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BALTIMORE AVENUE Baltimore Ave. / Spruce Hill places to hangout Spruce Hill & Cedar Park - Philadelphia Neighborhoods Take the last Trolley to Clarkville? Recently opened Clarkville gets tagged (updated) Posted on 11 December 2015 : Opened Dec. 4th A reader, Alex, sent us this photo this morning of some graffiti at the recently opened Clarkville bar and restaurant on the corner of 43rd and Baltimore. He writes: “I went to breakfast at Green Line this morning and noticed Clarkville has been vandalized. Xed out windows, and the messages “merry Christmas ” and “f*** you.” What a shame. I hope the owners can clean it up without too much trouble.” We asked owner Leigh Maida whether Clarkville will be closed today. Her response: “No way! Open for business! Come eat and drink so we can pay for the repairs.” UPDATE: Soon after this post was published the University City District graffiti removing crew showed up and helped clean up the building: (43rd & Baltimore, before the zoning approval to open - used to be Best House Pizza) Hi there, neighbor. clarkville is located at 43rd + baltimore ave in west phillyWe are slinging home spun comfort food out of a giant double decker pizza relic and guzzling craft beer and wine seven days a week from 11am-1am. Join us, won't you? > http://www.clarkvillephilly.com/ Another nearby place had an ownership change in July New owners for Gold Standard Cafe, Amari's opens on Baltimore Ave ... The new owners for Gold Standard Cafe, a popular establishment at 48th and Baltimore, have finally been revealed. In July, we reported that the business was ... From Furniture to Antiques to Clothing: Jinxed opens on 4500 block of BaltimorePosted on 08 December 2015 One of the first things you notice as you walk in Jinxed, the new shop on the 4500 block of Baltimore Avenue, is a pair of nicely preserved small alligator (or crocodile or caiman) heads near the door. They kind of set the mood for the place. It’s one of those places that you want to come back to once in a while to see what they have found. Photos by Mike Lyons/West Philly Local Jinxed started in the 1990s as a t-shirt company and has since opened five retail locations in the city that sell all kinds of vintage and interesting stuff, everything from furniture and antiques to clothing and vintage lighters.

New neighborhood in the works?: June 15, 2015 By Jim Saksa On Wednesday, the 17-member organization team led by Amtrak, Brandywine Realty Trust, Drexel University, PennDOT and SEPTA that is developing a comprehensive plan for the 30th Street Station District will unveil three diagrams to the public > http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1454740&page=18 30th Street Station District Plan Open House is this Wednesday Posted on 15 December 2015 The planning process focused on creating a single integrated vision for the area surrounding 30th Street Station continues this Wednesday with an open house. The 30th Street Station District Plan project team will present refined design ideas for the area. The open house will be held from 4 – 7 p.m. at the station, behind the Amtrak ticket office. More than 200 people attended the open house on June 17 to learn about and provide feedback on three preliminary concepts for the 30th Street Station District in the year 2040. The concepts are divided into three themes: • “Central Business District 2,” a new central business district. • “Schuylkill Crossing,” a new urban neighborhood. • “Innovation City,” which hooks in with nearby universities, mainly Drexel. Nearly 1,400 comments were received at the June open house and from an online survey that was posted on the District Plan website. The summary report is available here. The 30th Street Station District Plan is a joint planning effort led by Amtrak, Brandywine Realty Trust, Drexel University, PennDOT and SEPTA with support from a wide range of public and private agencies, area stakeholders and other interested parties. For more information, visit: http://www.phillydistrict30.com/. == > http://www.westphillylocal.com/2015/12/15/new-neighborhood-in-the-works-30th-street-station-district-plan-open-house-is-this-wednesday/ 30th St. Station District Plan Proposes Mixed-Use Neighborhood Above Rail Yards The most recent draft of the 30th Street Station District Plan calls for a partially capped rail yard that will feature a mixed-use neighborhood, pedestrian bridges over the Schuylkill River, and an expansion of the station itself. The plans were unveiled Wednesday night at an open house held at 30th St. Station and are part of a $5.25 million study that includes 175 acres of land surrounding the station—88 of which include the rail yards owned by SEPTA and Amtrak. Prior to the open house the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that although public comment this summer favored capping most of the rail yard, the most recent draft shows that only 70 acres can be covered due to "engineering challenges."

