Monday, June 15, 2009

Weird stuff going on

Voltron says: I'm back on the west coast.

The foreign press has been covering news of 2 Japanese citizens caught with $134 BILLION in $500 million US Treasury bearer bonds. It seems unlikely to me that they are counterfeit because if it was part of a fraud, smaller denominations would seem more practical.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=ayy1QKcwcGN0

At the same time, the Japanese finance minister says "our trust in U.S. Treasuries is absolutely unshakable."

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=agTTqVJ0rhJI

There is also over 10 million in gold missing from the Royal Canadian Mint, which explains why I have not been able to open an account there through Kitco.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/06/09/Report-Canadian-mint-lost-many-millions/UPI-41591244553596/

Foreign holdings of US debt is falling as the US credit rating is at risk.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Foreign-demand-for-US-apf-15524501.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/InvestmentOutlook09/idUSTRE55E6BM20090615

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