Oil and gold: Are you ready for the next move?

刚刚转完前面那篇关于危机的文章,晚上就收到Forbes的Newsletter,是他们一个投资咨询团队,推介他们今明两年投资的建议。其中,重要的是四点:
#1 - Buy some energy stocks.
#2 - Don’t invest in bonds.
#3 - Beware of the stock market.
The 4th investment opportunity is gold.

针对每一个建议,有简短的分析和推介订阅系列newsletter的文字,他的逻辑是:
美元正在贬值,而美元贬值就会导致: 原油价格上升、股市下跌、基金收益降低、利率调高、黄金价格会升高。
我摘录出了所有的分析,有兴趣的可以点击看全文。

There are four major opportunities concerning crude oil, gold, stocks, and bonds that will make and break millionaires during the next 24 months.

Buy oil? A ridiculous idea?

Dear Investor:

A few years ago when oil was trading at $16.00 to $20.00 a barrel, I pointed out the ground floor investment opportunity developing in oil. We openly recommended Enerplus Resources (ERF-NYSE) in our publications. It was trading at $17.00 or less then and was paying a dividend of about 1.25% - MONTHLY. That amounted to 15% a year.

Opportunity #1 - Buy some energy stocks.

The first of four major opportunities you will encounter in the next six months - which is also the biggest money making opportunity I have seen since the stock market made its lows in 1982 - is to buy some energy stocks. You may be skeptical about this - as investors were when we told them to “mortgage the house and buy stocks” in the spring of 1982. Nevertheless, here it is.

Oil and natural gas are on their way to significantly higher levels. You can still buy select oil and gas producers that pay 12% to 14% dividends - and they pay monthly. It doesn’t get better than that. There are many reasons to buy oil and gas. Unrest continues to mount in the Middle East, and the so-called terror premium in crude prices will remain until we see at least three years of peace in the fertile crescent. I think that will be a long time coming.

There is a shortfall between supply and demand, and this shortfall is growing. World demand increased 2.5 million barrels a day over the last year due to increased demand in the U.S. and Asia. India and China are industrializing at a feverish pace, and their energy appetite is increasing exponentially. On the other hand, global production is very close to a peak, and there is no “excess” production capacity left. We are at the point where the rubber hits the road, and the only rationing mechanism for who gets the available supply will be higher prices.

The “GUT” of the matter.

There is a “grand unified thread,” if you will, that ties together each of the four opportunities facing you. This common factor is the weakness in the U.S. dollar. As the dollar falls, the price of crude oil will rise. As the dollar falls, our dividends on Canadian energy stocks will rise in U.S. dollar terms. As the dollar falls, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq will decline. As the dollar falls, bonds will fall and interest rates will rise. As the dollar falls, the third great bull market in precious metals will accelerate.

There are those who believe that the Fed’s new stance toward higher interest rates will push the dollar higher. In fact, higher rates will punish the economy and will increase the trade deficit and the federal deficit. Higher interest rates will be very costly for both consumers and the government, and they will not help the dollar.

The inflation genie is out of its bottle again. Crude oil prices reflect that, and the price of energy is a factor in the price of everything you buy. Everything has to be shipped, and wholesale suppliers are already beginning to add fuel surcharges to their invoices. This cost gets passed on to the final buyer. Forget the CPI. It is simply a lie. You know what’s happening to the cost of your food, gasoline, home heating, insurance, medical expenses, etc. You know prices are rising a good deal more than the government’s official rate of 2.5%.

The basic reason is the falling value of the dollar. Until short term interest rates rise at a pace as fast as inflation and to a level at least as high as the real rate of inflation, the dollar will remain under pressure. My ultimate downside target is to see the U.S. dollar index (now at 90.00) fall to 60.00. This may end up being optimistic.

You can still make a profit in this rising inflation/falling dollar era, but you will have to change some of your thinking. The falling dollar and rising interest rates are bad for bonds. It is tough to argue against that.

In 1998 when 30-year Treasuries were paying 9%, I made the forecast that long term rates would fall to 4%. It was a little like my forecast for higher stock prices in the spring of 1982. I didn’t run into many believers. However, in June of 2003, the long bond yield fell to a low of 4.32%. My outlook for the future is different now. My current forecast is to see long term rates move over 8% during the next 24 months.

