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We DO know that something is happening in Antarctica, else why would so many powerful people have gone there - we KNOW that! And reports from people like Linda Moulton Howe's witnesses seem more reliable that the Goode/Wilcock stories "Unbelievable. And impossible to prove or disprove" "But some people will believe anything" "We need to counter this with INFORMED speculation, being clear about the difference between what we know, and what we do not know." - Richard Dolan

We DO know that something is happening in Antarctica, else why would so many powerful people have gone there - we KNOW that! And reports from people like Linda Moulton Howe's witnesses seem more reliable that the Goode/Wilcock stories "Unbelievable. And impossible to prove or disprove" "But some people will believe anything" "We need to counter this with INFORMED speculation, being clear about the difference between what we know, and what we do not know." - Richard Dolan

NEOWAVE WARNING "... the S&P might need to undergo a violent "blow off" in the next 1-2 months... " SPX (etf for S&P500) ... update : SPY : INDU : IWM : XLF / Last: $2,399.62 - rising on lighter volume (so far) NEOWAVE: Extreme Market Risk magelan@neowave.com 9 May at 7:53 AM In the last 35-years, there have been ONLY 4 occasions when I was certain a stock market crash was coming – they were the high in 1987, the high in 2000 (the internet bubble), the end of the real estate boom in early 2008 and the high made August 2015. In ALL cases, a massive decline followed. At this time, based on all the things I know about the U.S. stock market (current Wave structure implications, U.S. margin debt, insider traders selling stock, overbought warnings from my Moat Index, a rising interest rate environment and the volume of new accounts being opened at brokerage firms in 2017 around the country), THIS is the FIRST TIME since August 2015 that I'm VERY concerned a "Stock Market Crash" is just 1-3 months away. The two ingredients currently missing from the typical setup for a major market top is volatility (which is normally high at major tops and bottoms) and widespread media coverage. With those two elements absent, the S&P might need to undergo a violent "blow off" in the next 1-2 months. Such behavior will increase volatility and definitely get the attention of the main stream media. Whether the S&P soars to new highs over the next 1-2 months and volatility increases OR the S&P simply sells off and begins a violent decline from a lower high, the odds are EXTREMELY HIGH - in the next 1-3 months - that the U.S. stock market will experience its largest, fastest decline in 10 years! That violent drop will be the start of a 2-4 year bear market that retraces at least 50% of the 2009-2017 bull market. If you look at the attached long-term (6-monthly) chart, you can see my best guess at Wave structure back to 2000's high and the S&P current position and what I expect (the red-dashed line). Keep in mind, a "blow off" advance of 5-10% might occur this month or next BEFORE the crash begins. Either way, I'm fairly confident a multi-year bear market will begin in 2017. We can only guess what might instigate the next bear market but many possibilities exist. The Fed continuing to raise interest rates historically is enough. The tensions between North Korea, China, the U.S. and Russia is another factor. Massive borrowing by U.S. corporations to buy their own stock, which will eventually have to be paid back, is another concern. Eventually, the cause of the bear market will be decided but, in the mean time, you should prepare. (by email)

NEOWAVE WARNING "... the S&P might need to undergo a violent "blow off" in the next 1-2 months... " SPX (etf for S&P500) ... update : SPY : INDU : IWM : XLF / Last: $2,399.62 - rising on lighter volume (so far) NEOWAVE: Extreme Market Risk magelan@neowave.com 9 May at 7:53 AM In the last 35-years, there have been ONLY 4 occasions when I was certain a stock market crash was coming – they were the high in 1987, the high in 2000 (the internet bubble), the end of the real estate boom in early 2008 and the high made August 2015. In ALL cases, a massive decline followed. At this time, based on all the things I know about the U.S. stock market (current Wave structure implications, U.S. margin debt, insider traders selling stock, overbought warnings from my Moat Index, a rising interest rate environment and the volume of new accounts being opened at brokerage firms in 2017 around the country), THIS is the FIRST TIME since August 2015 that I'm VERY concerned a "Stock Market Crash" is just 1-3 months away. The two ingredients currently missing from the typical setup for a major market top is volatility (which is normally high at major tops and bottoms) and widespread media coverage. With those two elements absent, the S&P might need to undergo a violent "blow off" in the next 1-2 months. Such behavior will increase volatility and definitely get the attention of the main stream media. Whether the S&P soars to new highs over the next 1-2 months and volatility increases OR the S&P simply sells off and begins a violent decline from a lower high, the odds are EXTREMELY HIGH - in the next 1-3 months - that the U.S. stock market will experience its largest, fastest decline in 10 years! That violent drop will be the start of a 2-4 year bear market that retraces at least 50% of the 2009-2017 bull market. If you look at the attached long-term (6-monthly) chart, you can see my best guess at Wave structure back to 2000's high and the S&P current position and what I expect (the red-dashed line). Keep in mind, a "blow off" advance of 5-10% might occur this month or next BEFORE the crash begins. Either way, I'm fairly confident a multi-year bear market will begin in 2017. We can only guess what might instigate the next bear market but many possibilities exist. The Fed continuing to raise interest rates historically is enough. The tensions between North Korea, China, the U.S. and Russia is another factor. Massive borrowing by U.S. corporations to buy their own stock, which will eventually have to be paid back, is another concern. Eventually, the cause of the bear market will be decided but, in the mean time, you should prepare. (by email)

