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Californiërs: bereid(t) u voor op 50% stijging v/d pensioenkosten

It is no surprise that pension funds in the US are significantly underfunded (median 72% funded). California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CALPERS), specifically, is about 26% short of meeting its long-term commitments. Like most major pension funds, it uses smoke-and-mirrors to avoid this yawning gap by smoothing over a long enough timeframe where 'hope' for growth in ASSETs triumphs over the reality of liabilities (through a 'rolling' 15- or 30-year window - that therefore never comes due). However, under a new plan proposed by CALPERS' chief actuary, they will shorten the horizon from 15 to 5 years and aim for a specific date 30 years from now to be 100% funded (instead of a rolling hope-driven horizon). The impact of this, as Bloomberg reports, may mean California taxpayers municipal pension contributions will rise as much as 50%. "This is clearly the right thing to do," notes the fund's CEO, "as it will reduce the risk of the system," though we suspect the 'system' may just get a little upset at having to face this 50% 'tax-hike'.

Platina en palladium: prijs moet, kan en zal omhoog gaan (Rick Rule)

Rick Rule van Sprott ASSET Management vertelt in een interview over zijn ervaringen in de mijnbouwindustrie. Veel beleggers gaan er van uit dat ze onder de goudmijnen de volgende 

 of zelfs hunderd-bagger hebben. Op de vraag aan Rick Rule hoeveel van deze aandelen hij heeft gehad in heel zijn carrière luidt zijn antwoord: 3, waarvan hij er 2 niet verdiende, aldus Rick Rule. Het is dus ontzettend moeilijk om dergelijke goudmijnen te vinden. Maar het belangrijkste stuk van onderstaande video gaat over platina en palladium.

Het gaat goed in de VS - althans met sommigen

“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” – Aldous Huxley

“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” – Aldous Huxley

Six months ago I wrote an article called Are You Seeing What I’m Seeing?, describing my observations while traveling along Ridge Pike in Montgomery County, PA and motoring to my local Lowes store on a Saturday. My observations were in conflict with the storyline portrayed by the mainstream media pundits, Ivy League PhD economists, Washington politicians, and Wall Street shills. It is clear now that I must have been wrong. No more proof is needed than the fact the Dow has gone up 1,500 points, or 11%, since I wrote the article. Everyone knows the stock market reflects the true health of the nation – multi-millionaire Jim Cramer and his millionaire CNBC talking head cohorts tell me so. Ignore the fact that the bottom 80% only own 5% of the financial ASSETs in this country and are not benefitted by the stock market in any way.

Putin tegen de Russen:

 NICOSIA – A web site on Friday claims to have seen an urgent bulletin from the Russian Foreign Ministry sent to its embassies all over the world advising both Russian citizens and companies to begin divesting their ASSETs from Western banking and financial institutions “immediately”.

Vraag naar goud zal in India hoe dan ook hoog blijven

We vonden drie bronnen die ons verzekerden dat de vraag naar goud in India hoog zal blijven ondanks de invoering van een importbelasting. Zowel ICICI Bank Ltd. (ICICIBC), Royal Bank of Scotland Plc als Quantum ASSET Management Co. kwamen onafhankelijk van elkaar met een positief rapport over de Indische goudmarkt.