Opportunity #2 - Don’t invest in bonds.

What sort of opportunity is that, you say? It is an opportunity to save yourself from losses and find yourself with money invested which is paying sub par returns and falling in value. If you want liquidity, put it in 3-month T-bills. Yes, at 1.25%. Don’t worry. As the Fed institutes their “measured” rate hikes, your Tbills will pay a bit more each time you roll them over. I think you will be very pleased every three months as you get paid a little more and the bond investors get paid a little less.

You can trade bonds if that is something you are good at, but don’t make any long term investments in bonds.

Opportunity #3 - Beware of the stock market.

I apologize. This is another negative opportunity, but it’s no less important than the advice to stay out of bonds. The stock market is at the end of a distribution phase following its cyclical rally from the lows in October 2002. With the exception of a few select issues which we will point out, it is time to take profits in stocks.

A secular (long term) bear market began in the spring of 2000 after the Nasdaq touched the 5,000 level. The market advance from lows in October 2002 until January 2004 was a cyclical bull market within the longer term secular bear market.

That cyclical rally was, indeed, a nice respite from the bear, but we are not in a new bull market. In fact, we are now at the beginning of the second leg in the secular bear market that began in the early months of 2000. Subscribe for six months or more and I will send you our report “The Long Cycle.” This report will orient you to where the stock market is today, as well as where it is going over the next several years. We are currently recommending stocks and specific mutual funds that you can hold and profit from, even in a bear market.

The 4th investment opportunity is gold.

The price of gold is influenced most by the value of the U.S. dollar. As the dollar falls, the price of gold will rise. It doesn’t happen on a day-to-day basis; but longer term, gold is a dollar thing … and the dollar is going to fall much further.

We are currently in the early stages of the third great gold bull market of the last 100 years. The first from 1929 to 1932 where we saw the price of the average mining stock increase 650%. In the second, from 1969 to 1980, the typical mining stock appreciated by 1,000%.

The third secular bull market in gold is under way ( it’s far from over), yet the Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index (XAU) has barely doubled thus far. You will likely see the XAU appreciate another 400% by 2008.

OIL AND GOLD: ARE YOU READY FOR THE NEXT MOVE?

Update: 这次有读者来评论,我才注意到我当时还在关注这个,实际上,这个投资团队现在还存在,可以在这里找到他们的介绍,而这个分析,也正是他们用来吸引订户的王牌。 by William@2007/02/05

危机来了我们如何避免?

同事最近发过来的一篇文章,应该是网上转载的,不知道作者是谁。讲得很实在,看了胆战心惊。而且最近有越来越多的新闻从侧面佐证了这个分析:

前程无忧股价大起大落 十多家律师所已诉讼
NASDAQ欲掀新一轮中国企业IPO潮 国企是焦点
隐性财政赤字渐现 人民币潜伏贬值压力
人民币该不该升值专题
国字头资金入市闸门打开 三大基金入市步伐加快
保险资金直接入市专题

也许危言耸听,然宜未雨绸缪。

一直有朋友在问我,如果你说的危机到来了,我们如何才能避免?说实话,我自己也一直在思考这个问题,但是一年下来,我发现我无法回答这个问题。很惭愧,最后的答案也许是,如果危机可以那么容易就避免,那么危机也就不再是危机了。面对真正的危机,我们无处可逃。

2004年是稳定的一年,一切都象计划中的那样,GDP增加了9%,房子依然在疯涨,工业产值增加了30%,一切都那么平常,没有什么特别的事件,也没有什么特别的危机。

但是透过数字的平安,我们却看到了一些不平安的成分。在国内,汽车行业被突然狙击了,没有人能够确切地说出为什么会这么突然,汽车也从高速增长变成了困难重重,所有的车型都在狂跌,各地的市场都进入冰封。家电行业也一样,长虹碰到了巨额的亏损,各大家电公司也都不怎么景气。就像所有的偶然中包含着必然 一样,这些突然发生的现象,其实一直在持续地说明一件事情,我们的增长仍然是投资扩张,投资的效益仍然在不断下降。