A BETTER WORLD? Novel to ask: What if Hillary Clinton hadn't married Bill? Associated Press May 8, 2017 FILE - In this April 6, 2017 file photo, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during the Women in the World Summit in New York. . Random House announced Monday, May 8, 2017, that author Curtis Sittenfeld will tell the story of how Hillary Clinton’s life might have turned out had she never married Bill Clinton. Science fiction writer William Gibson is also writing a novel about Hillary Clinton in which he imagines she won the presidential election. No publish dates have been announced. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) NEW YORK (AP) — A best-selling novelist is imagining how Hillary Clinton's life might have turned out had she never married Bill Clinton. Random House announced Monday that Curtis Sittenfeld will tell the story from the point of view of Hillary Rodham. In real life, the former first lady did turn down Bill Clinton's marriage proposals at first before agreeing to marry. In the novel, not yet titled, she turns down Clinton once and for all, then goes on with her life. No release date was announced. Sittenfeld wrote "American Wife," whose main character was believed to have been loosely based on Laura Bush. Sittenfeld also wrote "Prep," about a Massachusetts prep school. == > https://www.yahoo.com/news/novel-ask-hillary-clinton-hadnt-married-bill-190708369.html .... Meantime, Sci-fi writer William Gibson is writing a novel about Hillary Clinton in which he imagines that she won the presidential election. THAT would be Hillary H3LL, which may exist as a tragic war-torn planet somewhere in a parallel universe

THIS was posted on AXP: The biggest concern is the rising vacancy rate for Residential, which at Q4-2016 Colliers pegged at 10% for Metro Manila (and 13% for the Makati CBD) and projects to be rising through 2017 as we see peak completions this year. Fortunately, demand remains high, and leasing of the new space is high too, but not as high as this year's record completions. . On the OFFICE side, vacancies are far, far lower. Colliers expected vacancies to "hover between 4.0 and 4.5% in the next twelve months" for Metro Manila. And with very low Office completions, they estimated Makati CBD office vacancies at - under 1% and falling%! : "Colliers believes that both tenants and developers must brace themselves for a probable increase in rents across the various submarkets" for Office Space, == > Q4-2016 Market Reports: http://www.colliers.com/en-gb/philippines/insights

EXCERPT - re: Demographics "Philippines, with 31 percent of its population currently under the age of 15, is projected to see a 1.9 percent expansion of its 15-to-65 year-old population this year, with Malaysia’s due to rise 1.6 percent and India 1.5 percent, Nomura economists said in a report. Malaysia’s population growth, however, is expected to slow faster than India’s. That contrasts with bleaker prospects for the likes of China, Japan and Hong Kong, all of which have seen a contraction in the workforce since 2015...." So this may not be surprising:

It is good to see some diversity of views. If everyone has the same view, they are probably ALL wrong. haha

A bunch of bored people found Illuminati symbols in Macron's victory ... 5 hours ago - Is it any surprise that some corners of the internet want to credit global conspiracies with deciding the French presidency? The world watched ... The symbol of a pyramid has long been associated with the Illuminati, a fictitious shadowy group whose powerful members secretly control the wolrd. It is a known symbol within Freemasonry (which conspiracy theorists associate with the Illuminati). Some explain the group as responsible for the great seal on the back of the $1 bill. The fact that Macron celebrated his victory in front of a pyramid gave conspiracy theorists and online jokers all the ammunition they needed to connect the imaginary dots. French Elections… The Macron (“Diacritical Mark”) wins… Illuminati ... 22 hours ago - In my view, this greatly supports the idea that Macron is the RIP (Rothschild Illuminati President). Perhaps at some point the French people will ... Apparently the Macron DM (Diacritical Mark) won (was “appointed”?) by a large margin. So along the way today I saw this video (“All seeing eye” symbolism at Emmanuel Macron victory speech #NWO #LouvrePyramid) which pointed out Illuminati symbolism present in Macron’s speech at the Louvre. So I viewed that video, then found the original he used, here (REPLAY. Discours intégral d’Emmanuel Macron au Louvre). It appears the camera shots were chosen carefully so that much of the time, Macron himself was located directly under the eye of the Louvre Pyramid. According to my count, in that video, it occurred 17 times. I also noted the following: 00:07 Eiffel Tower appears illuminated red (red-orange?) 00:28 Macron hands up, head under eye of pyramid (first of 17 appearances of this camera shot) 09:35 Spotlights on the stage appear (in this view) to form a pyramid (several views of this) 15:29 Crowd appears to be illuminated in red (this view also occurs several times) In my view, this greatly supports the idea that Macron is the RIP (Rothschild Illuminati Puppet) President. Perhaps at some point the French people will wake up even more to what’s happening on this planet and eventually, like the US, elect a president that is not so “Illuminati-ated”. Macron, the Illuminati-friendly President: http://www.greenenergyinvestors.com/index.php?showtopic=21453