Daniel Sheehan goes deeper here, and speaks of the foundation of NWO invovlement in the Middle East Ep. 356 FADE to BLACK Jimmy Church w/ Daniel Sheehan, Kosta Makreas: ET, Let's Talk! Published on Nov 30, 2015 Danny Sheehan and Kosta Makreas join the show...and we start off with Danny going through the history of the Middle East and how it all started with Cheney back in 1991 playing both sides and starting a war...all the way through today and the recent events in Paris. Danny just got back from meetings at the Vatican about ET contact as well as the NWO and the 1% that drive the economy...he and Kosta then tie everything together in a brilliant conversation. Cheney won the cooperation of the Saudi Ruling family, by offering to protect them from their own people It gets deeper, and DS and KM talk about how the Vatican is preparing for open contact with ET's DS sees a real need for a higher level of human consciousness for that contact to be successful

Turnover Report for Acqua Private Residences Another project on the Pasig River, near Rockwell ... PH. > source of image above: http://grandsphererealty.com/prjs/acqua.php The distinctive design, emphasizes the location on the Pasig River, and features a Rainforest garden "Acqua Private Residences will have six (6) towers with uninterrupted views of the Rockwell-Makati skyline across the bridge, the vibrant city skyline to the North, and the tranquil waters down below. Acqua’s buildings are named after some of the most beautiful waterfalls in the world. The Sutherland Tower, inspired by New Zealand’s famous falls, Iguazu Tower of Brazil, Detifoss Tower of Iceland, Victoria Tower of Zambia, Yosemite Tower taking its name from the famous North American national park and its waterfalls. And the first building set to rise at Acqua the Niagara Tower, the North America’s most renowned and one of the most photographed waterfalls in the world." "Acqua’s unit ranges from 27sqm to 140sqm in size. A typical unit size of 27sqm to 32sqm 1-bedroom unit is worth about P2.4 to P2.8 million while a 2-bedroom unit of 42sqm to 50sqm is worth around P4.3 million" (these are historical prices, probably 2-4 years old.) view of Century City and Makati from Acqua ... PH. / This Report was submitted to me by one of the readers of the GEI forum. / Just wanted to let you know how my handover visit to the acqua private residences went... PH. The property was unfortunately not ready for handover, which they declined to tell me until after I showed up for it... The unit was as expected, decent, small, nice view. I noted several defects which i asked to be fixed, which they noted down. The actually handover is now delayed until march (at the earliest). One thing I was not happy about, is there were three entrances to the property, but only a single entrance is currently open. I was interested in inspecting the entrance closest to the onramp of the bridge that crosses the river, but I was told that there was a chance this entrance would not be made available to residents of my units tower. If thats true, this means that residents would need to take a half kilometer circuitous route to reach the bridge and likely out of walking distance to the nearby mall. Rockwell I was pleasantly surprised how nice the nearby rockwell and power plant mall area was. It is clearly a luxury area, and reminds me a bit of pacific place in admiralty. Lots of expats and well heeled locals. I have no idea if it was a good investment, or how easy it will be to rent out, but this is certainly an interesting learning experience. Unit size: 27sqm with 4 sqm balcony purchased in 2011 for 2.4m pesos carpark purchased for 450k pesos Acqua is just across the Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge from Rockwell and its new Proscenium Residences xx Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge Rockwell Land Corporation has launched Proscenium Residences, the fifth tower that will complete the 3.6-hectare Proscenium enclave in Rockwell Center, Makati City. The 59-storey condominium tower will offer 563 units, ranging from 29-sqm studio units to 147-sqm three bedroom units. Amenities include an outdoor tennis court, a splash pad, a floating river, a gym and a dance studio == > http://www.ap.jll.com/asia-pacific/en-gb/Research/property-market-monitor-philippines-manila-201511.pdf?0ac77080-874e-4391-84cc-7b98865fb880 > SSC : http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1469065&page=46

