Koin emas terbesar di dunia telah terjual pada harga RM 13 juta

Koin emas terbesar telah terjual dengan harga 4.02 juta dollar bersamaan 13.266 juta. Ia terjual hasil lelongan yang dibuat pada hari Jumaat lepas di Vienna, Austria.

Koin seberat 100.2 kg atau 220.5 pounds itu telah berjaya disambar oleh sebuah syarikat pelaburan Sepanyol yang dikenali sebagai ORO.

Penjualnya pula adala juga sebuah syarikat pelaburan yang dikenali sebagai AVW Invest yang telah diarah untuk melelongkannya ekoran pengisyhtiharan bangkrap dan juga beberapa dakwaan salahlaku CEO dan pemiliknya.

AVW telah memiliki koin itu semenjak 2007 lagi yang mana ianya telah dibuat oleh Royal Canadian Mint.
Diameter koin itu adalah 21 inci dan diperbuat daripada emas 999.

Beruntunglah kepada mereka yang berjaya memilikinya dan ternyata orang Sepanyol memiliki kelebihan tersebut. Mana syarikat Arab dan Pertubuhan Dinar ya?..

Budget disaster in all states of America

Almost no one — and no place — is exempt. Nearly everywhere, tax revenue plummeted as property values tanked, incomes dwindled and consumers stopped shopping. Falling prices for stocks and real estate have made mincemeat of often underfunded public pension plans. Unemployed workers have swelled the demand for welfare and Medicaid services. Governments that were frugal in the past are just squeaking by. Governments that were lavish in the good times, building their budgets on optimism and best-case scenarios, now risk being wrecked like a shantytown in an earthquake.

New York raises cigarette prices to 11 bucks a pack, and expects higher revenues rather than increased smuggling and a more powerful mafia. Massachusetts spends its savings while hoping for a federal bailout. And let’s not even bother with California. At the other end of the spectrum are Colorado and New Jersey, where real cuts will bring budgets closer to real balance.

It’s also clear that sometime in the next year or two, the worst-run states will balk at laying off half their workers and will choose instead to default on their debt, presenting Washington with the same choice as with the banks in 2008: bailouts or contagion.

Even where states make real cuts in spending, the resulting economic contractions will be brutal.

Muni bonds, which are funded by sport stadiums and the like — or by state/city general revenues — are the next sector to blow up.

Vietnam increases its gold, Malaysia?

Many Asian countries have strong affinity for gold, with Vietnam apparently at the top of the list. On a per-capita-income basis, Vietnam consumes twice as much gold as India and 10 times that of China.

Vietnam’s gold market has blossomed in response to a lack of confidence in the country’s currency, according to a story in yesterday’s Financial Times. Since the beginning of 2009, the Vietnamese dong has lost 11 percent of its official value, while gold has risen roughly 42 percent in U.S. dollar terms.

This has spurred many Vietnamese banks to seek out more gold. Last year, as the world climbed out of a crisis, Vietnamese banks paid 3 percentage points more in interest to those making deposits in gold than deposits in dollars.

A key quote from the story: “Demand [for gold] is still growing because people don’t believe in any other channel of investment.”

Vietnam (population 86 million) has seen rapid economic growth in recent years. Its per-capita income of $1,050 last year was nearly fivefold higher than it was in the mid 1990s, and in Hanoi, the income level is closing in on $2,000 per person, according to government figures.

Net retail gold investment in Vietnam reached 14.1 metric tons (543,000 ounces) during the first quarter of 2010, up 36 percent year over year, according to the World Gold Council. Add to that a 20 percent increase in gold jewelry demand, and you see a steadily growing gold market.

Those figures don’t reflect the amount of gold that isn’t tracked or deposited in banks. A Vietnam-based economist estimates that some $30 billion worth of “street gold”—almost a third of the country’s GDP—is held outside of the banking system.

In absolute terms, the Vietnamese gold market may pale in comparison to China and India, but its strong cultural connection and history with gold should keep the country’s gold market an active one regardless of price.

Tiada jaminan untung, masih ada yang tak faham

Ramai orang tak faham akan konsep keuntungan. Mana boleh jamin untung dalam perniagaan. Siapa yang berani jamin untung akan dapat, itu bohong. Oleh itu, semua orang perlu faham perkara ini. Bila tak faham atau bila orang itu berani menjamin maka terjadilah apa yang terjadi pada Rosyam Nor. Bila dah baca saya tersenyum sendirian. Mudah benar orang kita terpedaya akan jaminan untung.

Kutuk Israel: Betulkah kita bersatu?

Betulkah kita bersatu terhadap serangan rejim zionis Israel?
Kalau dalam kata-kata mungkin benar tetapi tidak 100% dalam tindakan.
Buktinya:
1. Masih ada perhimpunan asabiyyah dan tempat pun asing2; ikut parti politik masing.
Tak blehkahkah dalam keadaan begini BN dan PR bersatu untuk satu perhimpunan raksasa. Mungkin perhimpunan 10 juta orang misalnya. Alang-alang berhimpun, biar besar-besaran. Tunjukkan kepada dunia, isu Palestin adalah isu antrabangsa yang melepasi isu parti politik mahupun ras.
2. Masih lagikah kita konsisten dengan keazaman untuk memboikot produk Israel? Masih ramai lagi orang kita dilihat menggunakannya. Contoh yang jelas adalah Mc Donald. Tak praktikal? Ermm...sama lah kita fikirkannya.













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