Update on blog posts 

My author's website at Sarel J Oberholster is now live and this blog will be continued on my website.

Hope to hear from you there.

Warm regards,

Sarel 

 

Central Bank Conmen: Economic Robbers and Bankrupters of Empires

by Sarel Oberholster

Central Bank Conmen: Economic Robbers and Bankrupters of Empires Paperback

All about the money...

Let's talk about your money. The money in your pocket. The money in your bank account. The money you get paid and the money you use to pay for what you need and want. Where does it come from? Why do you use it? Why do you trust it?

Are you aware that every minute of every day, 24/7, someone is robbing you of a little bit of your money out of you pocket, out of your bank accounts even out of the piggy bank of your children? Do you feel their hands in your pocket? Do you see them tapping into your bank accounts? No. It is done so subtle out of sight that you only feel its effects yet never see them at it. Subtle, but with extreme efficiency. They take from you and then hand it to themselves first, then government, then those connected to them.

Is this a conspiracy theory? Absolutely not. Is it an actual conspiracy? Not really. It is done in plain sight. They advertise that they are doing it. They are on all media telling everybody about it and the government openly budgets to receive the money they so "collect" from everybody. The government even passed a law making it legal for them to steal from everybody and the law states how they must use the gains after paying all their own costs. Then, they must pay any balance remaining at the end of their financial year over to government.  This entity is called a Central Bank, revered in markets and bossing over all money matters. All they do is done in the name of the "greater good" and to protect you. Protect you against unemployment. Protect you against deflation. Giving you "price stability". Believe that and you know, I have a bridge or dam or monument to sell to you.

Do you remember when we got the first personal computers? Fantastic then, but they operated in kilobytes. I recall how it would take a week to process a fairly simple spreadsheet on a top of the range PC, something which an entry level PC can now process in less than a nanosecond. This is human progress. Making things faster, more cost efficient, more powerful, more innovative but most of all cheaper! We experienced real deflation in the technology sector of the economy. Is the technology sector plagued by unemployment and a lack of growth? No.

 

Human progress means lower prices on everything. Look around you. Where are the lower prices? Where is the human progress? All gone, someone took it all.

To really understand how all this is possible one needs to understand that this con existed already more than 2000 years ago in the Roman Empire. It has evolved and has been perfected for more than 2000 years into a massive wealth redistribution operation hiding in plain sight stripping and redistributing all human progress to a select few. Shocking? Honestly it is, yet did you, do you know about it? Do know how it is done? You and I are the losers. Do you know who the winners are? Is this whole system comprehensible?

It all is.

In "Central Bank Conmen: Economic Robbers and Bankrupters of Empires" I explain how this "money" system was implemented and corrupted already during the reign of the Roman Empire. How monarchs and kings implemented it to rob their populations.  How eventually it evolved into a Central Bank system controlling global economic activity and reallocating wealth away from me and you to the 1%. It is true, and it is real, and it is done every minute of every day, 24/7. Its a con which has been wrapped in a narrative so convincing that nobody really questions it. Get your pay, complain about higher prices, can't afford a home, a house, live from paycheck to paycheck, watch you favorite snack shrink month after month? Its all part of the same 2000 year old con...

And here we all thought that as long as we do not have inflation in excess of 2% then all is fine. Hold on, what? They want what? They want all progress and skim another 2% per annum from the national and even the global economy. What? For real! 

Playing a simple elementary numbers game. 

The game of human progress.

Q: I have $100 in an economy and 100 equal products in that economy. What is the price per product.

A: $1

Q: Human innovation increases the products from 100 to 200 using the same resources. What will the price per product now be?

A: $0.50c

Q: How much did the population win through innovation?

A: $100. This is deflation.

Q: A Central Bank increases the money by $100. What will the price per product now be?

A: $1

Q: What did the Central Bank do?

A: They created "price stability" by removing the deflation from the economy. (Prices remained the same.)

Q: Who now took the $100 deflation?

A: The Central Bank.

Q: What does the Central Bank do with the $100?

A: Pay it to themselves, government, and their "friends".

But wait, there's more...

The Central Bank follows a policy of 2% inflation per annum. They spell it out. So prices must increase by another 2%pa. Thus the Central Bank must add another $4.

We now have $204 in the economy. The Central Bank has vested $104 upon itself and the price of a product is now $1.02 ($204/200 products = ) rather than $0.50c. Magic? Alchemy?

Do you want to play more money games?

