yur own santa? just ask google

picture source

ok, i'll try to pre-select the query for you, enjoy and yes, after the result list opens, just chose picture menu ...

munich gold show

the next munich gold show is ante portas, my dears => go gold bugs go and let's crash the fraudulent fiat money system now 

golden buddha as a symbol for my faith that the most of my gold / silver / energy / commodities investments will turn out well? well, this buddha is probably not really made of gold, but the future of (most of) my investment decisions really is, you know? hell, i'll maybe look for the golden buddha in my thailand pictures at the weekend, but if not successful i don't think i would look for + digitalize + upload pictures we have made 20 years ago during our 1st visit to thailand ;o)

official information about the edelmetallmesse-event like place, time, speakers, exhibitors and the like is HERE. of course, i will be the full 2 days (friday / saturday) there and post some insights, pictures as the time passes by :-). see you there?

what about a quote? gold mine is a hole in the ground with a liar at the top ~ mark twain
why did i tell you this? well, mining success is often about people, you know? so let's show you the management of few of my most important portfolio companies

in the middle keith neumeyer; CEO first majestic silver, my number 1 position by current market value thanks to the stellar company & share price development, acquired in many 'shots' between july 2007 and september 2012. the other 2 guys are richard mayr from argentuminvest + myself, of course

peter hawley, CEO scorpio mining + CEO scorpio gold. well, scorpio mining is my second biggest position right now and the biggest in terms of initial money invested. they have had huuuuge problems as the share price dropped from above CAD 2 below 0.5 this summer and then the founder + former CEO peter took over the company leadership again, the share price today? CAD 1.15 ... well, better than nothing :-)

on the right david hodge, CEO of the zimtu group (zimtu capital corp + commerce resources + western potash + equitas resources + strike graphite + ...)

there have been many many interesting presentations, the one i liked most was the by the famous trend forecaster gerald celente, but i also really liked philipp vorndran, uwe bergold, ralf borgsmüller, rolf nef  and max otte

gerald celente (as i could remember his words, later i will probably upload also 1-3 short videos at youtube, as for now i hope the organisers will upload all speeches to internet themselves): capitalism is dead. we have no capitalism anymore. in capitalism, there would be no bailout of banks like in 2008. we have a merger of state and corporate power, that's the definition of fascism. with our actions today we shape the future/trends of tomorrow ... thus do your best, my dears ... and yes, we can change the future and yes, our impact matters ... thanks gerald for these words, the most people do believe they are too small & to meaningless in order to change anything :-)

of, course i'm not superstitious at all, but as every year i have bought a silver coin with the chinese zodiac sign for the next year in order to bring me some luck at the markets and also few other coins, why not? anyway, welcome 2013, the year of the snake

australian + armenian + somalian silver investment coins

damn, let's show you also the prettiest side of the gold show: hostesses, lotteries, souvenirs and the like. can you imagine that there are folks out there who measure a state of a particular market (segment) by the so called hostess factor? easy, the more hostesses and the more naked they are at a related fair, the more preceded is that market. believe me, there is no bubble in gold, silver and mining stocks yet :-)

tombola at the sigorex newsletter writers group

well, i've also increased my stakes in following companies in november:

• golden predator GPD
• redtail metals SPD
• amerigo resources ARG
• scorpio mining SPM
• aurizon mines ARZ
• alexco resource AXR
• coronet metals CRF
• coeur d'alene mines CDE
• NWM
• nu legacy gold NUG
• CuOro CUO

btw, my coverage of the last year's event is here :-)

eof

precious metals fair in munich

munich, new city hall

a great event, as always :-)

• day zero ~ a passion lounge with zimtu capital in the office of cm equity group in the very center of munich ~ of course ive welcomed the chance 2 walk a little bit through the streets of munich and yes, after 20+ years in munich ive visited the city hall's tower for the very 1st time (shame on me, i know) ~ city hall pictures 
• day 1 ~ the key speaker 2day was (billionaire + gold bug) eric sprott ~ sooo many booths of sooo many companies fighting for attention of investors + newsletter writers ~ many busy bullion dealers have sold sooooo much (physical!) gold + silver i believe ~ low quality fast food in between ~ many interesting presentations (at 3 stages) ~ coin dealer's pro aurum reception in the evening
• day 2 ~ the key speaker was james turk, ive visited also few other presentations and talked to the company representatives of my portfolio's stocks i didnt manage to on the 1st day :-)

miranda gold's CEO ken cunnigham + me ... btw, miranda is my oldest (still independent) stock in my portfolio, currently struggling like hell ;-(

few more pictures from the gold+silver+commodities show? just move here + enjoy

any investment ideas? well i will prolly post few comments abt some companies ive been impressed most (and bought few shares) when i will have some time to do so and link that stories in the list below. do u agree, my dear?