从十月份的统计可以看出,所有的食品,原材料,黄金,燃料的价格都在上涨,而同期所有的通讯,交通,信息,家电,汽车,运输的价格都在下跌。原材料的价格不断上涨,而工业制成品,高端产品的价格不断下跌,都说明了一件事情,工厂的日子不好过。除了不断扩张,工业方面拿不出提高利润率的有效办法。而尤为 雪上加霜的是,尽管GDP增长了9%,税收却同时增加了24%。大量的金钱被持续地从消费品领域抽空,速度越来越快。

现在大家都知道了,物价在涨。为了躲避货币贬值,人们开始被迫投资。然而可笑的是,本应该作为公众投资最佳场所的股市,昨天却创下了5年新低。今天的 游资真是无路可逃,房产的上涨早已不是新闻;艺术品最近几个月内上涨了一倍;黄金也在疯狂上涨;温州人在收购煤矿;农村土地价格上涨了24%,一切只要是可能保值的地方,都塞满了游资,而经济结构,却仍然失调。

可怜的不光是我们这些小百姓,中央大企业也无处可逃。2006年外资就要开放了,今年几大银行,各大保险公司,大型企业都需要资金,补漏洞,补亏空。上市,成为每一个大企业共同的口号。然而,能够上市的A股早已经成为股市的笑话,任何一个全流通的消息,任何一个新股上市的消息都能引起一轮疯狂的抛售。新低,又是新低。中国股民如同惧怕瘟神一样惧怕新股。想在A股圈钱,怕是没门。于是巨头们想出了一个办法,去美国上市,去骗洋人的钱。

西方有句谚语,说:你骗我第一次,你应该感到羞愧;你骗我第二次,我应该感到羞愧。意思就是绝不会让人骗两次的。中国的股份在初期的辉煌胜利之后,立刻就暴露了它的本质——骗术。报表是假的,资产是假的。于是一时间,人们纷纷抛出中国概念股,甚至导致一些新股跌破发行价。这时候秃鹫们来了,在美国股票 市场上,秃鹫们凭着灵敏的嗅觉,很快发现了这些在外国市场活动的中国公司的利用价值,在真正的投资者开始撤退后,秃鹫们一拥而上,开始购入中国股票。中国公司一开始大概还没有感觉到什么,有人买股票总是好的啊,钱总是被骗来的。然而,没过多久,一张张告票被送到了中国公司的手里,中国的高层们忽然意识到, 原来,那里不是中央说了算的地方。美国秃鹫们大量收集了中国公司做假的证据后,开始行动,美国证监会最近对中国人寿展开正式调查,如果罪名成立,所有持有中人寿股票的人都可以从中人寿那里获得一笔赔偿。于是,“买中国股票,也许会涨,它若不涨,就告它,让它赔偿”成了华尔街律师们的最新致富路。

在见识过美国股市监管的利害之后,中国公司们纷纷转向香港市场,新加坡市场,希望能在这里避避风头。然而,很快,中航油完了;创维主席也在香港被捕。于是,临近年末,中国企业又开始注意A股——这个唯一可以被他们随意玩弄的股市,上市上市,不管股市怎么跌,也一定要上市。2005年,中国上市公司无路可逃。

房地产现在是“高处不胜寒”。尽管各种千奇百怪的利好还在不断吹出,但是对于我们大部分的普通的老百姓来讲,游戏已经结束。100万的房价,不管它将 来是涨到200万也好还是300万也好,对于月工资3000块左右的大部分人来讲,结果都是同样的三个字:买不起。所以大可以不必再担心,只需要心平气和地看看那些人还在台上唱戏。高房价下,能买得起的人是越来越少,尽管房价不能跌,房价跌了会乱的呼声很高,可是资金呢?房子从50万变成100万,可以得利100%,从150万变成200万,只能得利33%,而后者需要的资金量却大得多。2005年,房价要飞往天堂?

