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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 |
11 comments
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 |
4 comments
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 |
3 comments
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 30th, 2010 |
By Chris Mayer |
Category: Featured, International, Personal Investing
Gary Gibson: Chris, you were just over in China along with Addison Wiggin looking for investment opportunities. Could you tell us what you found?
Chris Mayer: Sure. As soon as we landed, we visited a giant Carrefour, which is a big French retailer in Beijing. There, we got a chance to ...
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Tags: agriculture, Big Mac index, China, Gold, water scarcity
Posted in Featured, International, Personal Investing |
5 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 |
13 comments
Apr 27th, 2010 |
By Trace Mayer |
Category: Currencies, Featured, Gold
I had a conference to attend in Southern California last week but the true capstone was a Sunday evening dinner with several readers. Although ‘gold bugs’ may be perceived in their writing as cranky I have found them to be among the most considerate and cultured company. Perhaps it stems ...
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Tags: euro, fiat currency, Gold
Posted in Currencies, Featured, Gold |
8 comments
Apr 2nd, 2010 |
By Don Stott |
Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
There is no more dreaded disease than cancer. Cancer causes millions of deaths each year in America, and it is painful, debilitating, and causes horrible pain. Cancer is rarely discovered in time to cure it. Like termites in a home, cancer gnaws at the body, and until the pain begins, ...
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Tags: Gold, government, social safety net, socialism
Posted in Economics, Featured, Politics |
28 comments