• amerigo resources ~ soooo undervalued, profitable, dividend paying chile based Cu+Mo company
• baha mining ~ they havent been at the show, i just spoke to a buddy of mine abt them :-)
• cap-ex ventures ~ bad, bad timing ~ 3 weeks ago was the price justr 1/3 of 2days level :-(
• colt resources ~ tungsten + gold in portugal, a rob mcewen company
• dynasty metals & mining ~ highly recomended by one of the magazines out there
• endeavour silver ~ one of my all-time-favorites
• equitas resources ~ copper, copper, copper ... btw, by my purchase of few stocks on day zero (wednesday) ive increased the value of the company by CAD 500,000 ... yep, i was the only buyer and moved the stock price 10% higher  ... hmmmm, strange junior mining stocks ;-)
• 1st majestic silver ~ 
• focus metals ~ graphite & graphene in canada
• focus minerals ~ my dear australian cannibals
• gogold resources ~ bad, bad timing ~ yesterday was the stock CAD 1.33 (ask price) but i hadnt any money on my account, today CAD 1.54 :-(
• orex minerals ~ new project of orko silvers mngmt
• ovoca gold ~ gold in russia
• rio alto mining ~ gold in peru
• rye patch gold ~ gold in nevada, highly recomended by one of the magazines out there
• scorpio mining ~ my biggest portfolio position
• tamaka gold ~ private company, going to go publich in late december / early january
• etc

btw, i didnt get a picture with the key speaker this time (canadian billionaire eric sprott) cos i didnt like to wait for a break between his countless interviews  ... and yes, billionaires are fellows like you and me, they just patiently answer questions and try to explain their attitude 

why i dont like investors/traders :-=)

yes, i especially dont like to be wrong on the markets myself .... but lets look what did my top 6 positions 2day (in €uros, of course ;-)

• scorpio mining -12.3%
• 1st majestic silver -3.2%
• novagold -0.1%
• u.s. gold -1.1%
• orko silver -1.3%
• endeavour silver -3.9%

damn, what happened 2day? well, after a small intra-day correction climbed gold to its all-time-high $1,496 and silver to its 30-years-high $43.43 per ounce (current quotes) !!!

who is crazy and whos not, my dear mr. market? any lessons learned? yep!

• the investors/traders know the price of everything and the value of nothing
• the 2008 panic selling is back in the markets :-(

mad world, isnt it? well, lets go against the crowd again, my gold/silver producers are not going to go bankrupt at these metal prices, are they?

ps: bad luck with my paper silver positions 2day as well: 2 out of 4 contracts sold during the shoooort silver price correction @ $42.42 and 42.24 (with nice profits) only 2 see the silver rally up to $43.43 after that 

pps: i love my crazy wife 

bull & bear at the elevator (source: cover of the german 'austrian economy' finance magazine smart investor)

investors = stupid idiots who sell their stocks even for a price next to nothing and then wonder why fell 'the markets' that low ~ jaro gruber

addendum april 14, 2012 (source of the picture facebook)

soooo true ... when in fear they sell their stuff even at a price next 2 nothing, when greedy no price is high enough :-)

addendum november 2012: same issue, different story ~ coeur d'alene ...

changed my mind ...

hell! hell! hell! ive decided 2 change my plans .... well, ive planned to use 5k of my lovely trading profits for some special short term opportunities, u know? the last 3 or 4 'opportunities' a buddy of mine told me were companies without any substance (IMHO) and the only reason the most of them really advanced was a corresponding pushing via diverse newsletters, email lists etc (MHO again). ive bought 2 of them ... one is a complete loss and the 2nd went slowly up and would make up the first loss but i sold immediately at a very low profit after i understood the 'story' ... lets learn from this mistakes and lets stick 2 informed trades/investments in the future ;-)

of course i need a dollar and wanna make money in the markets ... but not that way, u know? so what 2 do?

