-- Published: Thursday, 14 August 2014 | Print | Disqus
By Bill Holter
While contemplating a subject to write about this morning I considered lumping the economy and standard of living together. I thought about writing on the situation in Ferguson Mo. because it's pretty clear to me it's not what we are being told. We are being led to believe that a black vs. white situation exists which very well may be true, however, the reality in my opinion is one of "economics". Let me clarify this, rather than "economics", let's call it a "standard of living" problem. It has been reported that people from neighborhoods far and wide have descended on the area to "protest" but what is happening is looting ...for "free stuff".
Jesse Jackson has even said "there is a Ferguson near you". This may be one of the few things Mr./Reverend Jackson has said publicly which is actually true! If you live in a high density, high population area I believe he is correct. I fully believe we will see mass protesting, rioting and demonstrations over a variety of topics which will ultimately lead to looting and far worse. Rather than broach the subject of "unrest", I will segue from a "rare truth" spoken by Jesse Jackson to a comment one our readers sent in. His "comment" (an insult turned to "hope") is first then followed by my comment back to him:
"You gold and silver people have led us this far. I sure hope all your professing is not just to sell more coins. I do not think it is. If it is you know it. And to me if your talk is just about Bill Holter making a living selling coins I would be very sad. As much as GATA we trust you! I’m sure it is not! Remember every word you and Andy speak holds the financial lives of many. This is getting very very serious.
sincerely,
Frank
My response:
Frank, I started building positions in gold, silver and mining shares as a retail stockbroker in 1997, I assure you the following 3 years were tougher than the last 2 have been. I retired in late 2006 and wrote for GATA for the next 5 years and was not paid a single dime ever for my writings. David and Andy Schectman liked my writings and asked me to write for Miles Franklin so yes, I “do get a paycheck” now for what I write. I challenge you to read anything I wrote for GATA that even slightly differs from what I am writing today. I have the exact same opinions today that I have always had, stronger now however because we have gone further off the rails in every fashion.
I write exactly what I believe and no amount of money from anyone could entice me to write anything which I don’t believe. Does this mean that Bill Holter is always right or correct? No, I am as human as you and can be as wrong as anyone else but I assure you I am not “full of shit” as many are who are out there writing with an agenda. Actually I take offense to your even suggesting that I am “carnival barking for a paycheck” because for 5 of the 7 years I’ve been writing was for free. Speaking of “free”, I assume that you read my material because it makes sense to you. If this is the case then you are receiving something of value (to you) for FREE. You are entirely free to either not read my missives or to question and debate in the comments section where you believe my logic is flawed. No one forces you to read or to follow or to believe me or anything I say or write, this you decide to do or not to do on your own.
I will leave you with this; you are born into this world with only one thing, your good word. It is up to you and only you whether you exit the world with your good word still intact. I can be and probably deserve to be “colored” with many extreme adjectives, “full of shit” is not one of them. I might suggest that you work on your “judge of character skills".
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As you might have detected, the "comment" raised my blood pressure and I took it as an insult because he "hoped" I was not writing what I write for a "paycheck". First off, why shouldn't Bill Holter receive a paycheck? Does "Frank" go to work each morning for free? Would he ever "give" his work away without any compensation? As I mentioned in the reply and as many of you already know, I wrote from 2007-2011 and my work was published by Bill Murphy and Chris Powell at GATA and Lemetropolecafe. Yes, I did "give" my work away. Some of it very correct, some of it not but it was "my opinion" which I didn't even get "2 cents" for contributing my two cents and didn't ask for it.
I would first ask Frank if he has ever read opinions or literature from Merrill Lynch, Bank of America or any other financial institution? Does he ever question what he reads there or is it assumed that they could never be wrong or God forbid "steer you wrong" for their own benefit? I do want to point out that David and Andy Schectman, Andy H. and I all have huge percentages of our net worth's tied up in precious metals in one form or another. We are believers! Are we correct? I surely think so otherwise I/we would have liquidated our positions long ago. Do we believe in our own product? Yes we do and this alone should tell you we are at least telling you the truth "as we see it". Being truthful about our opinion of course does not mean we will be correct, this is where "logic" and common sense comes in. Hopefully you read us because our "arguments" make sense based on logic, common sense and connecting dots. We did not make the current situation or scenario up, we only report on where we think things currently are and what we believe you can or should do about it.
That said, I am thankful to be working with David and son Andy. I believed them to be and now after two years know for a fact, they are straight shooters and the type of people I want to be associated with. I am thankful to have the greatest of jobs where I can spout my opinion, help people protect themselves from what is coming financially ...and put beans and tortillas on the table. Who couldn't love what I do? I get to play "My Cousin Vinny" and point out where, how and why you are being misled by the mainstream press ...and what you can do to protect yourself from it!
Before finishing, I'd like to tell you where I think we are on "the clock". The old saying "first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win" was spoken by Mahatma Gandhi many years ago. Personally, this was true in my business career. I was ignored for the most part in the late 90's as I began to build precious metals positions (and turned all NASDAQ business away to competitors from mid 1998 on). I was then laughed at in the early 2000's as gold and silver began to rise. By 2004 or '05, I would hear from the compliance department once every couple of weeks asking me "what the heck are you doing buying all of this gold 'stuff'?". Compliance even told me I had to liquidate a gold position which became 70% of an elderly persons portfolio which started at under 10%. I told them "no, YOU call the client and YOU explain the capital gains involved and that the position is oversized because it did so well relative to the 90% which was and followed THE FIRM's recommendations". The client was never contacted by the way. Following these "fights", I "won". I was able to retire, take my foot off the gas, relax and finally enjoy life.
As for the precious metals "clock", gold and silver have been fought tooth and nail since late 2011 mid 2012. If you have been in the precious metals for the last 20 years then you know you were first ignored and then laughed at. Now, people like "Frank" above have been in a " dog fight" for over two years and they don't like it. I would ask you this, "did you really believe the U.S. government would lay down and admit, yes the whole thing is a Ponzi scheme and then say sorry"? Did you not think, losing the ability to create unlimited amounts of currency and thus power would be fought over? The only thing left is for "us" to "win". This may be closer than you think. I just read the latest by Koos Jansen, https://www.bullionstar.com/article/shanghai%20silver%20in%20backwardation , the spot price of silver on the Shanghai exchange is now trading at a 7.8% premium over the Dec. contract, this is backwardation. Before you say "it doesn't matter", please know that the physical inventory of silver has dropped from 1,200 tons last May, 2013 to 138 tons now ...an almost 90% drop. Whether there is gold or silver available does matter, it will matter. There will be some very definite winners and losers before this is over! That said, I unfortunately believe the winners will also be losers as society will break down for a time, spending your winnings might prove to be a difficult task.
Regards, Bill Holter
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