Gold
Mar 11th, 2011 |
By Chris Martenson |
Category: Commodities, Featured, Gold, Macro Economics, Personal Investing
There’s a scenario that could play out between May and September in which commodities (including my beloved silver) and the stock and bond markets could all sell off between 20% and 40%. The trigger will be the cessation of QE II and a multi-month pause before QE III.
This is a ...
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Posted in Commodities, Featured, Gold, Macro Economics, Personal Investing |
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Feb 16th, 2011 |
By Gary Gibson |
Category: Commodities, Currencies, Featured, Gold
A huge opportunity to hedge against both inflation and deflation is lying out there in the open. There are no transaction costs and right now there’s even a built-in discount. But most people will never realize any of this.
In 1933 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 6102, which made ...
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Tags: copper, debasement, Executive Order 6102, Gold, Gold Reserve Act, inflation, nickel, silver
Posted in Commodities, Currencies, Featured, Gold |
15 comments
Oct 18th, 2010 |
By Charles Goyette |
Category: Featured, Gold, Politics
For those of us who recognize the complicity of both Republicans and Democrats in our economic calamity, it has been satisfying to see the party establishments of each pummeled this election season. But as far as averting the currency crisis I describe in The Dollar Meltdown, the gold market says ...
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Tags: democrats, elections, Gold, republicans
Posted in Featured, Gold, Politics |
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Oct 1st, 2010 |
By Byron King |
Category: Featured, Gold
The biggest holder of U.S. Treasuries isn’t happy.
And why should they be? They’re sitting on the sidelines holding US treasuries worth $797 billion. That’s quite a chunk of change.
Of course I’m talking about China.
The Chinese have been the biggest foreign creditor to the United States and in recent statements they’ve ...
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Tags: China, dollar, Gold, mining, peak gold
Posted in Featured, Gold |
7 comments
Sep 29th, 2010 |
By Byron King |
Category: Economics, Featured, Gold
Since ancient times, gold has been a safe haven for investors worried about market volatility and political uncertainty. Even the rise of paper currencies hasn’t managed to kill the idea of gold in people’s minds. That’s because gold is no one’s liability — currencies come and go, but gold remains ...
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Tags: boom bust cycle, Gold, inflation, spurring economic activity
Posted in Economics, Featured, Gold |
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Sep 27th, 2010 |
By Doug Casey |
Category: Featured, Gold, Personal Investing
The Gold Report: Doug, at a recent conference you said that the U.S. ought to default on its national debt now. Why that rather than letting it play out?
Doug Casey: Several other things almost equally radical should be done besides defaulting on the debt. I recognize that an outright default ...
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Tags: default on national debt, Gold, Greater Depression, inflation
Posted in Featured, Gold, Personal Investing |
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Sep 22nd, 2010 |
By James Turk |
Category: Featured, Gold
There is too much money being printed. No rocket science is needed to reach that conclusion. The markets are giving us a clear message.
For example, gold is trading at a record high, while silver has reached a 30-year high. Those new high prices are happening for a reason. The precious ...
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Tags: commodity prices, hyperinflation, inflation
Posted in Featured, Gold |
4 comments
Aug 30th, 2010 |
By Chris Mayer |
Category: Featured, Gold, International
Africa has had many false dawns. So there are good reasons to be skeptical of yet another rising sun, full of promise. But this dawn has been a long time in the making and has different foundations than before. Already, we’re seeing some amazing changes.
These changes began as Africa opened ...
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Tags: gold in Africa, investing in Africa
Posted in Featured, Gold, International |
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Aug 16th, 2010 |
By Dan Denning |
Category: Featured, Gold
If Goldman Sachs is publicly bullish on gold, is that a good thing or bad thing for gold bulls?
Wall Street's notorious trading house published a report on gold last week setting a price target of US$1,300 in the next six months. The report cited several factors. But before we get ...
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Tags: deflation, Gold, gold bubble, inflation
Posted in Featured, Gold |
7 comments
Jun 3rd, 2010 |
By Adrian Ash |
Category: Featured, Gold
Knowing how governments will respond to deflation, the case for inflation-proof gold looks increasingly clear to cautious wealth...
Useless for pretty much everything except storing wealth (its economic value is social, not industrial), gold acts as inflation-proof money when investors need it most — right in the middle of an ...
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Tags: deflation, dollars, Gold, inflation
Posted in Featured, Gold |
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