[bruinbirdman]

"Talbott thinks China may have cooked its books about the scale of its recovery."

Transparency?

First the Commies complain about the value of the buck, yet, they are pegged to it

We hear they are stockpiling commodities, iron ore specifically.

The ChiComs are spending $800+ billion on stimulus.

Now at the Ambrosetti Workshop at Lake Como, Cheng Siwei, until recently Vice-Chairman of the Communist Party’s Standing Committee now a sort of economic ambassador for China around the world says Red China is buying gold.

Why is it Communists are never to be trusted?

yitbos

[familyop]

Re. east Asian commodity-hogging... Have you looked into commodity ETFs and ETNs? That might be something to learn about, if government and constituent anti-”speculator” efforts are watched closely (kills companies/profits). Less experienced investors would need to either follow a trusted guide, and more experienced investors without such ETF/ETN particular experience need to do a lot of homework. ...could save time against checking commodities and other events very frequently, though.

[familyop]

...maybe watch for a Chinese bottom, BTW?