BEN Fulford's Latest - Is he serious? LBO? It is time for Canadian LBO of bankrupt US Corporate government Posted by benjamin May 8, 2017 = Despite an ongoing pretense that nothing happened, it turns out the US corporate government based in Washington DC and registered in Puerto Rico really did go bankrupt last week. The bankruptcy of Puerto Rico is different from something like the bankruptcy of Detroit because Puerto Rico is a fully owned DC subsidiary and so the parent company must take the fall. This was why the Chinese Finance Minister suddenly cancelled a meeting with his Japanese and South Korean counter-parts last week because of a “financial emergency.” http://www.reuters.com/article/us-adb-asia-trilateral-idUSKBN1802V2 This was also why the British Royal family held an emergency meeting last week at Buckingham Palace and then announced the retirement of Prince Philip. Both emergency meetings had to do with the cashing of Super Petchili or Lung-Tsing-U-Hai bonds backed by Chinese gold and held by many members of the world’s royal families, according to a senior bank source. To be exact, according to this source, in exchange for resigning, Prince Philip was allowed to cash his Petchilis meaning the British Royal Family now has in its hands enough money to totally transform the planet. If so, then this means Canada is now in a position to ask creditors of the bankrupt United States Corporation for financing of a leveraged buy-out of its operations. The result would be an end to the never ending insanity and criminality emerging out of Washington DC. We will look deeper into this further down because, in terms of how this will affect the planet, this under the radar move is far more important than the French Presidential election. This was stolen by the Rothschild’s on behalf of their slave Emmanuel Macron with a in your face, Satanic 66.06% of the vote. The French election was really a German/Russian proxy war over the control of Europe. US naval intelligence reports that German troops were sent into France prior to the election to while Pentagon sources say Russian troops were sent into Serbia at around the same time. As things stand now, Hitler’s daughter Angela Merkel has repeated her father’s accomplishment of conquering France, this time through stealth rather than through open warfare. Regardless though, Japanese military intelligence is now saying that defeated French presidential candidate Marine le Pen was in fact... == > http://benjaminfulford.net/2017/05/08/it-is-time-for-canadian-lbo-of-bankrupt-us-corporate-government/ Rothschild’s slave Emmanuel Macron

Dark Journalist (Daniel Liszt) digs deeper SECRET SPACE PROGRAM SPOOKS: WHISTLEBLOWER #FAIL! DARK JOURNALIST & BILL RYAN

EXCELLENT Report - from MDS and UBS ! Summary ======= UBS's View, 25 April 2017 . : HK : We assume three Fed rate hikes in each of 2017 and 2018, in line with our US economists' revised view. We have assumed the Fed hikes are passed through into higher HK mortgage rates... We estimate absorbing two further hikes ... Our multivariate regression model suggests HK residential price growth of +1% in 2017 and -3.4% in 2018. We note our country team is more conservative, assuming Hong Kong residential prices decline 5-7% in 2017.. . : Singapore residential prices have fallen 11.7% from their Q3'13 peak. We expect the downtrend in Singapore residential prices to continue, given rising interest rates, elevated vacancy rates and slower economic growth. Our multivariate regression model ... is pointing towards a 4.5% fall in Singapore residential prices in 2017, fairly close to our country team's estimate of a 6% drop. . : Manila, PH : Launches in Metro Manila declined 12% in 2016 but take-up improved (+25%) according to Colliers, resulting in a decline in inventory levels from a peak of 2.6 years to 1.7 years. We expect the developers to respond with a pick-up in launches and capex this year. Residential supply is forecast by Colliers to grow by 54% over the next five years, putting downward pressure on rental rates. A decline in rental yields from 6% to 5% may put into question the ability of residential prices to hold in 2018... . : Bangkok, TH : We expect 2017 to be a better year than last for Thai property given more favourable demand-supply dynamics in the condo segment. House prices are expected to rise moderately on the back of land price appreciation and an increase in the proportion of new condo launches in the high-end segment; ... a short-term strategy employed by a number of big developers to navigate through rising rejection rates in the low-end segment. In 2017, we expect moderately positive house prices growth for the primary market, given rising land prices, and an increase in the proportion of new condo launches in the high-end segment: 85% of the buyers are Thais and the remaining 15% are foreigners. For the secondary market, we expect prices to be flat. In Bangkok there can be a ~30% price difference between primary and secondary pricing, with local consumers strongly favouring primary over secondary property for purchase.