 

 

The BIG FISH Trader

by Sarel Oberholster

The BIG FISH Trader: Another unapologetic strategy guide for all human and retail traders. (Retail Trader Guides) Hardcover

The BIG FISH Trader: Another unapologetic strategy guide for all human and retail traders. (Retail Trader Guides) Paperback

My Fellow Human Retail Traders,

The Big Fish Trader follows The Paranoid Trader to remind my fellow retail traders of the risks of being a retail trader in a market where we are always the prey. Like The Paranoid Trader, this book is not a "how to" guide or attempting to provide a specific strategy or trading toolbox. It speaks to the absolute need for a retail trader to develop their own defensive strategy anchored in their own unique personalities.

I have been on the inside of a Big Fish Trader and know the attitude of the Big Fish Trader towards the retail trader. Let's just say its not friendly and is accompanied by a toothy smile. I cast myself in the role of the Big Fish Trader and come after you, the retail trader, with the murderous intent of the Big Fish Trader. Its for you to then decide if you want to trade in the shadow of the Big Fish Trader feeding off the crumbs leftovers which can be a hearty meal for a retail trader provided you can stay out of the way of the Big Fish Trader else you will leave behind crumbs for others to feed upon. Perhaps you would prefer to just stay as far as possible away from the Big Fish Trader which would require you to design a strategy of tracking Big Fish actively and alerts to it. Perhaps you want to adopt a porcupine strategy to make yourself unattractive and unpalatable for the Big Fish Trader. I leave it to you to adjust and interpret the visualizations into your own customized strategies. Be innovative be imaginative and dare to be different, the Big Fish Trader feeds on the collective, on the herd. It finds the maverick too much of a bother when the herd is just so easy.

Any specific strategy which I may spell out in the book simply creates another collective, retail traders who can be corralled and fed upon. That is why you must have your own unique strategy.

The Big Fish Trader will guide your insights about the dangers you face when you trade. You personal style will have specific weaknesses which the Big Fish Trader will exploit against you. I have, for example, found that I often get bitten by a strong conviction keeping me in losing trades longer that I should. I had to adjust my trading strategies for it as my conviction hurt me more often that escaping a losing trade. I'm also prone to an aggressive response when I find myself inside a Big Fish Trade and had to incorporate trading strategies for an early escape when I become aware that I'm playing inside someone else's sandpit.

The Big Fish Trader addresses the vulnerabilities of the retail trader in a playful humorous style even though being very serious about those vulnerabilities. Enjoy the tale but do not miss the message to develop appropriate strategies for your unique vulnerabilities. Hide, run, be alert, be different, but never attack as you can't win.

Trade at you best.

Warm Regards,

Sarel Oberholster

  

 

The Paranoid Trader

By Sarel Oberholster

 

The Paranoid Trader: An unapologetic strategy guide to retail trading. (Retail Trader Guides) on Amazon

My Fellow Retail Traders,

I know the loneliness of a retail trader facing almost life-and-death financial decisions. I know the adrenaline kick of a spectacular trade. I also know the despair of a losing trade and being faced with the question, should I close and live for another day or should I hang in there and wait for a rebound? I know the self destructive thoughts of "if only" when I had made a loss and the depression of feeling like a hopeless loser. Somehow the wins never feel as good as the losses feel so horribly bad.

This little coffee table strategy guide to retail trading addresses the challenges any retail trader will face when they trade on almost any market, be it shares or commodities, bonds or crypto, anything which trades on any digital platforms. Trading leveraged trades, any form of 10% (or more or less) down trades are exponentially more dangerous.

This pocket book is not about spoon feeding you a strategy. No one but yourself can develop a strategy which is suited to your own personality and individuality. This book is a trader companion book. It is there to remind you of the need to have a defensive strategy in a market where the retail trader is like a chicken, everybody's prey. It shows you the market predatory practices and reminds you about the risks you face from your own emotions. Old-timers know that elation about a recent winning trade combined with arrogant self-confidence is a recipe for a trading disaster. They also know that we seem to walk into that trap more than once. It hurts every time.

This little book will be with you all the way. It does not talk back and does not judge. It knows that losing is inevitable but it also knows winning is possible. It will celebrate your wins with you while reminding you that in trading your biggest danger is when you are dishonest with yourself. Trading is a lonely game. Its good to have a friend. 

No retail traders should be without it. You should also keep it close and refer to it, if only just to reread the index, before you open any new trades. Trade safely and be at your winning best.

Warm regards,

Sarel J Oberholster