Australian Wealth Gameplan

If your editor was a trader, the big trade we’d take a swing at now would be to bet against the banks again.

But make no mistake, when we mention the word ‘bet’ we mean it. We’re not talking about rigorous fundamental analysis that we do for Australian Small-Cap Investigator or Australian Wealth Gameplan. And neither are we talking about the type of technical analysis our Slipstream Trader Murray Dawes uses.

We’re talking the kind of bet that you’d make at the TAB. The kind of bet where you take a quick glance at the form guide and then shove a few bucks on it.

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The social engineers are in full flight. Now Australia has a Population Minister. We prefer to label it the “Population Sinister”, or even the “Population Tsar.” Of course, this isn’t the first time politicians have tried to manipulate the make-up of the population.

The most recent before this is probably ex-Treasurer Peter Costello’s 3-Child policy. We don’t care to recall exactly what it was, something about “having one for the country.” Or something like that. We do recall mainstream journalists thinking the joke was hilarious at the time.

But the sad thing is, all this focus on trying to control the population is just more grist to the mill that confirms Western nations – including Australia – are heading head first towards totalitarian Socialism.

It wasn’t so long ago that the Chinese were lambasted and even ridiculed for their one-child policy. “It’s not natural to restrict family sizes” was the general theme of those arguing against the policy.

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Before we get into today’s Money Morning, a brief announcement…

Your editor is taking a long weekend. However, we’ve lined up a couple of guest essays to give you something to read while you’re tucking into your Easter eggs.

Tomorrow, BullionVault’s Adrian Ash will give you more info on China’s gold buying spree. And on Monday, Diggers & Drillers editor Alex Cowie will give you the lowdown on Australia’s second largest export commodity – coal.

In between, assistant editor Shae Smith will have the usual weekly round-up of events for you in Money Weekend on Saturday morning.

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Your editor writes from the sickbed this morning *cough*, so don’t be surprised if we cut things a little short *sniffle*.

Looking at the Aussie market we’re wondering, will it break out higher this time?

If you look at the chart below you can see the market has put in another rapid gain:

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