EXCELLENT Report - from MDS and UBS ! Summary ======= UBS's View, 25 April 2017 : Manila, PH : Launches in Metro Manila declined 12% in 2016 but take-up improved (+25%) according to Colliers, resulting in a decline in inventory levels from a peak of 2.6 years to 1.7 years. We expect the developers to respond with a pick-up in launches and capex this year. Residential supply is forecast by Colliers to grow by 54% over the next five years, putting downward pressure on rental rates. A decline in rental yields from 6% to 5% may put into question the ability of residential prices to hold in 2018. In fact, we probably will see in the next few quarters some more discounts given in secondary market sale transactions. Metro Manila is increasingly becoming a buyers and renters market. While secondary market is becoming a buyers/rentes market, the primary market's low inventory levels and new launches could attract preselling buyers willing to wait a few years before getting their units. The secondary market remains thin with prices often 25% below primary, but buyers can get better financing and payment terms for primary property. In the primary market, developers can offer zero interest terms for down -payments, which can be spread throughout the construction period of at least 3 years. As new units complete, we think there would be prolonged softness in pricing and rents in the secondary market. . : HK : We assume three Fed rate hikes in each of 2017 and 2018, in line with our US economists' revised view. We have assumed the Fed hikes are passed through into higher HK mortgage rates... We estimate absorbing two further hikes ... Our multivariate regression model suggests HK residential price growth of +1% in 2017 and -3.4% in 2018. We note our country team is more conservative, assuming Hong Kong residential prices decline 5-7% in 2017.. . : Singapore residential prices have fallen 11.7% from their Q3'13 peak. We expect the downtrend in Singapore residential prices to continue, given rising interest rates, elevated vacancy rates and slower economic growth. Our multivariate regression model ... is pointing towards a 4.5% fall in Singapore residential prices in 2017, fairly close to our country team's estimate of a 6% drop. . : Bangkok, TH : We expect 2017 to be a better year than last for Thai property given more favourable demand-supply dynamics in the condo segment. House prices are expected to rise moderately on the back of land price appreciation and an increase in the proportion of new condo launches in the high-end segment; ... a short-term strategy employed by a number of big developers to navigate through rising rejection rates in the low-end segment. In 2017, we expect moderately positive house prices growth for the primary market, given rising land prices, and an increase in the proportion of new condo launches in the high-end segment: 85% of the buyers are Thais and the remaining 15% are foreigners. For the secondary market, we expect prices to be flat. In Bangkok there can be a ~30% price difference between primary and secondary pricing, with local consumers strongly favouring primary over secondary property for purchase.

DATA - from MDS, a sometimes poster here =================== Hi guys, try to check if you can open this link: https://neo.ubs.com/shared/d1waL0PS39f9JGp It's the latest UBS proprietary database analysis of online property in Asia (incl metro Manila), it looks at trends of 1. Inventory, 2. avg days on market, 3. property discount/premium relative to first asking price, 4 avg asking price per sqm == (From DrB: this site should also be noted): #MakatiCondo is the newest condo broker website data base based at Makati City., it is specifically designed to list all Condo for rent and for sale listed here at #makaticondo. this is the place where you can find the best condominium unit offered for sale and for rent. in Makati area .#MakatiCondo : http://www.makaticondo.com.ph/

A 25% annual return is a classic "too good to be true" type investment IMHO But the problem of finding good tenants in PH is very real - especially now The problems he experienced had little to do with the growing problem of Excess supply: ("The procedures take too much time, too much validation... The agent had to check with her boss to see if they would accept the Owners Rental asking price. She could not process the clients that the owner brought in himself. The agent wanted the commission, even when the onwer found the client...") Maybe We can share tips on good agents, as we find them. "Has anyone here looked into student housing???" Interesting, I was chatting yesterday (with MDS) about Ayala's new Dormitory project FLATS AMORSOLO (7,480sq.m) AMORSOLO ST. COR. DELA ROSA MAKATI CITY > ssc: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1994288 (I had this conversation with "MDS" elsewhere - he reads this website, and has posted here): MDS : Ayala is building a dormitory on dela rosa.. It's not for pre-selling, only lease. They feel where the demand is DrB : If they are holding it, they must think it will be profitable. It will undercut some of the properties they selloff MDS: ...I think the bull market is maturing. Investing in pre-selling is not attractive anymore given the sharp price increases, the long wait, the supply and the yields (after tax, fees etc) are unattractive for Pinoy setting. I have learned this also from W---, but the money lies in the properties which are under the radar of foreign investors, 10y old, in location where it floods 3-4x a year etc.. They come at sharp discounts. The rent is way cheaper then in all other new places and therefore easy to find tenants. Yields are >10% 2. What surprises me.. Liquidity seems pretty bad.. We have been purchasing 2 studios this month RFO, Rush sales, one 15% gross yield and one 12% gross after negotiating.. And they have been sitting in the market for a few months.. We did the due diligence and hopefully we won't have bad surprises. Just surprised how long it took for those people to sell... DrB: "properties which are under the radar of foreign investors" Makes sense. Can you be any more specific of the kinds of opportunities you like? MDS: Found them on OLX, no broker involved so no broker fees, you just have to process everything yourself. There are many buildings which can be interesting.. Generally I like the ones of the early 2000s.. Just because that was near the through in the market, the early buyers bought really cheap and some are just happy to get out with the price they paid back then.. They made enough money over the years renting it. It's just very important to really look at the building well because some are very badly maintained and you don't want to end up paying for renovation. Dr B: Makes sense. If the seller bought cheap, they can sell cheap too. That is a serious matter - the erratic quality of building mgmt (he goes on to talk about a specific building, and so I will pick up the conversation on the BARGAINS thread): === > http://www.greenenergyinvestors.com/index.php?showtopic=21400