HOTSPOT : Circuit Makati The former Sta. Ana Race Track – also known as Hippodromo or PRC (Philippine Racing Club) – is becoming the 21 hectare 'Circuit Makati'. The vast oval area where Makati's citizens once gathered to watch horse races is already a popular venue for plays, sport events, and international concerts for up to 20,000 guests. According to the developers, the Circuit will have a world-class indoor theater with 1,500 seats, multi-purpose entertainment spaces, and open grounds integrated with commercial, hotel and residential blocks. The 'open grounds' is probably what leaves many Megacitizens most excited about it, as this is a sorely missed rarity in the concrete canyons of Makati. http://www.megacities-go-services.com/var/ezdemo_site/storage/images/media/manila/images-manila/unnamed-and-untagged/circuit-makati-showroom/1002994-1-eng-GB/Circuit-Makati-Showroom_articleimage_hoch.jpg The Showroom is now completed and operational Circuit Makati is the next big project of Ayala Corporation, which is also responsible for a number of Makati's gated communities (such as Forbes Park and Dasmariñas Village) and high-end malls (Greenbelt, Glorietta, Landmark). The construction of residential buildings started in early 2013, mall and retail developments and other main components of the Circuit Makati are to be completed within the next years. To get an impression of how Circuit Makati is progressing, read about our site visit in the first half of 2014. Ayala Land launched its second corporate center (Corporate Center Two) inside Circuit Makati in 2014, it will likely be completed by the fourth quarter of 2016 according to representatives of the land development firm. Corporate Center One, on the other hand, will house a leasable area of 45, 000 square meters based on information from Ayala Land’s website. The corporate towers will be linked to Circuit Mall, an upcoming lifestyle mall. == > http://www.megacities-go-services.com/Manila/Preferred-Areas-HotSpots/Landmarks-Points-of-Interest/Circuit-Makati

The Circuit Shuttle is making it easier to get to the "new hotspot" (in edit - this was later stopped) Circuit Lane is the newest spot to check out in Makati - Spot.ph www.spot.ph/things-to.../circuit-lane-make-it-happen-make-it-makati Oct 26, 2015 - The Circuit Shuttle Bus has pick-up points around Makati to bring you to Circuit Makati for free. Right now, it operates daily from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m..

Too much "on the plate", led to delays... URBAN DECAY THREATENS HOT PHILIPPINE ECONOMY October 12, 2014 "Peak-hour hell comes in many forms in the city of 12 million people," Many infrastructure projects take up 3 administrations to finish and with Aquino's term in its last stretch, an expert says a multi-administration plan is needed to solve infrastructure woes MANILA, Philippines – Manila's creaking train network means a miserable 3-hour work commute for salesman Gerard Galang – just one example of major infrastructure woes that analysts say threaten to cool the Philippines' red-hot economy. Peak-hour hell comes in many forms in the city of 12 million people, with commuters experiencing a sweaty, stinky crush on dilapidated trains and giant queues to buy tickets. "I pity myself and my fellow commuters but I don't have any other option than the train," said Galang, 29, who inhales antiseptic rubbed on to his hands to help negate the stench on the train. "It gets so crowded our faces get pressed against each other and on doors and windows." Galang spends 3 hours commuting to work every day, half of which is spent in queues. For other commuters on buses or in cars, daily gridlock worsens to a complete standstill that can trap people for hours when even small rain storms trigger flash floods. The Philippine economy has in recent years shed its reputation as one of Asia's laggards, with growth of 6.4% in the second quarter maintaining its status as the region's best performing after China. The country also recently gained its first investment grade scores from the big three global credit rating agencies. Infrastructure development, however, hasn't moved at the same pace, and economists warn the creaking systems that are of so much frustration to millions of people will also have a growing impact on economic growth. "Our facilities are not built for an economy that is growing at seven percent every year," Ronald Mendoza, a senior economist at the Asian Institute of Management, in Manila told Agence France-Presse. Mendoza said growth could have been faster had it not been for the ageing airports and road networks that turn off foreign investors and tourists, and limit the movement of local trade. Manila already loses 2.4 billion pesos ($53 million) in potential income daily due to traffic jams, according to a study by the Japan International Cooperation Agency. Among the other infrastructure problems are power shortages that lead to brownouts, clogged drainage that exacerbate frequent rainy season floods and an Internet network so slow that it sparked a parliamentary enquiry. . . . The government will pursue its so-called public-private partnership program. More than 50 projects are being put out to private builders. Balisacan also said implementing a P2.6-trillion ($58 billion) "dream plan" drafted by the Japan International Cooperation Agency was a top priority. The agency's plan calls for an expansion of rail and toll road networks to provinces north and south of Manila, spreading economic activity, as well as a subway system for the capital. Many of the projects cited by the Japanese plan are included in the PPP pipeline, but these have moved painfully slowly due to regulatory delays and court cases between rival bidders. Fewer than 10 contracts for the public-private partnership program have been awarded during Aquino's first 4 years in office, with no projects yet completed. And while Aquino's intentions are laudable, there is only a limited amount it can do before his term ends in the middle of 2016, according to Mendoza. "Many of these projects are perfectly doable, especially the airports and toll roads," Mendoza said. "What's needed is a multi-administration plan... many of them take up to three administrations to finish." Philippine leaders are elected to single, 6-year terms, raising continuity problems. Manila residents, in the meantime, have little choice but to count the personal cost of the urban decay. == > http://sg.newshub.org/urban_decay_threatens_hot_philippine_economy_4810119.html

