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  • Richard Russell: 6 Reasons to Invest in Gold


    GreenLightAdvisor ViewsAuthority Authority: 437
    The paragraphs below are excerpts from Richard Russell’s latest Dow Theory Letters , arguing the case for gold bullion. “Today I ask myself, where would I rather have my subscribers be - loaded up in the Dow Jones Industrial Average or loaded up with gold?. And in all honesty, I believe they are better off in ...
    2 days ago
  • Dear Mr Rothschild


    Divining the News (DTN)Authority Authority: 411
    I don’t doubt you are all good people, but it is hell here on the ground. Everything is upside down. There’s a lot of betrayal, framing and deception. Being in your position must require a lot of alliances, but really, I reckon some of them are dubious. There’s the fundamentalists, the criminals and the ...
    2 days ago
  • Peter Schiff on Gold


    Veritas Vos LiberabitAuthority Authority: 437
    AUTHOR of 2007’s Crash Proof: How to Profit from the Coming Economic Collapse , Peter Schiff is an investment adviser, blogger and frequent commentator for dozens of financial print and television media outlets, reports Hard Assets Investor . President of Euro Pacific Capital , Peter Schiff served as an ...
    5 days ago
  • What Is Inflation and How Do You Measure It?


    Veritas Vos LiberabitAuthority Authority: 437
    What Is Inflation and How Does One Measure It? by Michael Shedlock To understand inflation, one must first understand what money is and how to measure it. Please read What is Money and How Does One Measure It? before attempting to understand what follows. Unfortunately there is no general agreement as to the ...
    6 days ago
  • James West: “Gold Price is No Bubble”


    Oikonomika BlogAuthority Authority: 106
    The price performance of gold recently has all sorts of armchair economists waxing philosophical on the idea that this is the advent of a price “bubble”. While certainly everyone has and is entitled to their opinion, there are other features of humanity that we all possess, and much like many opinions, are best ...
    1 week ago
  • Money Creation Explained in 34 Seconds


    The Prudent InvestorAuthority Authority: 415
    Yeah folks, thats what central banks do. Hat tip goes to Burning Our Money .
    1 week ago
  • Gold bullion surging in all currencies


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    I argued the bull case for gold in my posts over the past few months (see “ Gold bullion - regaining its shine? “, “Gold bullion glitters bright” and “ Gold bullion - challenging $1,000 “. With the gold price scaling fresh peaks and closing in on $1,100, it would certainly seem as if renewed interest in ...
    1 week ago
  • For private money


    Aristotle The GeekAuthority Authority: 120
    Sauvik has an article in Mint on private money , plus his daily antidote where he demolishes the ET editorial on the “barbaric metal.” The editors at ET are puzzled about gold’s “intrinsic value.” What applies to beauty and the beholder also applies to all economic goods. All values are subjective in ...
    1 week ago
  • IMF Sells Gold To Indias Reserve Bank & Remembering The "Brown Bottom"


    immobilienblasenAuthority Authority: 117
    Good to be a GOLDBUG .......Take a look at this excellent Graph to put today´s news when it comes to gold & central banks into perspective..... So much for the overhang of the "massive" IMF gold sale threatening the price of gold...... As discussed earlier it looks like the headwind has transformed into a ...
    1 week ago
  • U.S. Government Must Roll Over $3.4 Trillion in Debt Over Next Four Years


    The Daily Reckoning AustraliaAuthority Authority: 539
    Its Melbourne Cup day. A few years ago we didnt really believe it was the race that stops a nation. But these days we know better, and the keyboards are mostly silent at our new HQ across the street from the Prince of Wales. Ours, however, clacked away. There are some pretty big issues we left hanging with yesterdays ...
    1 week ago
  • Concerning failed banks:


    InvestmentWatchAuthority Authority: 450
    1. It is BECAUSE we use a central bank and fiat money that all banks are allowed to leverage incredible amounts of risk. This risk always results in failures at the end of a business cycle. 2. Regulation and insurance are NOT the answer. Insurance allows the cost to be passed through to the consumer. 3. No ...
    2 weeks ago
  • How does one determine the value of a currency?


    http://diddy.nameAuthority Authority: 165
    I don’t understand how a piece of paper, say the U.S. Dollar, can found to be of some given value if it’s not backed up by anything like say gold. Furthermore, in a world full of all this fiat money, doesn’t there have to be some absolute standard that all other currencies are valued in terms of? How is it ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Salinas Price: It’s time to end World War II


    Oikonomika BlogAuthority Authority: 106
    It’s time to end World War IIHugo Salinas PriceOct 29, 2009The shooting, the bombing and the killing of World War II stopped in August of 1945, and the War was formally over.The United States and Britain knew the War was won, in 1944.At that time, a Conference was called among the 44 Allied Powers, to [...]
    2 weeks ago
  • Government Failure: Game Over for the Zimbabwe Dollar


    Incentives MatterAuthority Authority: 124
    I once wrote a post on Zimbabwes amazing hyperinflation . So incredible it was that it led Gono, the governor of Zimbabwes central bank, to receive an Ig Nobel Prize in Mathematics . Well, its finally game over for their poor excuse for a currency. As it happens in all economies that fail to contain hyperinflation ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Peak Oil – The Risks


    Veritas Vos LiberabitAuthority Authority: 437
    Eighty-five million barrels a day. That’s the world’s current production of crude oil…and that may very well be close to the world’s PEAK production of crude oil. Although the recession caused a temporary decrease in consumption, demand is already bouncing back toward pre-crisis levels. Too bad production ...
    2 weeks ago
  • A list of ways this economic collapse is different from the great depression


    InvestmentWatchAuthority Authority: 450
    let’s make a list. 1. The Average American wasn’t up to their eyeballs in consumer debt during the great depression. 2. We were a nation of farmers then, now we are a nation of computer programmers, accountants and marketing consultants. 3. The currency wasn’t fiat, and money was “real” back during the ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Multi-Year Stock Market Top Could Be In


    Veritas Vos LiberabitAuthority Authority: 437
    Multi-Year Stock Market Top Could Be In by Michael Shedlock Professor David Waggoner posted the following chart yesterday on Minyanville that I think is worth noting. click on chart for sharper image Professor Waggoner commented “The next intermediate level pivot down is around 882. It is a 50% retrace of ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Marc Faber: Dollar Will Eventually Go to Value of Zero


    prudent investor newslettersAuthority Authority: 134
    Here is Dr. Marc Fabers interview at the Bloomberg... Some quotes: "Best is to have foreign currencies and commodities but also equities that protect you to some extent as they adjust upwards as the currency goes down. " "The fiscal position of the US is a complete disaster. Eventually in ten years time, in my ...
    2 weeks ago
  • How the Free Market Works


    Veritas Vos LiberabitAuthority Authority: 437
    Mises Daily by Daniel Krawisz In the great book Man, Economy, and State , Rothbard’s vast compendium of economic wisdom, we read much that has not yet been properly popularized. Rothbard’s production theory, for example, is quite different from the standard account. I have tried to distill this ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Rumors Kill the Currency Rally


    Veritas Vos LiberabitAuthority Authority: 437
    By Chuck Butler   Well, the non-dollar currencies didn’t enjoy such good news yesterday, as they got whacked a good one! After signing off yesterday, the non-dollar currencies continued to rally versus the dollar, and then the rug got pulled out from under them in a NY minute! What happened? The risk ...
    2 weeks ago

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