THE WAY WE WERE: STREISAND PONDERS 'WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN' WITH CLINTON... She also introduced Hillary Clinton as "the winner of our country's popular vote." She later talked about hearing a recent interview by Hillary Clinton and said it "makes us yearn for what could have been, what should have been. I was thrilled to hear yourself describe yourself as an activist citizen and part of the resistance." Taking another shot at Trump and his tweeting habits, she quipped: "Usually when a man that age is up at 4 a.m., he forgot to take his Flomax," referring to a medication to treat the prostate. Despite the Trump barbs, she called for a bridging of the political divide before breaking into "Happy Days Are Here Again." Streisand had been a longtime Democratic fundraiser and supporter, and friend of the Clintons. == Babs should move to Canada... and get eaten by a Bear

Colliers focuses on luxury 3BR flats in the CBD's and the BSP index may be broader. Not sure what JLL looks at. I will have a look at the details later, to update my data ===================== Meantime: I see a widening price gap between new properties, especially on the high end, and (falling) prices in the secondary market. I think rents are falling across the board, and I am hearing that in anecdotal reports as well (I also had this discussion via a chat): xx coming xx

China's Wealth Mgmt Products wobbling Now China is about to set the world record with a $9 trillion Ponzi. Here’s how it works… The Chinese have a middle-class of several hundred million people with a high propensity to save. Most Chinese don’t get to invest overseas, so they are limited to real estate, gold and local investment products, mostly sold through banks. When customers go into a bank, they are offered a standard bank deposit paying about 2%, or a “wealth management product,” (WMP) that pays about 8%. WMPs are something like the collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) that brought down Lehman Brothers. Many customers naturally take the 8% return and invest in bank-managed WMPs. Customers believe the WMPs are guaranteed by the bank or the government. They’re not — WMPs are just unsecured investments. WMP’s have been described by the former Chairman of the Bank of China as the greatest Ponzi scheme in history. It gets worse… The banks use sales of WMPs to invest in the riskiest development projects and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) on the edge of bankruptcy. These institutions behind these projects, financed by the original WMPs, cannot repay them. So most of the WMPs will never be repaid. Banks rely on sales of new WMPs to redeem the old ones at maturity. Today, when a customer wants his money back, the bank sells a new WMP, and uses that money to cash out the redeeming customer. The new investor steps into the shoes of the old with the same bad underlying investment. What happens when everyone wants his money back at once, or new customers just stop investing? That’s what happened to Madoff, and that’s what will happen in China. Even China’s $3 trillion in hard currency reserves won’t be enough to cover a $9 trillion panic. == > more - see link, above

The HK Property "peak" - delayed again? (From AXP): D.C. : Seems like prices r blowing through the roof bro. Tht peak making higher highs... Probably better idea to just buy if u need to rent cuz no point speculating where the trough is. Just dun overextend budget n save capital so u hv ammo when there will be a correction S.D. :....there were some very well researched and sound views on property prices the last time I was on this site. I wonder if these views still hold? I am currently renting in Mid-Levels (and have been doing so for quite a number of years now) while waiting for the right moment (not that there really is a "right" moment) to buy. I apologise for reaching out this way and would really appreciate any thoughts anyone might have. ========= I do realize that the Centaline property index show price making record highs For me: The 18 years cycle operates in most countries, and is normally : about 14 years Up, and 3-5 years down. "Expected" peak depends on where you start: 1997 Peak+ 18 = 2015 2001 Low + 14 = 2015 (from the notional Low we "should have had" without SARS 2003 Low + 14 = 2017 (from the Actual low, brought by SARS) I used to say: Expected peak is "2016 +/- One Year" Looks like 2017 is now the preferred case, helped on by continuing big buying from mainlanders Even so, when I look at the actual prices of the HK Property share Index ... update ... I am left with the belief that an important Top is being formed