Gov’t Plans Metro Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Systems By KRIS BAYOS / November 11, 2012 MANILA, Philippines --- The government is planning to set up three bus rapid transit (BRT) systems in Metro Manila instead of rail systems to transport commuters along busy routes in the city. . : PD : BRT - how they do it in Thailand Transportation Undersecretary for Planning Rene Limcaoco told British investors in an investment forum in Makati City last week that the government is opting to use billions of taxpayers’ money to construct BRTs rather than light rail transit (LRT) systems. Limcaoco said constructing a kilometer of LRT line will cost $50 million while a kilometer of BRT line will only cost $5 to $7 million, but both will have “the same throughput.” The BRT system involves the establishment of dedicated lanes to buses whose drivers will have to follow specific times of arrival and departure on particular routes. The BRT system also requires that drivers can only pick up or drop off passengers in certain designated stops. Former Transportation Secretary Jose de Jesus was quoted before as saying that a BRT that utilizes electric buses or those run by compressed natural gas (CNG) will be set up along C5 to help decongest the traffic along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA). For his part, Former Transportation Secretary Manuel Roxas II earlier disclosed that a BRT is also being planned for Makati City and Northern Metro Manila. But Limcaoco did not divulge where the planned BRT systems will be operated and what routes it will cover. . . . The Metro Cebu BRT system, the first of its kind in the Philippines, is patterned after the BRT systems in Bogota in Colombia, Curitiba in Brazil, Seoul in South Korea and Guangzhou, China. == > http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/381004...s#.UKCbCGd32So Makati Central Business District—Transit Feasibility Study Client: Ayala Land, Inc.; Makati Commercial Estates Association; Fort Bonifacio Development Corporation; and Bases Conversion Development Authorit ( 2 ) DOTC pursues bus rapid transit system (The Philippine Star) | Updated October 31, 2013 MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is pushing through with the establishment of a bus rapid transit (BRT) system to serve passengers in Manila and Quezon City. . . . The government is pursuing a BRT system that would initially be introduced in Cebu, pending the go signal from the National Economic and Development Authority. The proposed BRT system would be established along Quezon Avenue, C-5 Road and Ortigas Avenue in Metro Manila. The BRT projects would be patterned after BRT systems in Bogota in Colombia, Curtilba in Brazil, Seoul in South Korea, and Guangzhou in China. Conglomerate Ayala Corp. has proposed a BRT system in the central business district in Makati City. As early as 2011, Ayala Land Inc. and the Makati Commercial Estate Association Inc proposed a BRT that would pass through Makati CBD and connect two of Metro Manila’s light rail transit services, the LRT Line 1 and the Metro Rail Transit Line 3. The Ayala Group’s proposed BRT would start at the corner of EDSA and Ayala Ave., traverse Ayala Ave. before turning left at Gil Puyat Ave. and ending at the LRT 1 Buendia station along Taft Ave. . . . Abaya also revealed that the DOTC has commissioned Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to explore the possibility of putting up a mass transit subway system to decongest Metro Manila’s major roads, particularly EDSA. The proposed subway system in the Philippines would be patterned after those in Japan, Hong Kong and the United States, among others. == > http://www.philstar.com/business/2013/10/31/1251221/dotc-pursues-bus-rapid-transit-system Why some people don't like BRT:

WANT A RIVER VIEW? They exist already, but the projects are not so easy to access Some developers are now advertising River locations --- and mentioning Circuit (but is a bend or two away from Circuit) Manila Rivercity Residences : Starts at just P1.5M Contact Developer CDC Holdings Inc : Show numbers Project Details Manila Rivercity Residences offers a relaxing retreat from the city’s hustle and bustle. Comprising of 9 medium-rise buildings, this condominium development is situated along the historic Pasig River in Sta. Ana, Manila. Its ideal location makes it greatly accessible, whether you are going to or coming from the neighboring districts of Manila, Makati City or Mandaluyong City. The 8 buildings have already been turned over to its owners with only one tower under construction. The last and final building named after China’s Yangtze River is directly facing Pasig River and will offer 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom and bi-level units. Neighborhood Circuit Makati, Greenhills Shopping Center, Robinsons Place Manila, SM Manila, Rockwell Center, OB Montessori Center, Sta. Ana, Makati Medical Center, Santa Ana Church Amenities : Pavilion, Swimming Pool, Kiddie Pool, Children's Play Area, Barbecue Pits, Boardwalk == > http://www.myproperty.ph/preselling/condos/manilacity-manila/manila-river-city-residences

Makati Property - News articles Makati is most expensive housing market in Philippines ... Oct 19, 2015 - An average salaried Filipino with more than 20 years of work experience will need over a century's worth of his salary to afford a house in Makati... How Millennials are transforming Philippines property market Oct 26, 2015 - Speaking at the APAC Real Estate Investment Summit in the country recently, CBRE Philippines Chairman, Rick Santos, described the ... === === MANILA, Philippines - An average salaried Filipino with more than 20 years of work experience will need over a century’s worth of his salary to afford a house in Makati while it will only take at least four months for the same salaried worker to afford a home in Bulacan, global online property portal Lamudi said. In its latest report, Lamudi Philippines analyzed how long does an average Filipino employee should work to be able to buy a house in Makati and San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan, the country’s most expensive and most affordable housing markets, respectively. As for Filipino minimum wage earners, the Lamudi report showed they need to work some 1,449 years in order to afford a house in Makati, while three years’ worth of their income would enable them to buy a house in San Jose Del Monte. Lamudi said average house price currently range from a high of P184 million for Makati to a low of P495,999 in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan. . . . Experts believe that the Philippines’ youthful and educated labour force is the key to unparalleled growth in the country’s property market, reports The Manila Times. With a median age of just 23, the Philippines has one the youngest labour forces in the world, which is especially impressive when compared with ageing Japan where the median age is 46. Speaking at the APAC Real Estate Investment Summit in the country recently, CBRE Philippines Chairman, Rick Santos, described the phenomenon as turning the “labour force into the new people power”. These younger Millennials, often part of the Philippines’ burgeoning business process outsourcing (BPO) sector, have enough of this ‘people power’ to dictate the trends of the real estate market: the increase of mixed-use developments has been attributed to their desires to live and work in the same location, while hotels are becoming increasingly more connected and competitive in price as they forgo the luxuries previous generations valued. “They are value conscious,” said Al Legaspi of developer Ayala Land Inc. “They want to make sure they put they money in things that count.”

Rockwell Land Corporation has launched Proscenium Residences, The fifth tower that will complete the 3.6-hectare Proscenium enclave in Rockwell Center, Makati City. The 59-storey condominium tower will offer 563 units, ranging from 29-sqm studio units to 147-sqm three bedroom units. Amenities include an outdoor tennis court, a splash pad, a floating river, a gym and a dance studio == > http://www.ap.jll.com/asia-pacific/en-gb/Research/property-market-monitor-philippines-manila-201511.pdf?0ac77080-874e-4391-84cc-7b98865fb880 The Proscenium Residences Rockwell: Masterpiece merges art and culture in luxury living by Louise Maureen Simeon | The Philippine Star | Updated October 16, 2015 | MANILA, Philippines - Premier developer Rockwell Land is bringing art and culture into the everyday lives of its residents as it launched recently the fifth and last masterpiece in its latest project, The Proscenium. Rockwell Land continues to outdo itself with the rise of The Proscenium, adding 3.6 hectares to the 15.5-hectare Rockwell Center. The newest addition targets to elevate the Rockwell lifestyle to even greater heights and further attest to its pinnacle designs and architectural expertise. > SSC : http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1469065&page=46 Rockwell Center at dusk