1st #jarostopsgambling

source: http://www.etftrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/bull_nad_bear.gif

2nd #jarobuys promissing natural resource companies with old 'freed' funds and some new trading profits:

• osisko mining - gold
• bravo gold - gold
• q-cells - solar energy
• cardero resources - iron ore
• ECU silver - silver
• altona mining - copper
• innophos holdings - phosphates
• alexco resource - silver
• scorpio mining - zinc, lead, silver
• scorpio gold - gold - scorpio mining's small brother :-)
• agrium inc - phosphates
• mosaic co - phosphorus mines!
• mirasol resources - gold
• everton resources - gold
• golden valley mines - gold
• buchans minerals - zinc, lead
• megastar development - gold
• coral gold - gold
• portal resources - gold, oil
• belvedere resources - nickel
• tiger resources - copper
• rocmec mining - gold
• halo resources - gold
• donner metals - zinc, copper
• NWM mining - gold
• tara gold - gold
• united mining group - silver in silver valley
• alderon resources - iron ore in labrador/canada
• encanto potash - potash
• amerigo resources - copper, molybdenum in chile
• ...

good luck my honest fighters, good luck :-)

holiday investments?

http://twitpic.com/2fob0w

u know already my favorite activities, dont u? instead of swimming/sunbathing/eating/drinking beer, #jarobuys:

• scorpio mining - silver in mexico
• andover ventures - gold in queebec/canada, i think, shoudda look-up in my former blog post? well, not yet, its holiday season now ;-)
• penn west trust (yesterday) - oil + gas in canada, a steady monthly dividend payer, it will balance my sometimes overstretched margin account, i hope ;-)
• aurizon mines - gold in queebec/canada
• orko silver (2 days ago) - silver in mexico
• fortuna silver (2morrow) - silver in mexico
• ...
• novagold (after tomorrow) - gold in canada + usa ~ the soros / paulson investment ...
• 1st majestic silver (after tomorrow) - silver in mexico ... thats my silver bullion dealer, u remember?
• kinross gold (next day) - gold everywhere, one of the biggest gold producers in the world ...
• osisko mining (next next day) - gold in queebec\canada, ive prolly watched too long at my osisko (baseball? anti sun?) cap .... and bought 200 shares instead of 20 via my margin account .... of course, sold 100 shares immediately cos i didnt wanted too much debt in my account 

http://twitpic.com/2kct5w

• impact silver (later on) - silver in mexico - my last holiday investment issue ... any reason 4 that? yep, on my very last day in tunisia ive discovered the undersized label 'impact' at my bathing shoes and prompt decided 2 increase my existing position in that promising silver producer a little bit further ... of course i take investment decisions only on intuition/dreams and the like, u know that already, dont u? ... btw, osisko & penn west are a little bit down since my entry, all other companies advanced sooooo very nice 

folks, im happy ive decided NOT 2 spend money on gold&silver call options and invest in some of my gold&silver explorer/junior producer companies instead ... why? IMO there is a much better risk-reward-ratio :-). good luck, my sweet holiday investments, good luck

ps: ive chosen my scorpio mining t-shirt 4 dinner! we have 2 help luck a little bit, isnt it?

pps: dont worry, of course i ve been already swimming/sunbathing/drinking beer

ppps: the best gold/silver investment team ever? the tooth pick gang! lol

http://twitpic.com/2g6j2p 

... tooth pick gang #2:

http://twitpic.com/2g6mul

karma

folks, just gave a young homeless guy 1 €uro in the underground station on my way home ... shall he enjoy his next beer :-)  ... btw, he asked just for 50 cents 

maybe will his evening be happier than mine ... why? well, gonna watch what mr. market did 2 my account on a day when gold/silver collapsed :-(

(source: unknown ... prolly found somewhere in the internet or in MSFT windows templates)

... ohhh, the most gold/silver stocks are down a lot 2day (minus 3% to minus 7%) ... gold -1.76%, silver -3.19% ... my account lost 'just' -1.75% as few small canadian explorers (esp. my big portfolio positions like scorpio mining, cardero resources, commerce resources, ...) did quite well ... and the most commodities in my trading account have fought also well (besides silver, of course) ... go commodities go!

btw, do u think i could get a better karma next time?  hmmmm, next life?

addendum, 07/29/2010: OMG, that karma thing really works!!!!! WHEAT, WHEAT, WHEAT + rice + gas + SUGAR (!!!) + corn + coffee .....

my CFD trading account at high-high-higher all-time-high again ... even more than 400 €uros higher than yesterday ... btw, i changed my original plan 2 wait till silver falls to $17.31 and increased my silver holdings yesterday @ 17.50 ... good luck my shiny silver, good luck :-)

go commodities go!