"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get" In PH, an agent who sold you a property might tell you something like this: "Up to 10% recent price increase on all ALP projects. This is great news for existing owners and investors." When I first heard this type of statement, my reaction was: Me : Why is this good news? Agent : Because it means you property is worth more But, is it really worth more? + I haven't sold my property yet. Will the developer buy it back from me at this new price? Well. no. + Will this price rise mean my property will rent for more? Actually, no. Your property will be competing again properties that others paid more for, so you have an advantage. (Yet, rents are actually drifting lower, as all these new properties are completed and flood into the market.) + With the price rise, will the developer add something extra to the property, to make it better? No. Prices rises were planned, but we do not know how much they will be until they are announced. Your property will be just the same as the one you bought at a lower price. The real question is: how will a PRICE rise influence the actual VALUE of a flat I may own. The answer is: there is no change in value, unless the price rise sticks, and the secondary market price goes up too. We will not know whether this price is achievable until the property is sold. And "discounts" to developer's prices seem to be getting wider, though the info on secondary market prices is sketchy and not readily available. The reality is: secondary market prices seem to be always lower than New Property prices asked by the developer. Developer sales are supported by a huge marketing machine which will not be there to help me sell my property in the secondary market. Articles like this can be found in the news now: Get it for: An average of P300,000/sqm: "Inside Ayala Land's Priciest and Most Luxurious Residences" The content may still be available on the web in a few years, when you are ready to sell your property, but the comments will seem stale then, and the potential buyers will be told that something else is more luxurious by then. And no one will be promoting your property with intensity, except for you and possibly your agent.

The congee thickens HA HA Here's his latest: CHINA HACKED HILLARY CLINTON’S SERVER. WIKILEAKS EXPOSES EMAILS. Gates Stated China Hacked Clinton Hillary should have known... when you are detested by 2 1/2 of the three most powerful countries in the world, you have a problem (1/2 is the USA.) I have moved from: "Lock her up!" to "Stretch her neck!" But I want her to be fully investigated and then receive a fair trial, so she can have her day in court, to try to prove her innocence. If she swings, she should do it with the whole world knowing she is guilty and wanting her to pay for her crimes. If she can genuinely prove her innocence - which I doubt - I will change my mind == The FIRST WOMAN Hillary Is Working For the Chinese Government ... to HANG for Treason? Top Spy: Hillary's Emails 'Likely' Hacked by China, Russia, Iran

Metro Manila condos shrink to ‘shoebox’ sizes By The Manila Times on January 17, 2016 According to online property portal Lamudi Philippines, 42 and 41 percent of Metro Manila’s for-sale and for-rent condo inventories have floor sizes measuring 50 square meters or less—an apartment size many would consider as “shoebox.” The listing website attributed the trend to the scarcity of develop-able land in Metro Manila, caused by the continued rise in population in the national capital region. “While it is not completely gone, local real estate is barely keeping up with the region’s continued increase in population, which has been the highest in the entire [Philippines],” Lamudi said. It noted that while the National Capital Region accounts for 12 percent of the country’s population, it only occupies a mere 0.21 percent of the country’s total land area. “This has resulted in the current trend, where vertical developments are mostly what is built in the metro, as high-rises do not require copious amounts of land,” Lamudi pointed out. The shoebox trend has started about a year ago, though . . . The condo sizes, Colliers said, ranged from 18 to 90 square meters. Some condo projects outside the CBDs, it added, have even been reported to sell units no bigger than 15.5 square meters. == > More: http://www.manilatimes.net/mmanila-condos-shrink-to-shoebox-sizes/239856/ "shoeboxes" - haha. That's appropriate for PH when... + A famous former first lady was known to have a fetish for shoes, and + One of the largest developers in PH used to be called Shoe Mart (just kidding. If anything, the space issue may be worse in HK, where prices are far higher.)

