Forum Archive Index - September 2003

[nickk@quicksilver.net.nz]

Soarer 

The debt will be paid back this way: 

The US will print moneyand give it to the countries they owe it to.  Simple. 

Cheers 

nk 

Soarer2 writes: 

> Morgy, 
> 
> We are in the early stages of a Gold bull market, I know the blue rinse 
>brigade on this site will say they have heard it all before in the 70's etc 
>but things are vastly different this time.  The USD$ has $33 trillion dollars 
>of debt attached to it, THIS WILL NEVER BE PAID BACK. As for buying LHG if 
>your trying to time the market good luck. I have bought and held the majority 
>of my gold stocks BSG ASX best performer to date. 
> 
> 
> Disclaimer:  I own truck loads of gold stocks and yes I am ramping because I 
>believe Gold is going alot higher.   
> 
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>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Morgy 40 
>   To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz 
>   Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 7:03 PM
>   Subject: Re: [sharechat] Outlook for FY2004 
> 
> 
>   Woody 
> 
>   What is the technical setup on gold at the moment as you see it and how 
>would one best get access to it other than directly through gold stocks on asx 
>as they have been getting a bit of a pasting because of the A$ rate. I 
>incorrectly assesed LHG ASX a few weeks ago and got a pasting for my troubles, 
>still have shirt on back (just).  
> 
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>   Regards 
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> 
>   Morgy 
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>     
> 
>   >From: fntradingsolutions 
>   >Reply-To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz 
>   >To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz 
>   >Subject: Re: [sharechat] Outlook for FY2004 
>   >Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 15:23:21 +1000 
>   > 
>   >Some believe Gold could reach $1000 US per oz by 2005 
>   >Woody 
>   >----- Original Message ----- 
>   >From: "Soarer2" 
>   >To: 
>   >Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 3:10 PM 
>   >Subject: [sharechat] Outlook for FY2004 
>   > 
>   > 
>   > > gold goes to the moon, USD used as cheap toilet paper 
>   > > 
>   > > 
>   > > 
>   > > 
>   > > ----- Original Message ----- 
>   > > From: 
>   > > To: 
>   > > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 1:10 PM 
>   > > Subject: Re: [sharechat] RBD Outlook for FY2004 
>   > > 
>   > > 
>   > > > Hi Stephen, 
>   > > > 
>   > > > > 
>   > > > >I live and work in central Wellington. 
>   > > > > 
>   > > > >There are only three Starbucks in central Wellington: Willis St, 
>   > > > >Lambton Quay, and the Reading complex. They do not seem to 
>   > > > >be heavily patronised. 
>   > > > > 
>   > > > 
>   > > > There are a couple of Starbucks I know of in Christchurch city. One 
>   > > > is in a closed street shopping mall. It always seems to be well 
>   > > > patronised. There seem to be a disproportionate number of 'asian' 
>   > > > and 'female' faces in there. And many of them are 'asian females'. 
>   > > > New New Zealanders and tourists assimilating the local (sic) culture? 
>   > > > 
>   > > > There is another only five minutes walk away in Cathedral Square. 
>   > > > Judging by the number of back packs sitting by the outdoor tables 
>   > > > many of those are tourists too. This one isn't so popular. But it 
>   > > isn't 
>   > > > obviously more sparsely populated than the rival coffee shop on the 
>   > > > square 100m away. 
>   > > > 
>   > > > > 
>   > > > >The smaller standup joints - Fuel and their imitators - 
>   > > > >seem to be doing a much better business. You don't see many 
>   > > > discarded 
>   > > > >SB takeaway cups compared to Coffe Supreme, L'Affare or Havana. 
>   > > > > 
>   > > > 
>   > > > I've only been to SB a couple of times myself. But my impression is 
>   > > > that they are porcelain mug coffee people, not chasing the paper cup 
>   > > > grab and go market. 
>   > > > 
>   > > > > 
>   > > > >Now the Wellington CBD must be one of the heaviest coffee- 
>   > > > consumption 
>   > > > >areas in New Zealand. I honestly would have expected Starbucks to 
>   > > > be 
>   > > > >everywhere by now, and I am a little perplexed that they aren't. 
>   > > > >Perhaps Wellington consumers are fussier. 
>   > > > > 
>   > > > > 
>   > > > >I would be most interested 
>   > > > >to know how Starbucks is doing in the rest of the country. 
>   > > > > 
>   > > > 
>   > > > I've given you the Christchurch report. I should add that they are 
>   > > > definitely not number one here. They would be behind Robert Harris, 
>   > > > who have quite a presence in the malls (Starbucks have none). They 
>   > > > would be behind the Christchurch chain 'Coffee Culture' as well. 
>   > > > 'Coffee Culture' have three stores (Sumner, City and Cashmere) and 
>   > > > these are always very busy when I go past them. 
>   > > > 
>   > > > > 
>   > > > >And their ad campaign on the buses is cringe-inducing. "Your happy 
>   > > > >place"? To me "in his happy place" means "suffered a nervous 
>   > > > > breakdown". 
>   > > > > 
>   > > > 
>   > > > They do advertise do they? Never heard any Starbucks advertising 
>   > > > myself. 
>   > > > 
>   > > > > 
>   > > > > Disclaimer: coffee snob. 
>   > > > > 
>   > > > 
>   > > > That might explain your comments. I'm not sure Starbucks are really 
>   > > > after the 'boutique connisseur ' coffee consumer. I think they are 
>   >after 
>   > > > a more mainstream audience that that. Having said that, the 
>particular 
>   > > > demographics in Wellington may mean that the 'coffee snobs' are 
>   > > > indeed the mainstream in that particular market. 
>   > > > 
>   > > > Starbucks sales were $22.8m in New Zealand in FY2003. Total RBD 
>   > > > sales were $298.1m. Put bluntly, I don't think that the Starbucks 
>will 
>   > > > have that much influence on the overall performance of RBD. KFC is 
>   > > > by far the largest part of the whole operation in profitability 
>terms. 
>   > > > 
>   > > > SNOOPY 
>   > > > 
>   > > > 
>   > > > 
>   > > > 
>   > > > -- 
>   > > > Message sent by Snoopy 
>   > > > on Pegasus Mail version 4.02 
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>   > > > "Stay on the upside of the downside, 
>   > > > Anticipate the anticipation!" 
>   > > > 
>   > > > 
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