Was at Martin Place dawn service. Too much woke s@#$. One day a year ffs. Leave it alone.
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Aussie dollar down 3.7% since last evening.
Change that. We’re now down 4.3% and heading into the 50s. Trading at 60.65 cents.
Aussie gold up 5% at $5120 Goldprice Au
$165 a gram Wow
I can remember a few years ago when it hit $50 a gram and we all thought how good is this.
Time to clean up all the scraps I have lying around and cash them in.
Good. I told you about that gold explorer. Last time Trump was in Au hit A$3000oz; now it’ll hit A$6000. That’ll be further increased with the decline in the A$.
Look at it like this. Measure your net worth in either gold or the Greenback. We’ve gone backwards. I only look at my net worth in US dollar terms.
Pretty much cancels out declines in unhedged US stocks held by Aussies.
Yep, if things get really ugly between the US and China, we’re the bratwurst in the roll. We’re totally rooted.
Stunning lady.
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Peter Dutton will immediately boot out a Chinese-owned company from the strategic Port of Darwin if he wins the May 3 election and appoint an Australian operator, or take over the lease interest using acquisition powers.
Wasn’t it a Coalition government that leased the Port of Darwin to the Chinese?
No – NT Country-Liberal government. They are a completely separate party aligned with the Libs federally.
Would that lease have to have been ratified or approved by the Federal Governmemnt?
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Read the entire thread.
Screwed up the layout again.
So here’s the big picture:
If it works, it’s a defining success:
If it fails:
Just got off an online discussion with an old friend who asserts, quite vehemently, that the decline in the value of the AUD is totally down to the “incompetence” and “corruption” of the RBA. Nothing else.
Can I convince him otherwise? How?