Mike Ballinger likes Junior Miners Why I use precious metals ETFs for trading and penny stocks for long-term holding The Gold Report |2 days ago image: http://www.stockhouse.com/getattachment/971af253-0dc3-4a9f-9472-6327e6cba746/G_1.jpg To the extent that the market represents the sum of all of the collective opinions of every investor everywhere, I must declare myself to be a card-carrying misanthrope, carrying with me a complete revulsion of the current state of the financial markets into battle each and every day and night that markets are open for "trading" (if that what you must call it). I further wonder whether or not my current approach to stock investing is much different from the way my father used to view a Jimi Hendrix guitar solo or my mother contemplating the meaning of the rips in my perfectly torn blue jeans. As I age, I am slowly coming to the realization that markets are now the eminent domain of a demographic far younger than I, a group far less concerned with the traditional means of securities analysis and more inclined to trust algorithms, pattern-recognition technology and "word clouds." As a group, these young centurions place their speculative dollars in new high-tech, social media endeavours rather than resource exploration. They feel more comfortable investing in a brand new legalized investment called marijuana just as our forefathers went after Seagram's or Anheuser-Busch after Prohibition ended in 1933. The new wave of entrepreneurs that dominate the financial services landscape care not about "GAAP" or "sound money" or "deficits" or "inflation" because they have never had to worry about accounting "principles" because when the banks are in trouble, they just CHANGE them. To them, all money is "sound" because central bankers have no problem printing it to avoid "bad times." "Deficits" mean nothing because we have a military that protects everyone so the money represented by the American Military Machine can only be "sound." "Inflation" has been non-existent for years because the government has told us that it is running at 0.3% and that is the only proof we need. So, with our superb banking systems, with the U.S. military as our Divine Protector, our rock solid "fiat" currencies, and our no-need-to-be-balanced-budgets, we can buy U.S. or French or Japanese or British stocks at nosebleed levels because all of the problems that caused stocks to fall in the past were "baby boomer" problems and don't apply to today's markets. A brand new and supremely-qualified U.S. president has vowed to "Make America Great Again" and this youthful group of stock market newbies has taken his clarion call to arms and are striving to own every share of every stock ever created with all of the inherited, printed money that their grandfathers could ever bestow. The "cash is trash" mantra is being eaten, lived, and breathed every moment of every day as the word "savings" is stricken from Webster's and Funk and Wagnall's at an alarming rate. If you look at a chart of the TSX Venture Exchange held up beside a chart of the Canadian Marijuana Index, you can see how "pot" has outperformed the resource sector, driving home my admonition that the new drivers of the speculative market for junior stocks are not the same demographic that drove Diamondfields from pennies to hundreds of dollars per share in the 1990s. One of my friends that loves the mining and exploration sector told me recently that he has never made more money in penny stocks than in the last two years—all in marijuana deals! "The younger generation understand the future of marijuana legalization just as they did the importance of Facebook and Google and now Amazon." he explained. "They have a hard time understanding gold or silver but they sure do 'get it' when it comes to how their peer group favors pot over Jack Daniels." Accordingly, the charts tell me that the mining industry would be well advised to begin marketing to the Millennials with diagrams of the metals required to build a harvester or a Zippo lighter or an iPhone you will use to pay for that $300 ounce of weed that we used to get in the school parking lot for $25 in the 1970s. Perhaps of benefit would be illustrating how the purchasing power of currencies has been eroding by using an ounce of weed as the measuring stick rather than a loaf of bread or a gallon of milk. Whatever the case, this Millennial Money Machine is completely ignoring the resource sector by and large and it is being felt and seen everywhere I turn. Will I join the CRUSH of investors charging into "Aurora Cannabis" at $2.58 sporting a market cap of $824 million any time soon? Not likely, but then again, teaching this "old dog" new investing tricks is going to be a tough task for the best of them. I read tonight that a company called Canopy Growth decided to change its stock symbol to "WEED" in early February, resulting in an immediate pop in the stock from $10 to over $13 in seven trading days. This gave me a brilliant idea. I intend to change the name of "Stakeholder Gold" to "Big Bud Resource Corp." and change the symbol to "BONG" followed by Gem International changing its name to "Jamaican Red Diamonds" and change its symbol to "GNJA." Once accomplished, I will advertise on Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram and on the roof of UBER vehicles and on TV during shows that have lots of vampires and zombies. I will hire Cheech Marin and Snoop Dogg to become spokesmen for the Canadian exploration industry based upon metal content used in pipes, bongs and lighters. image: http://www.stockhouse.com/getattachment/d140e6d3-9232-4fdb-b37f-a1787f54694b/G_2.jpg In gravitating back to my beloved precious metals, I have been made to look like an idiot once again by failing to pay attention to the vice-grip that the bullion banks have in place on paper silver, with the recent "breakout" above $18.50 being soundly rejected with July Silver now down 10 out of 11 sessions to $17.28. My only bragging rights are in the June Gold pit, where the recent $1,250-1,260 breakout has held soundly and is this evening is sitting at $1,272.20 back within striking distance of the April 17 high at $1.297.40. I really can't explain what is happening with this divergence between gold and silver other than the seasonal weakness inherent in the months of April and May, but what is astounding is the sheer volume of Commercial shorts in silver and the unfathomable blind eyes of regulators as to position limits and spec/hedge classifications when it comes to determining exactly who holds those silver shorts. The word "shenanigans" now a popular one in the blogosphere has long been my term for collusion, manipulation and fraud; no word better serves the current state of the paper markets in "good ol' Chicago." image: http://www.stockhouse.com/getattachment/70d2adce-3645-4b1c-9766-3161a59a5041/G_3.jpg At the end of the day, the companies I own are the ones that I show in the list at the bottom and while the ones I TRADE are the ETFs GDXJ (VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners) and JNUG (Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Bull 3X), the ones I OWN as long-term investments are the penny stocks contained in the list below. The reasons I invest in these companies is that while they may have more risk than buying a Fortuna Silver or a B2Gold, the ascension from "explorco" to "developer" carries the biggest "lift" when investing in them. The chart included below shows the "Life Cycle of a Deposit" and relative to the four companies in the list, Stakeholder Gold Corp. (SRC:TSX.V) and Gem International Resources Inc. (GI:TSX.V) would fall into the "exploration" or "pre-discovery" stage while Western Uranium Corp. (WUC:CNQ) falls into the "feasibility-development" stage. However, Canuc Resources Corp. (CDA:TSX.V) falls into the unique position of being valued at a "pre-discovery" market cap ($20 million) but because of the underground workings present at San Javier, is actually well beyond the discovery stage by way of the 43-101 report confirming the presence of extremely high-grade silver-gold mineralization in the breccia zone identified through underground sampling. Accordingly, the "lift" that accompanies a discovery has not yet been assigned to CDA but once the delineation program begins later this month, an initial resource calculation will be established that will bypass the time and work required to take it through the discovery stage and well through feasibility (due to the underground adits already in place) in advance of actual mining. (Mind you, it will take a lot of drilling and money to get there but nowhere near as much as if you were a grassroots explorer.) That is why I have CDA ranked #1 on my list and it is why I believe that the drill program will result in an immediate lift in valuation to "advanced exploration" levels north of US.$75 million in market cap later in 2017 (from the current U.S.$15 million today). image: http://www.stockhouse.com/getattachment/fe469e8c-e881-41b2-851a-fefba92a9965/G_4.jpg Finally, there is yet another YouTube John Titus production out there that is worthy of listening to IF you are prepared for outrage and disgust. The link can be accessed by clicking here and to summarize, it deals with all of the covert activities of the U.S. Justice Department as it essentially "pardoned" the big U.K. multinational bank HSBC despite having mountains of evidence on it for its role in aiding and abetting money-laundering, drug-smuggling and terrorist activities in the world of international finance. If you need an impetus for launching household items such as pencil sharpeners and beer steins through windows or screaming maniacally at one's pet and/or spouse with intermittent but equal consistency, take the 45 minutes and walk with Mr. Titus through the presentation as he CLEARLY paints a landscape that depicts the global banking cartel for exactly what it is—a SYNDICATE—a criminal organization that transcends national boundaries and Rule of Law. Make sure you give yourself an hour or so to cool off because I did NOT and now my beloved Fido is shaking like a leaf out in the woods somewhere while the other inhabitants of this residence are in hiding underneath the tool shed. Read more at http://www.stockhouse.com/opinion/independent-reports/2017/05/03/why-i-use-precious-metals-etfs-for-trading-and-penny-stocks-for-long-term-(1)#idtVhMMo2cbg4T1T.99 CHANGES: Gold: $1267.85 up $1.95 2017-04-28 10:57:20 AM Silver: $17.23 down $.10 GTSR: 73.58 (↑) Copper: $2.5857 up $.0180 Zinc: $1.1849 up $.0139 (down 12% from Feb top) GDXJ: $32.33 up $.64 JNUG: $4.57 up $.20 SRC.V: $.49 up $.005 CDA.V: $.44 down $.01 GI.V: $.05 unch'd WUC: $1.70 up $.09 Read more at http://www.stockhouse.com/opinion/independent-reports/2017/05/03/why-i-use-precious-metals-etfs-for-trading-and-penny-stocks-for-long-term-(1)#idtVhMMo2cbg4T1T.99

