Amerika Syarikat sebenarnya sudah bankrap – Tun Mahathir

KUALA LUMPUR 23 Jun – Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad berkata, Amerika Syarikat (AS) kini sebenarnya sudah bankrap tetapi menafikannya kerana beranggapan ia masih menjadi kuasa besar ekonomi dunia. Berikutan itu, beliau melabelkan AS sebagai sebuah negara yang gagal di dalam ekonominya.

”AS sebenarnya sebuah negara yang gagal kerana bankrap, mencatatkan defisit berganda dan wang yang mereka ada pun adalah wang cetak.

”Tapi AS masih mahu menyangkal kedudukan mereka (bankrap),” katanya ketika menyampaikan ucaptama di CEO Forum anjuran Yayasan Kepimpinan Perdana di sini hari ini. Secara sinikal Mahathir berkata, seandainya Malaysia mengalami kedudukan ekonomi yang sama seperti AS, sudah lama negara ini diisytiharkan bankrap.

Bagi menutup kelemahan mereka, AS terus sibuk memperjuangkan demokrasi liberal di Iraq, Afghanistan dan terbaharu di Libya.

Beliau berkata, negara-negara kaya selalu berada dalam radar persaingan sesama sendiri tetapi masih gagal untuk bersaing dengan negara-negara yang baru muncul. ”Negara-negara kaya ini selalu mendesak supaya negara-negara lain melakukan perubahan dan sasaran mereka adalah negara-negara kecil dan miskin.

”Tetapi, apabila melihat keadaan ekonomi negara-negara itu sekarang, nampaknya mereka juga tidak tahu untuk menguruskan kewangan mereka.

”Kegagalan mereka (kendalikan kewangan) menyebabkan negara-negara kecil turut merasai krisis ekonomi yang berpunca daripada mereka,” tambahnya. Sambil memberi contoh, Mahathir berkata, selain AS, Greece masih lagi dibelenggu dengan krisis hutangnya.

”Satu-satunya negara yang tidak menerima kesan daripada apa yang berlaku di negara-negara kaya ialah China. ”Sebaliknya, dengan kekayaan yang dimiliki China sekarang, negara itu mampu membeli bon-bon di AS,” tambah beliau.

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Penjelasan PNB

Pelaburan dalam amanah saham menjanjikan pendapatan yang stabil

KUALA LUMPUR, 14 Jun – Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) menjelaskan bahawa pihaknya tidak sesekali mempersoalkan peranan atau keputusan yang dibuat oleh mana-mana Majlis Agama Islam Negeri dan Jabatan Mufti, mahupun fatwa yang dikeluarkan oleh mana-mana Majlis Fatwa Negeri.

Ini kerana, PNB dan Amanah Saham Nasional Bhd. (ASNB) sedia maklum bahawa penguatkuasaan fatwa adalah terletak di bawah bidang kuasa negeri kerana kuasa pentadbiran undang-undang Islam terletak di bawahnya.  ”Ingin ditegaskan oleh PNB berhubung persoalan berkenaan fatwa harus yang telah diputuskan terhadap pelaburan dalam dana kendalian PNB beserta dividen dan bonus yang diagihkan kepada pelabur,” kata PNB.

Fatwa berhubung perkara itu dikeluarkan oleh Jawatankuasa Fatwa Majlis Kebangsaan bagi Hal Ehwal Ugama Islam Malaysia dan diwartakan pada 10 Julai 2008 di bawah Akta/Enakmen: Seksyen 34 – Akta Pentadbiran Undang-Undang Islam (Wilayah – Wilayah Persekutuan) 1993.

Menurut fatwa itu, hukum pelaburan dalam Skim Amanah Saham Nasional, Skim Amanah Saham Bumiputera dan skim-skim yang seumpamanya beserta dengan dividen dan bonus yang diterima daripada pelaburan tersebut adalah harus.

Admin : Kalau sesiapa ragu-ragu akan pelaburan ASB baiklah jauhinya dan tukar pelaburan anda tersebut kepada EMAS.

