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   Ino June 15, 2018 at 10:52 pm

   The chart fairy just had a chartgasm….

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   Al June 15, 2018 at 11:07 pm

   Cannabis stops dementia.

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   JunkyardMEMBER June 15, 2018 at 11:36 pm

   Hi friends. What news from the apocalypse?
   Is this sh!t burning down yet or what?

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   mild colonialMEMBER June 16, 2018 at 12:01 am

   Midnight. Where’s the weekend post?!?

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     GavinMEMBER June 16, 2018 at 12:31 am

     It’s just 1 big prick tease.

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     Counterfiat June 16, 2018 at 12:52 am

     Updating the $pamb0t to include youtube.
     This is what you are looking for…
     https://youtu.be/HbW-Bnm6Ipg?t=57s

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     boomengineeringMEMBER June 16, 2018 at 4:42 am

     Gluttonous chartfest, Harold is having a coronary waiting for WE post award.

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   Super Phoenix June 16, 2018 at 12:42 am

   Thanks Gunna. This weekly chartfest has become my favorite posts on MB

   Look at the divergence between DR and Haiti.

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     Super Phoenix June 16, 2018 at 2:25 am

     US suicide rates – the poor choice of baseline (1999 was in the middle of the dot.com boom) will make it look like suicide rates are skyrocketing everywhere. Still, it is interesting that Nevada is going backward….. Oh, I know!!! Casinos were suffering from the lack of punters back in 1999 because every punter was gambling in the dot.com bubble!!

     Wait, since when Spain became a rich country? Also what is wrong with Spain and Greece? The UE in these two countries are somehow much higher than that in Portugal, Iceland or Ireland. Divergent of the PIGS?

     The bubble trouble chart is interesting – except it is not clear what is plotted in the ordinate.

     The world population is still rising. The living standard of the global population is still rising. The energy consumption per capita is still rising. There is no way the world can cope without nuclear power – go SLX!!!

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       ColinMEMBER June 16, 2018 at 5:27 pm

       I was spammed with a pump for Toro yesterday…….. Currently thin & flat, with extra volume evident before their sortie.

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       St JacquesMEMBER June 17, 2018 at 11:10 am

       Is Spain rich? Depends where you draw the cutoff. If Italy is “rich” then Spain, which has the same GDP per capita, is rich. Spain is much more developed than Greece, and its exports of manufactures is dwarfs its earnings from tourism. There is marked regional uneveness but not as extreme as Italy’s north-south divide. The still unemployment can be explained in large part (but not completely) by the collapse of the huge construction bubble. A very disproportionate percentage of the unemployed are immigrants who arrived in the RE bubble years. Note that Spain’s economy has been one of the OECD’s strongest the last three years.

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   haroldusMEMBER June 16, 2018 at 1:49 am

   Is this weekend links?

   It’s a lot of scrolling to get here, homos.

   Sorry. Homies.

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     GunnamattaMEMBER June 16, 2018 at 2:17 am

     Sorry Gents it isnt weekend links but i dont know where weekend links is right now, and i am far too busy to do one myself right at this moment.

     I will do one circa 1000 on Saturday morning if one hasnt materialised by then.

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       haroldusMEMBER June 16, 2018 at 2:26 am

       If you do do weekend links can we have some Norman Lindsay?

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       GunnamattaMEMBER June 16, 2018 at 2:30 am

       I’ll see what sort of artistic mood i am in.

       I’m feeling a bit Jan Senbergs right at the moment

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       Chinajim June 16, 2018 at 7:31 am

       Here’s one for ya:

       https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20180611/58302439

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       ErmingtonPlumbingMEMBER June 16, 2018 at 8:58 am

       I thought we were talking about art Chinajim!?

       I thought “they call me bruce” was a bit excessive with his comment on that article.

       “Bruce Leeo
       Drop few nuclear bombs onto China soil will bring world peace forever. Killing hundreds of millions of Chinese communists will serve that purpose. Tell your man Donald Trump to do just that.”

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       seasoncycle June 17, 2018 at 9:26 am

       Thankyou for doing this Mr Gunnamatta, a very interesting overview as always

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   Jacob June 16, 2018 at 3:33 am

   Great graphs once again.

   The immigration into USA graph is profound. Does it include illegal immigration as well?

   They had mass immigration from Mexico since 1980 just because Mexico is next door. Instead, they should have got immigrants from around the world.

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     Super Phoenix June 16, 2018 at 4:47 am

     A large chunk of USA was once a part of Mexico. So it is not quite “immigration” as such.

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   The Penske FileMEMBER June 16, 2018 at 6:56 am

   Crazy Commutes – Melbourne has $145 PW from Frankganistan. Yearly Met Ticket is $1683 or circa $33 PW. Now if it’s including the cost of personal security while nearby to the station.. fair enough. otherwise where did the other cost come from?

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     Super Phoenix June 16, 2018 at 8:20 am

     Also it shouldn’t take 1 hour by train from Frankston to the City centre.

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   Jacob June 16, 2018 at 8:01 am

   Baby dies after waiting 2 hours in emergency:

   https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/baby-dies-at-sunshine-hospital-after-two-hour-wait-in-emergency-20180613-p4zl89.html

   We simply lack the infrastructure for even the current population – let alone an extra 400,000/year on top.

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     Super Phoenix June 16, 2018 at 8:18 am

     But reducing the level of immigration will deplete the hospital funding because we had chosen to spend our national income for bidding up house prices.

     So don’t become sick in Straya.

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       Jacob June 16, 2018 at 8:48 am

       Your posts make no sense.

       I said 1980.

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       flawse June 17, 2018 at 7:39 am

       Actually the SP post makes perfect sense. We are so far down this insane road to hell there is no way back without getting burned. If you reduce immigration, then the whole Syd/Melb/Bris RE market comes to a standstill. Stamp Duty receipts disappear. Income tax crashes. The money available for hospitals (and a whole lot of other infrastructure) drops catastrophically. If we then borrow for the infrastructure, because of the unbalanced nature of the economy, it will have to be offshore borrowings, the A$ will take a bath, interest rates sky-rocket, he economy disappears down its own vortex. (or up its own…. take your pick.

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    Popcod June 16, 2018 at 9:52 am

    So 3rd chart in, for the first time it shows that house prices are declining before the credit impulse. Is this significant? If so, what does it signify?

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      GunnamattaMEMBER June 16, 2018 at 10:40 am

      Our Banks, those paragons of dog eat dog capitalism, become risk averse when they dont think they are on a one way bet with house prices

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    flawse June 17, 2018 at 7:46 am

    As interest rates declined US Household savings declined and debt increased????? How can this possibly be????
    It is a core belief at MB that lower interest rates mean households save more!!!!

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    flawse June 17, 2018 at 7:47 am

    Thanks Gunna…Great list!

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    Super Phoenix June 17, 2018 at 10:29 am

    So Global X offloaded about 100k shares on Friday – they are still offloading regardless of the prices. Then I think SLX will stagnate around 20c if not lower until Global X is done with offloading.

    SLX is like a beautiful suitcase on sale at a price that is 20% less than the amount of cash stuffed inside the suitcase. The suitcase itself may or may not be worth a lot, but that is beside the point.

    Such a deal does not come around very often.

    I am quietly hoping that the suitcase itself is made of platinum.

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    Researchtime June 19, 2018 at 3:14 am

    Great effort – with exception of “Global Population Growth” – which is mere fiction…