Bad Timing? With gold prices sliding, WM is correcting on the spike up - on the drilling news WM.t ... All-data : 5-yr-W : 4-yr-D : 1-yr : 6-mos : 10d - Last: C$0.10 Comments, from bullboard: 1/ slow but sureAs with any junior mining company things move slow. If you follow the charts of juniors that have," made the grade" you can see they muddled along for some time. We now seem to be getting some traction and support on great drilling results. Soon we will have Parkin drilling results and a go ahead at Fenelon. Funding for juniors is always a challenge and Wallbridge has been quick to pay off all debts when cash has flowed in re Broken Hammer. The fact they are trying to create a steady cash flow is very exciting. Please research the Management's past history prior to joining Wallbridge and you will see the successful records they have. For the short guys, have fun and make some $ and to the fellow long term investors our well founded conviction although still early is gaining momentum. 2/ RE:slow but sure Good post. All in do time. As with all pennies they move the most when positive pr's come out. The same for this stock. Patience required. Imo

H.A. Goodman takes on the Cenk-ster and the thug-ish fans of TYT TYT CENK UYGUR IS A SELLOUT. TYT ABANDONED BERNIE. The Young Turks Embraced DNC "It is not just me, Jordan (Chariton), but a lot of people are angry at the DNC." Jordan Chariton is the only one left at TYT who is not a complete piece of Sh/te - but for some reason (money?) he was driven to defend his TYT brand. Maybe it is time for people to wake up about how TYT is being used as a tool for vile globalists. HA is correct that they were a sellout - but that is complete in-character for the odious Cenk (Hard Bastard has some thoughtful comments, since he thinks both HA and Jordan Chariton are honest) Young Turks: Jordan Chariton Outright Lies About H.A. Goodman, Loses All Credibility https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNeMpnkJh0M "The problem with TYT is... they are LIARS!" "I have not seen H.A. Goodman lie one f--king time." HB warns that Cenk drove Chariton to make the video "Jordan Chariton has to make a decision here... Are you going to become one of the liars?" "Defending corrupt corruption" - as JC has done here, is a quick way for him to destroy his credibility. Hey, Jordan, it is tough to win it back, when it is gone! Is there anyone who has seen through Cenk's B.S. who will ever trust the guy again?