POG's chart is starting to look interesting, as it turns UP from the lows POG.L / Petropavlovsk ... All-data : 12-months : 6-months : 6.53p: +0.29p Percent Change: +4.65% Open: 6.15 / High: 6.60 / Low: 6.15 Volume: 2,379,799 That's even with BGS.L / Gold down - 0.63% today POG.L Updated - All Data - to 10/13/2017 : 7.80P Here's another UK mining stock which maybe worth a look GFM.L / Griffin Mining ... 10-years : 3-years : 6-mos : 25.75p - All Data - to 10/13/2017 : 76.0P

UK-listed Gold stocks, & PHGP, Gold etf in GBP Gold in-USD -------------------- : --- Gold in-GBP ------------- : --- Gold in-EUR -------------- : : : : GBS.L / Gold Bullion securities - in US$ ... 2008-'17 : 2004-'17 > GLD : All-data : 3-yrs : 6-mos / 10-d : mhpc : ... but that etf is in USD, here's the GBP etf PHGP.L / Metal Securities Ltd. ETFS Physical Gold GBP - in GBP ... 2008-'17 : All-data : 3-yrs : 6-mos / 10-d

NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover Explores Sand Dunes Outside Earth For The First On ... Times Gazette - ‎15 hours ago‎ NASA's Curiosity rover finally reached another target destination on Mars, exploring the two story high sand dunes that are located on the lower base of Mount Sharp as it will start its new investigation of these remarkable features.

Insiders are buying - but this chart targets HK$1.75 HK:0933 / Brightoil Petroleum (Holdings) Ltd. (HKG) ... All-data : 3-yrs : 6-mos : 10-d 12/14/2015 11:19 AM : 2.19 / Change: -0.10 Open: 2.29 / High: 2.29 / Low: 2.16 Volume: 783,731 Percent Change: -4.37% Yield: 0.91% P/E Ratio: 14.898 52 Week Range: 1.72 to 5.20

Will NASA Really Take Humans to Mars in the 2030s Like The Martian Movie? Huffington Post - ‎16 hours ago‎ Last week, I participated in a press event at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston promoting the DVD and Blu-ray release of The Martian movie.

Bullish: Don't Get Used to Low Oil Prices, There's a Big Rally Coming As often happens after large degree trends reach maturity, the crowd becomes fully associated with the what has happened, and misses the next great opportunity. This exact scenario is not only occurring in crude, again (as it did at the low of one lesser trend degree at the 2009 low, but also happened at the 2008 peak, 2011 peak, 2011 low, and 2013 peak), into the current price and time windows. The rationale back then was the oil glut paradigm, where the world was drowning in crude. Interestingly, as the monthly bar chart below notates (into the 2008 parabolic price rise), this glut story came to the headlines within only six months of the story that was being attached to the crude price rise from $50 to $137; the peak oil paradigm. This was the premise that every last drop of oil on the planet has been identified, and the moment in time the world would run out of oil could be calculated (given the population growth and usage assumptions, etc.). Click here to see the below chart in a new window Like any pendulum swing from one extreme to the other, wild price movements in the oil market are moving from one (sentiment) extreme to the opposite. What really caused the run into the 2008 all-time high had nothing to do with counting oil droplets or barrels, nor did any other high or low since OPEC lost control of global oil pricing, arguably around the turn of the century. The cause of these moves are liquidity (of cash, not crude), leverage, and sentiment; mostly of hedge funds and professional trading firms that tend to become fully associated with their positions, known in the industry as "talking their book," at the time when objectivity is needed most. When viewed from a pattern recognition perspective, which is one of the algorithms that our objective decision support engine (DSE) uses to identify high probability trend inflections and forecasts, the news noise quiets, and the picture becomes clear and usable. For example, if you use our super simple six-foot analysis technique, employed by moving your eyeballs six feet back from your screen, one notices that the 2008 peak can be labeled as wave 1-circled, representing the highest high in history. This is also when the crowd developed the most bullish sentiment extreme ever recorded, and created the most bullish story one could hope to apply to a commodity; crude supplies are now provable to be finite, and demand infinite! As typically happens at this pole in the pendulum's swing (the moment in time when the direction is about to change, and the pendulum freezes in space), prices hit the upper 3 standard deviation band (containing 99.7% of normality), and have no where to go but down. Ralph Elliott proposed that parabolic rises always end in crashes return to, or below, the origin of the parabola's beginning. As the chart shows, it took less than four months from the peak for the price to reach the $50 origin, then two more months for the ultimate low to be put in. That is labeled as wave (A) of wave 2-circled; the first corrective wave of a three wave correction, to be eventually labeled as (A) down, ( up, and © down, concluding the entire corrective wave 2-circled, ending the crude market's reset of the bullish extremes that manifested the $137 peak.