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Yuan vs. Dollar vs. Gold

It’s interesting to find, just how far could the Yuan jump? Regardless what Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner may say about a strong dollar being in U.S. interests, the likelihood is, that the currency will fall sharply in the next few years. With currency quickly falling the only safe way to hedge is through precious metals, say President Ron Fricke of Regal Assets. With China “buying up European debt among others,” says the Telegraph, “the EU authorities fear that China’s purpose in buying Eurozone debt may be double-edged, intended to push up the euro exchange rate against the Yuan and gain advantage for exports. China has emerged as the transforming force in the Eurozone debt crisis over recent days, pledging to use part of its €2.87 trillion (£1.82 trillion) reserves to safeguard global stability. The question is whether China is hoping to extract strategic concessions in exchange.”
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The Golden Answer!

Gold is back on its track in response to Central Bank rate-cutting and liquidity moves. The sovereign debt crisis in Europe, the massive housing bubble in China and especially the credit bubble in China offer more reasons for Gold and Silver to advance alongside Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis, Which is showing no signs of abating. With global inflation accelerated the demand for precious metals seems to come into play to solve the ills of the globe.Besides, the snap back, there was an interesting interview this week with Human Events, Steve Forbes predicting, that not only gold and silver will snap back, but within the next five years it seems likely the United States will return to the gold standard to solve the variety of economical, fiscal, and monetary ills. With a return to the gold standard the United States will be forced to balance its books and have a concrete monetary system says President Ron Fricke of Regal Assets.
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Agro dah tak terima Jongkong EMAS 999

Jongkong P.A.M.P menjadi kegilaan ramai

Seperti yang dijangka,  pihak Agrobank akhirnya telah mengambil keputusan untuk tidak lagi menerima jongkong kerana sekarang simpanan Jongkong Emas telah menghi ampiri 38% daripada keseluruhan simpanan EMAS.

So, banyak jugalah DANA Agrobank yang dah stuck kepada EMAS, sedangkan matlamat asal penubuhan AgroBank adalah untuk menggiatkan aktiviti pertanian. Sememangnya keputusan ini adalah wajar dan boleh diterima.

Jadi, kepada mereka yang telahpun ‘terbeli’ jongkong2 ini dan memikirkan bagaimana caranya untuk mendapatkan TUNAI daripadanya, anda mempunyai beberapa pilihan di sini;

a) Upgrade jongkong ada kepada loket(barangan kemas)
b) Tukar/trade in Jongkong anda kepada barangan kemas 999/916 di Ikhwangold
c)  Tukar/trade in Jongkong anda kepada TUNAI di Ikhwangold

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Masa Depan Logam Bernilai Terjamin

Now that the economy is slowly but surely recovering – Bernanke said so! – many investors are beginning to wonder if gold may have passed its all time high too. With Bernanke’s dulcet assurances still echoing in our ears, investors went back to their errors. They bought more stocks – pushing the Dow up 93 points. They bought more gold too. The yellow metal rose $13. One thing they didn’t buy was the dollar. The greenback is at an all-time low against the Swiss franc. Against the euro, it seems to be returning to its all-time low and against gold, of course, it passed its all time low many months ago, says Bill Bonner

Here’s the AP report for those that still believe Mr. Ben Bernanke is showing growth in our economic recovery:

WASHINGTON (AP) – The US economy and job creation have strengthened enough for the Federal Reserve to end on schedule a program of buying Treasury bonds to help the economy, the Fed said Wednesday. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke at a news conference after the meeting. It was the first time in the Fed’s 98-year history that a chairman has begun holding regular sessions with reporters.
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Cara bank Pusat Mengawal Inflasi

So what’s going on now in the price of gold and silver? And while were seeing a correction in the metals, why is Mexico, Russia, and Thailand adding $6 Billion of gold to reserves, as the IMF data is showing? Could the correction be a short motion squeeze–with lots of shots called by the “bullion banks”–the usual suspects–who have made lots of money over the years betting against the gold bugs by viewing gold as more of a commodity than a currency, and by using the size of their bets to trip off the stop-loss orders of the bulls?

After reports yesterday that George Soros sold off a substantial chunk of gold holdings when the price hit $1,550 an ounce, the price of gold slid, this Hungarian-American financier, is not one to underestimate. When he says for you to turn left, he means signal to the left and then turn right. First he is a businessman, second a philanthropist who just convened Bretton Woods II, so he knows how the government plays. He also knows a lot about government confiscating. When he says he is unloading gold, then that can mean one thing…he is buying it …
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