人民币,冒天下之大不讳,一个允许公民合法向国外转移资产的法令出台了。台下群情激奋,以为是为贪官护航;台上的人们很清楚,人民币,能换一点美金是一点,能带出去一点是一点。12万亿的货币总量,一年4万亿的货币增发量。傻瓜都知道这意味着什么——通货膨胀,巨大的风险笼罩着未来,人民币还能挺住吗?于是,人民币可以往国外带了,美金可以带到国外化了,只要能够让人民币顶住,什么招都可以用,什么办法都可以想,2005年,人民币何处可逃?

新年的第一个工作日。CNN的大标题是MADE IN AMERICA变成了CHINA,导火线是奇瑞在美国的上市。从未见过的大批判在美国展开,外贸的巨大逆差,对美国而言,究竟是福是祸,恐怕不是那么简单地可以回答的。但是又一点是可以肯定的,布什在收缩他的花销,2005年,新的形势对中国必定产生影响。外贸的顺差还能带来滚滚红利吗?外贸增长将往何处去?

2004年,大学生的就业率为73%,相对于03年83%左右的就业率降低了不少,毕业生的工资,打开GOOGLE搜索的第一个标题就是重庆大学生起薪比2003年降低25-30%,而上海2004年本科生首月平均工资1680元,比起上海市各类毕业生2003年度年工资收入平均达到35072元来,显然也很不乐观。鉴于中国统计数据的稀少,我没有得到更加精确的数据,但是,很显然的是,所有的事情都符合预期,新毕业的本科生越来越多,而工作机会越来越少,工资越来越低。今年的大学毕业生还要增加20%,Oh, my god! 2005年,大学生们要遭遇什么?

原材料涨价,产品跌价,企业融资困难,税收增加,外贸可能紧缩,所有的分析都指向一点,企业的效益出现下降,而效益下降的必然结果就是裁员。目前,中国企业大部分还没有恶化到裁员的境地,但大学生们找不到工作也许可以暗示一些前景。人多了,工作不多,竞争必然加剧,工资就会降低,而降低了的工资还能支撑起百万元的房价吗?

2004年是平静的一年,但是组成危机的各部分并没有得到改善,甚至(比如就业率)正更加恶化。所以2005年,我们还必须谨慎,注意物价关系,注意投资,注意储蓄。对付危机有很多办法,国家的有改革,改制。个人的有炒作,投资。但都不容易。作为大部分的普通人,新年之初,我只有寥寥几句建议。不要随便投资,不要追逐炒作,注意节约。尽管通货膨胀会吃掉你绝大部分的储蓄,但是危机到来的时候,你的储蓄毕竟还是你的救命稻草。如果你有过人的能力和直觉,那么我建议你 加入炒做,否则就只能以不变应万变。2005年,我最大的愿望是经济结构能够得到改善,否则,如果平安只意味着危机的积蓄的话,我们还是无处可逃。

列车驶过2月14日

跟全国人民争宠不是一个好的主意。这样做的直接后果就是:

1。两点四十。在挤了十五分钟之后决定放弃挤上车的想法,开始考虑能不能和他们一起从窗户爬进去;在知道加收¥50才能爬之后决定放弃,考虑继续说服卧铺车厢的列车员,同时跟站长沟通改签。这时已经超时十分钟了,列车马上就要启动,列车员终于发了善心放了几个人上来,我位列第二。

2。在餐车不足1m的过道上站了四个小时,认识了三个同路人,其中两个算是有些小关系,通过他们的关系,得到了可以稍晚时候买餐车夜宵券的保证。

3。稍晚原来是到晚上十点钟!不过好在终于买到了夜宵券。叁拾人民币,一餐凌晨一点的饭外加从买券时至早上六点餐车的座位使用权,这后者才是最重要的:)终于不用在仅能立锥的餐车过道练习体能了。

4。中途我尝试去打热水,硬座车厢挤满了人,不,用“挤”根本描述不出当时的状况,应该说,塞满了人,人,简直就是物品,塞满每个角落。包括走道,站着的、蹲着的、躺着的、蜷缩着的……每寸空间都有肉身。

5。睡眼朦胧地被赶起来,虚弱的两腿终于坚持到了最后的时刻,餐车最大的好处是没有那么挤,所以脚还可以活动不至于凝固。到我看到车窗外三层的民房上伊斯兰的顶针的时候,我知道,苦难有了终点:)