Junk bonds have a serious warning for stocks

And so it begins... Weekly drops in Hong Kong of over 1% ! That's what we saw in the "bad old days" of late 2008 Week : CCLI : CMMI : ===== Leading: MassMkt PEAK: 146.92 148.61:(09/13) Chg-: -5.93% : -5.72% :- since the peak 12/06: 138.22 140.11: Chg-: -1.14% : -1.03% :- latest week ============ > http://www1.centadata.com/cci/cci_e.htm Where's the Bubble biggest? Hong Kong property Will bubble finally burst in 2016? Nikkei Asian Review-3 hours ago HONG KONG -- A slump in home sales on the eve of a U.S. Fed rate hike ... Home mortgage rates will rise due to the Hong Kong dollar's peg ... The official home price index in October fell for the first time in 19 months. Transactions fell in the second half of the year to their lowest level in recent years, after the Chinese stock market rout in summer. The secondary home market has almost dried up as buyers have adopted a wait-and-see attitude. Developers are offering attractive mortgage discounts as a last-ditch effort to shed inventories and lure homebuyers into the primary market. Despite some signs of vulnerability, a dominant view is that retail residential prices will remain resilient in 2016, then fall more sharply in the next few years. Property consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle expects home prices next year to slide 0-5%, which largely aligns with DTZ/Cushman & Wakefield's forecast of a mild drop of 5-8%. Less optimistic is UBS, which expects home prices to tumble more than 25% in the next two years. Knight Frank echoes the view, adding that the housing market is entering a three-year downward cycle. They expect the cumulative fall in prices to reach 30% by 2018, with an initial fall of 5-10% next year. == > more: http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Commodities/Will-bubble-finally-burst-in-2016 They aren't bearish enough IMHO. I think we could see 15% +/- 3% down from the top, before a good bounce

One way to hedge might be to buy calls on oil or oil service shares

Gold stocks - Does this chart look familiar ? HUI / Gold Bugs index ... all-data : 5-years : 2yrs-D : 6mos-D / GDX: 6mos-D : 10-d Look below Another writer predicting a Gold bottom Amazing Opportunity In The Gold Sector / December 10, 2015 13:21 Despite widespread pessimism, apathy, and derision towards the sector, gold and gold stocks present an extremely rare opportunity. Gold stocks are on track to record 5 years of losses starting in 2011 with the $HUI gold bugs index plunging 84% percent from 2011 to 2015. Gold is on pace to put in a 3+ year bear market with 3 years of losses. But the utter destruction in this sector is what has created an awesome opportunity. The only question is the timing of when this can be capitalized on. Stage 4 bear markets are what create massive opportunities for upside gains and new Stage 2 bull markets. A bear market causes investors to panic out of a sector. Selling begets more selling until finally the sector bottoms out as sellers become exhausted. After a bear market a Stage 1 base forms which is a period of disinterest in a sector as investors favor other sectors. The sector may remain “cheap” and drift sideways for a long period of time, from months to even years. When enough investors come back into a sector to force a breakout of the Stage 1 base a new bull market is born. This is the most exciting and profitable time to enter into a position in a sector. . . . Gold stocks have had many false Stage 2 breakout attempts during their bear market. Most notable were 2 attempts during 2014 where gold stocks traded for multiple weeks above the 30-week moving average before falling back below it. Gold stocks have made 6 attempts since 2012 to move back above the 30-week moving average and each attempt has failed and produced another leg lower in the bear market. One way to filter out false breakout attempts is to wait for a re-test of the moving average in order to confirm that the breakout higher is real. Waiting for this signal alone would have kept a trader out of the gold market and away from the damage of a Stage 4 bear market for the last few years. After 5 years of a bear market and 6 failed breakout attempts, gold stocks are perhaps the most loathed they've ever been. But the reality is that a cyclical sector such as gold will never remain out of favor perpetually. > http://www.kitco.com/commentaries/2015-12-10/Amazing-Opportunity-In-The-Gold-Sector.html

