So this is what it feels like in an inflationary melt up. House prices were up 6.2% in the third quarter over the same time last year, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. House prices in the capital cities are surging. Stocks are surging. Gold and oil ...read more

Let’s review the big picture for gold. What's going on? And what are people saying? For much of 2009, gold traded in the range of low-mid $900 per ounce. There was a dip over the summer, with a strong upswing starting in September. Gold is now trading well over $1,000 per ...read more

The dollar’s days are numbered…but there’s going to be a lot of movement both up and down before its ultimate demise. Pound up... Euro down… Aussie pulling back… Canadian giving way… Yen losing ground… October is coming to an end, and we haven’t really seen hide nor hair of any terrifying market moves or monstrous returns ...read more

"The transcending value seen in the Dollar has lost its foundation..." A short series of secret memos, published and dissected at ZeroHedge, provide the "smoking gun" of gold-market manipulation. Apparently. And given this little slew of dusty archive-digging – throwing up three documents from 1968 to 1975, each one declassified within thirty ...read more

The last week has handed us some interesting developments once more, and as we pause to catch our breath again this week, we’ll make note of the important underlying currents and what they may mean going forward. The Pause That Refreshes We saw a short reversal in the recovery trade that has ...read more

Inside sources have recently confirmed the Chinese government is actively promoting gold and silver investment to the masses. Some analysts now contend that China can no longer afford to let the gold or silver price slump. The rationale behind that contention is that with the Chinese government now telling the general ...read more

You know that I like to try to keep you on top and ahead of the new trends that are developing in the currency world. This is the best way to profit early and well (although sometimes the timing isn’t exactly perfect!). Today I have something new for you that I ...read more

On the grand scale, the U.S. dollar is still the major gladiator in the currency and economic arena. It is like a punch-drunk prizefighter, staggering, but still on its feet…wobbling, but able to inflict substantial damage on its economic opponents, those who would carelessly trade against it. “The U.S. accumulated $9 ...read more

Like a giant laxative in the world's monetary system, the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing is starting to have an effect. You wouldn't necessarily call it the desired effect. After all, we're talking about the eventual destruction of the U.S. dollar and the global monetary system upon which it's based. But ...read more