在沐浴更衣之后,陪寡居七天之久的同居男一起去看手机、逛街,过被我们戏称为G2的两个男人的情人节,然后,在从明天起又要呆上至少四个月没有假期的办公室里,写下这些文字。

所有甜蜜的人,包括我们路上看到的那所有小情侣,祝你们继续幸福甜蜜。这节日专为你们而设,请珍惜每日、尽情挥洒热情。

晚安。

好梦。

谁能成就每一个生日许过的愿

高中同学聚会。

15人,差不多人人都有定论了,还有的女孩子把男朋友带来男孩子把女朋友带来。只有一个女孩子,当年的团支书;一个男孩子,一直活跃却总是被认为是小孩子的;也许还加上半个我,算作未有结论。听他们在旁边讲男朋友女朋友,单身想有个家有家之后又不想回家,大学带上来的男友太小、工作后谈的男友太滑、男朋友不够爱她也觉得她不够爱他、同一个单位的恋爱不好不同地方的恋爱太难、当年的班主任似乎已经离了又结了……

我们班有在政府、政协、开发区、公安、法院、检察院、IT、通讯、教育的……没有一个可以解决这些问题的。

晚间吃饭,一个当年只会三步上篮现在是人民警察的同学负责,连带一个电话解决了晚上的K歌,不幸的是正在喝酒他又要去递材料并给嫌犯录口供:”人民警察人力资源吃紧啊”。大家聊不了多久迅速分化成各个小团体最后各自散去像昨夜漫天的大雪。

明天的下午,我就会踏上回杭的列车,经过19个小时的无座回到杭州。我之于这里,越来越是个过客,而非归人。

春节快乐。寒假告终。

于静默地铁 于寂寞路边

于无聊时路过的篮球场上
于玩乐后经过的便利店中
于静默地铁 于寂寞路边

初一晚上,我们家例行的全家在一起”围炉夜话”。妈妈跟我谈话,让我开始存钱。理论是,如果你能跟她在一起,你们肯定要很快结婚,最迟不会超过2006年年底,到时,房子怎么办?结婚的开销怎么办?你总不能什么都要人家女孩子出吧?即使你们最后不能在一起,你肯定会跟别的女孩子谈恋爱,那也一样要结婚的啊,你没有房子、没有钱,怎么去给人家女孩子一个未来呢?

三十。Sundy过来,围着火盆我们聊了整整一下午。她和男友都在上海。她的男友按照标准眼光来看绝对是绩优股,然而她谈到她的男友,一样是种种难受和抱怨。毕竟是同龄人而非而立人士。她在火盆的那边讲,我在这边听,有那么一霎我觉得,就像小猫在旁边诉说。关心、照顾、对未来的规划和一步步地努力,何曾看到?

火盆的炭,慢慢地烧。

“我原来以为幸福的标准是一样,不用存太多的钱也可以有梦想。虽然花的时间会比别人长,贫穷的日子我们也坚强。”事实却远非如此。女孩子总是青春易逝。对于Sundy来讲,上海、4A,梦想是如何从AE到AM到AD,她的身旁没有一个接一个的婚姻的消息。爱、好好爱,已足够。但是,你如何能够要求一个全家族仅剩未婚、所有同批进学校作老师的同事全部已婚、连大学宿舍的所有室友都已经或者将要结婚的女孩子不去要求婚姻?尽管她也觉得尚未准备好,可是,至少要确定了吧?”可是我没有钱 可是我没有变 可是我以为你都看得见 我变得像一个不懂事的小孩”,这,才是最终的原因。

少年心事当拿云。五年前,当我开始追她的时候,我以为,毕业工作两年,收入就应该如何如何了,而婚姻,未必是一定要有如何如何的。现在,所有的如何如何都与当初的想象完全不同。前提全部改变。只有我还是个小孩。

开始存钱。妈妈说的是对的。不管结果如何,总归要对自己诚恳。

也许就像黎明之于黄昏,至少不会让下一个女孩子,同步现在的里程。

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