The case for $20 oil is getting stronger by the day Published: Dec 8, 2015 Those looking for some December cheer may instead face a few more gloomy sessions, given oil’s seemingly endless drop. Global stocks aren’t too happy about things this morning, and that includes U.S. stock futures as investors still come to grips with the notion that OPEC really is just going to stand by and watch crude prices keep tanking. There isn’t any big data to distract us today and the Fed meeting is still a week away, so there may be nothing to watch but oil. The chatter this morning is about how hard it’s going to be for oil to recover from the latest fallout. Those looking for elements of support aren’t finding much, and that's laid out in our call of the day, which says prepare for $20 a barrel. This all follows oil’s plunge yesterday to a fresh 7-year low under $38. Clearly, Wall Street is struggling right now to see silver linings in yet another crumble by crude, though gas prices are set to get real cheap. Still, investors should take comfort from the likelihood that this fresh tumble won’t weigh on overall earnings like last year, says Ed Yardeni of Yardeni Research. The earnings share of the S&P’s energy sector XLE, +1.42% is down from a high of 12.1% last year to just 4.2% at the end of November, he says in a note to clients. Yardeni says his shop isn’t going to lower 2016 and 2017 earnings forecasts for this market, in the wake of this latest oil rout. “We did so at the end of 2014 and early 2015 because we expected lower oil prices and a stronger dollar to weigh on earnings,” he says. While that scenario may continue into early next year, the hit won’t be as bad as last year, he says. Cold comfort for now maybe. > http://www.marketwatch.com/story/brace-yourself-because-20-oil-could-be-next-for-this-market-2015-12-08?mod=MW_story_recommended_default&Link=obnetwork

Following up on Dr RAM's comments on water Dr Gerald Pollack On How to Create The Perfect Water For Optimal Health Published on 22 May 2015 We get down and dirty on how EZ water can help you and how to create the best water possible. See the tools I use to increase EZ in my body and a summary of the talk: http://wp.me/p46y72-30z Creating EZ Water: PUT WATER in a Glass, and Expose it to Sunshine... (Plastic holders are not as good) ..... the key ingredient to create EZ water is light, i.e. electromagnetic energy,.. Infrared is the most powerful .... The EZ water can build on any hydrophilic or water-loving surface when infrared energy is available. It builds by adding layer upon layer of EZ water, and can build millions of molecular layers. This is how it occurs in nature.

HK-386 / Sinopec Profiles : YHO : CNN : 1/ Sinopec (SNP) Q3 Earnings Beat Estimates, Revenues Fall : Zacks(Fri, Oct 30) China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation SNP, also known as Sinopec, reported third-quarter 2015 earnings per ADR of 20 cents, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a penny. Revenues however fell 34.6% year over year to 496.48 billion yuan ($77.89 billion). The top line was affected by lower oil price realizations. Sinopec Profit Falls 47.8% in First Nine Monthsat The Wall Street Journal(Thu, Oct 29)

MUR Profiles : YHO : CNN : (Here are some comments) 1/ Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR) represents Pzena’s fifth-largest energy holding in terms of value. The fund disclosed holding 4.74 million shares of the company worth $114.67 million as of the end of September. Murphy’s stock has lost over 38% since the beginning of the year as lower oil prices affected the company’s top and bottom lines. For the third quarter, Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR) posted revenue of around $715 million, representing a decline of around 50% on the year and it swung to a loss of $9.26 per share, versus a profit of $1.38 delivered in the third quarter of 2014. However, its adjusted net loss of $0.72 managed to beat the estimates of a loss of $0.91 projected by analysts. Among the funds we track, just 24 reported holding shares of Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR) at the end of June, although they amassed around 13% of the company’s outstanding stock. == > http://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/the-top-five-energy-picks-of-a-multi-billion-dollar-fund-383155/ 2/ After Bloomberg’s report that Apache (APA) had been approached about an $18 billion buyout by an unknown buyer, Cowen’s Charles Robertson suspects Hess (HES) and Murphy Oil (MUR) could be targets as well. He explains why: ... Apache, Hess, and Murphy Oil have strong balance sheets and have materially under performed in 2015 as investors have focused on E&Ps with longer life onshore portfolios. ... == > http://blogs.barrons.com/stockstowatchtoday/2015/11/09/after-apache-do-these-stocks-have-targets-on-their-back/?mod=yahoobarrons&ru=yahoo