Oldtent Archives 2007 - 2008

companies operating in the U.S. ( specifically U.S. Gold and Great Basin, and indirectly NovaGold because of its Donlin Creek and Nome  projects in Alaska), does anyone have an opinion that I am being reckless about this, especially since Dan in a note today to Jim and Monty on JSMineset refers to the US as a beggar nation?

 Does beggar nation status have any potential negative influence on any shares I own in PM companies operating in the territory of a beggar nation?  I like to pay attention to the Fraser Institute ratings of jurisdictions friendly to mining and to invest funds in the ones that seem friendliest.  But I havent yet quite calibrated where and how the beggar nations fit in here, and I am not aware that  the Fraser Institute has worked this out yet either.  Any advice much appreciated.  <g> 

Oh, in case you missed it, <g>

You keep living those memories. Don;t let anyone tell you different. they are good for the soul.
But about that old personel director…why in hell did he hire some young guy with horsetail stickin out his ear for that assignment eh?

In 1963, based out of Fredericton, I travelled to Cape Breton a couple of times to work out some details for a federal-provincial forestry agreement. However,  I did not get to know that beautiful area very well because my main assignment was in the other end of your province where the task at the time was to figure  out the best methods for reforesting the “barrens” in Yarmouth and Shelbourne counties. Pleasant memories indeed.  I was not concerned about PM markets then.  Life was simpler and so much more enjoyable.  My best wishes to you.

amazing how that happens!

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Nov 28th 2007 12:20PM by Peter Cohan
Filed under: Rumors, Management, Citigroup Inc. (C), Goldman Sachs Group (GS)

A Wall Street source has told me that there is a rumor floating around that current Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson is leaving his post to take over Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C).

Naturally, this rumor interests me because I have posted wistfully about this outcome for the last several months. While Paulson may not be the greatest Treasury secretary in American history, he had an excellent track record at Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) and he would do his reputation a big favor if he could step into Citigroup and save it from ruin.

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“Beautiful Mountain” in Gaelic. Alexander Bell’s summer home and museum in Baddeck N.S. An hours drive from here.

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JBI

Yep, those 3 make up 50.16% of the XGD……

BARRICK GOLD CORP……………….21.76%
GOLDCORP INC……………………..14.49%
NEWMONT MINING CORP………….13.91%

……lagging the other PM indices by a bunch.

But the EW wave count seems to be much clearer

JBI

“The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. It is the man who carefully advances step by step, with his mind becoming wider and wider — and progressively better able to grasp any theme or situation — persevering in what he knows to be practical, and concentrating his thought upon it, who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree” … Alexander Graham Bell

and a bonus we get more of “Ment’s Words of Wisdom.”

wASTED WORRY..

What me worry?

More like me get WORRY wASTED!

E_E

When I look at those I bought a couple years ago, most have done well enough. ECU, MNEAF (.52 to1.89), Northern Dynasty ( around $4 to 11.14), Yamana (6.25 to 13.23) with a few dogs as well Teck Cominco disapointing-but I violated my own rules to hang on, CFTN a real disappointent, GG was good to me, but sold it when the management started acting sllly. It seems to me that it’s the same in every exchange-it all depends on the companies you invest in and the entry point. A few have dropped as much as 25% before I could exit-but thats the game we choose. In August I bought more of those I believed in and sure have not regretted that. I believe many CA Jrs. will rock before this run is over. Timing an sometimes patience are everything.(or as Ment says: Serpentine)

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Gotta keep smilin’. One of these days these juniors are going to blow their tops.

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