SPR

0.00%

$1.29 spartan resources limited

before all major market crashes, all asset classes take a...

First 171 Last

Share
Profile

Follow
cammotee

203 Posts.

32

25/07/24

23:22

Post #: 74922776
Share

Originally posted by calmbeforestorm: ↑

you may be right about the POG.

I listened to 2 fascinating podcasts today more economics than about gold but one podcaster is bullish on POG, the YEN and VIX trade ie betting VIX goes higher is equities will fall.

Two things came out that I was not aware.

A. US treasury has and is continuing to issue most of its debt (new and refinancing expiring) with terms less than 1 year much lower than in previous years. The proportion of short term debt has apparently gotten to the stage that the only other developing economy with such a high proportion is Turkey which is a bit of a basket case and has no other option as it cannot find buyers for its bonds at a sensible yield.

The apparent reason the US is using such a very high proportion of short term debt is to reduce supply of longer dated bonds to suppress bond yields - they suggest it’s actually QE in disguise and is equivalent to reducing the Fed cash rate by 1%. (I don’t understand this but have seen other references to it). Foreign investors are not buying long dated bonds. They believe it’s political. The ramifications for this are huge going forward. IMO this is a
big red flag (I have been aware of this situation for a number of months but the podcast made me realise how big a red flag this is). It’s worse than just this as the Fed has been doing QT ie selling securities but only shedding short term securities - the FED has actually increased its buying on longer dated bonds (ie QE) not reducing them which is the reverse of what they should be doing under QT - that is they are helping US Treasury suppress longer dated bond yields.

This all looks very bad. Sounds like that the market does not want US longer dated government bonds due to the massive debt, massive budget deficit and huge trade deficit,

B. AI - This explanation makes me realise what a big bubble AI is. Apparently the mag 7 are planning on AI capital expenditure of $US1tr over the next few years which is massive - the big issue is that they are NOT expensing the capital cost through their P&L over inflating current profits - instead capitalising it - the impact is to inflate current profits at the expense of future profits. The podcaster stated the Mag 7 are not making profits from AI yet and if they do not in future then SPs of the mag 7 will dive at soem time in the future, Guess which companies are buying most of the Nividia AI chips - the rest of the Mag 7!. The podcaster contends that the other 493 stocks in the S&P are paying a lot for the AI services from the mag 7 and are not making money from AI.

My summary - AI is looking like a huge ponzi scheme to me which is likely to crash as some point. This is a huge bubble that will burst but when who knows.

Both these are real potential black swans of a type and if they burst then POG will likely go up a lot.

PS AI is based on machine learning which has been around for decades - my own view is that it has uses but is quite limited and is so over hyped (I used to work with people who used machine learning).

I can post the podcasts if your want to listen. I have not checked the facts stated above on AI from the podcasts.

Expand

before all major market crashes, all asset classes take a nosedive as fear sets in and everyone heads for the door, rate cuts come hard and fast and precious metals will slingshot as people rush to known safe havens for capital.

it won’t be USD, bonds or treasury’s based on above and the sheer amount of interest that will be owed on $35T of debt.

such a trap coming at us. No where better to be than in the hard yellow stuff and SPR!!

SPR Price at posting: $1.28 Sentiment: Buy Disclosure: Held
9 Upvote

0 Great analysis

Reply

Top Stories

Week 40 Wrap: China's nonsensical stimmy hype wanes (shocking!); HotCopper's picks; oil & inflation

NTI

Neurotech knocked back by FDA as agency declares target condition not rare enough for special status

SLS

Solstice Minerals to ramp up drilling campaign at Yarri Gold Project

BUX

Buxton projects new graphite province discovery at WA Narryer play

CKA

Cokal upgrades infrastructure for BBM ramp-up in Indonesia

ACW

Actinogen Medical ramps up Alzheimer’s treatment trials, targeting fast-track global approvals

WCN

White Cliff jumps 24% on 'bonanza grade' copper rock chips at Rae project, Canada

BCI

BCI reaches close of funding facility for salt-first part of Mardie project

COD

Coda Minerals (ASX:COD) enters rights issue to further exploration in South Australia

RCE

Recce eyes Indonesia for novel anti-infective as Indo-Aus ties grow stronger

There are more pages in this discussion • 91 more messages in this thread...

First 171 Last

Add SPR (ASX) to my watchlist

(20min delay)
Last $1.29		Change 0.000(0.00%)		Mkt cap ! $1.429B

Open	High	Low	Value	Volume
$1.28	$1.31	$1.27	$6.108M	4.747M

Buyers (Bids)

No.	Vol.	Price($)
1	17537	$1.28

Sellers (Offers)

Price($)	Vol.	No.
$1.29	39997	1

View Market Depth

No.	Vol.	Price($)
1	17537	1.280
3	11877	1.270
1	2319	1.265
10	59742	1.260
2	35000	1.255

Price($)	Vol.	No.
1.285	39997	1
1.305	43321	2
1.310	15000	2
1.320	28000	1
1.330	6430	1

Last trade - 16.10pm 04/10/2024 (20 minute delay)

SPR (ASX) Chart

before all major market crashes, all asset classes take a...

Week 40 Wrap: China's nonsensical stimmy hype wanes (shocking!); HotCopper's picks; oil & inflation

Neurotech knocked back by FDA as agency declares target condition not rare enough for special status

Solstice Minerals to ramp up drilling campaign at Yarri Gold Project

Buxton projects new graphite province discovery at WA Narryer play

Cokal upgrades infrastructure for BBM ramp-up in Indonesia

Actinogen Medical ramps up Alzheimer’s treatment trials, targeting fast-track global approvals

White Cliff jumps 24% on 'bonanza grade' copper rock chips at Rae project, Canada

BCI reaches close of funding facility for salt-first part of Mardie project

Coda Minerals (ASX:COD) enters rights issue to further exploration in South Australia

Recce eyes Indonesia for novel anti-infective as Indo-Aus ties grow stronger

Featured News

Buyers (Bids)

Sellers (Offers)

Featured News

before all major market crashes, all asset classes take a...

Top Stories

Week 40 Wrap: China's nonsensical stimmy hype wanes (shocking!); HotCopper's picks; oil & inflation

Neurotech knocked back by FDA as agency declares target condition not rare enough for special status

Solstice Minerals to ramp up drilling campaign at Yarri Gold Project

Buxton projects new graphite province discovery at WA Narryer play

Cokal upgrades infrastructure for BBM ramp-up in Indonesia

Actinogen Medical ramps up Alzheimer’s treatment trials, targeting fast-track global approvals

White Cliff jumps 24% on 'bonanza grade' copper rock chips at Rae project, Canada

BCI reaches close of funding facility for salt-first part of Mardie project

Coda Minerals (ASX:COD) enters rights issue to further exploration in South Australia

Recce eyes Indonesia for novel anti-infective as Indo-Aus ties grow stronger

Featured News

Buyers (Bids)

Sellers (Offers)

Featured News