This post will seem a little discombobulated so I made somewhat of a format change to accommodate it and let’s just hope I’m not coming down with dementia.
“Black birds tend to like shiny things.” ~ The Bloody Raven.
The Mooncake; a not so Classic love/hate relationship
Pictured above is a lotus seed pastry Mooncake from the Saint Germain bakery in Metrotown Burnaby. I’ve been craving for these traditional golden pastries all year. I prefer the red bean with one salted egg yolk in the center variety but I can live with the cheaper yet still delicious white lotus filing. My diet restrictions limit me to no more than a quarter piece a day. Any more would cause significant gastrointestinal discomfort. If Weight Watchers ever had a category of forbidden foods Mooncake could be in it’s top ten. Against my better judgement I plan to stock up a load of discounted Mooncakes on the October 9th. I’m so bad. I’m also planning make them myself as @livinguktaiwan suggested. If I can learn how to do a car's oil change on YouTube, I can learn to make Mooncake there too.
A part of my re-discovered culture
In keeping with my Chinese side the Mid-Autumn festival is officially from October 1st to October 8th with Moonday falling on Monday October 6th which is equivalent to the 15th day of the 8th Month of the Chinese calendar.. I ignored the China National day part to focus on the Moon Festival part. My boys and I are planning a Traditional Hot Pot dinner on Monday.😋
This 3,000 year old festival tradition has significantly changed from it’s Moon worship days as it was believed that the feminine goddess Cheng’e had supernatural powers over the fertility of the land. Now it celebrates the end of the Autumn harvest by the family reunions, courtships, fireworks, lantern lighting, moon admiration activities, and visiting friends.
Back to the Scottsdale shiny
I didn’t have the chance to finish the remaining 2024 Scottsdale Halloween collection, so I will try to that this month. On a similar note, Scottsdale has already issued their 2025 Halloween Series with my Ontario retailer is currently taking orders. With the current Bull market action, I’m not quite as willing to jump on this as I was last year considering I am more into core/weight stacking. And less of the flashy cool silver.
I will update this decision at a later time.
Poor little Twilight, he's been jealous of Mr. Teech so I have to get him some attention before he starts playing with knives again.
Precious Metals news musings; The old 60/40 portfolio model
The other week, I shared an interesting article that scrolled by my News feed with @buggedout an article I would think add some rocket fuel to the gold juggernaut taking place in the precious metal markets.
I love to add a little extra value to gold commentary in his read on the charts so I figured it could raise his eyebrow or two a little when we think about the ramifications. The old portfolio model of 60/40; 60% Stocks and 40% bonds is now out of favor. It should be 60/20/20 suggesting selling half of their bond holdings in favor of gold over Bitcoin according to Morgan Stanley’s Chief Investment Officer Mike Wilson to their clients.
And not to be outdone, the Bond king Jeffery Gundlach of Double Line recommends a 25% allocation to gold with no mention of Bitcoin. With $Trillions in Bond capital starting to look for safety than yield we are now seeing Institutional cash flowing into gold, perhaps some to BTC as well. However, I’m betting there will be some who will take one look at the News neglected, far undervalued silver market and pile in.
The ride will only get better for those that hold gold and silver.
“Seat belts everybody!” 🚀
Twilight and I, thank you for coming aboard my blog today 🌒
Related Posts
2024 Scottsdale Limited Edition Halloween Monster Series.
Black Cat Coloured Silver bars.
Ghost Coloured Silver bars.
Mummy Coloured Silver bars.
A Family treasure comes out; Chinese Jade Pendant with gold bezel and chain.
The #piratesunday tag is the scurvy scheme of Captain @stokjockey for #silvergoldstackers pirates to proudly showcase their shiny booty and plunder for all to see. Landlubbers arrrh… welcomed to participate and be a Pirate at heart so open yer treasure chests an’ show us what booty yea got!
References & Sources
Wiki; Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival /Mooncake Festival.
China Highlights Mid-Autumn Festival
Web; MyNews/Lifestyle/Chineseculture Where do mooncakes come from?
Photos are my own shot with an ancient 2018 Samsung SM-A530W or otherwise indicated.
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W. Wiki Commons
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Cameo Raven Brooch from The Black Wardrobe.
Physical precious metals bullion stacking is only a part of my personal overall financial strategy. Meanwhile, collecting numismatics are a different set of objectives and strategy. Unless you are a complete nutcase as I am please, do your research before deciding to buy into any bullion or numismatic products. 🎃
