Posts Tagged ‘ inflation ’
Every monetary stimulus creates winners and losers. And it should be no surprise that monetary policy would finally end in a cul-de-sac. It only surprises those who share the mainstream's simplistic view of monetary stimulus. Phrases such as "the ECB is attempting to unlock the flow of credit in the ...read more
Is Gold In A Bubble, Part II
Jun 5th, 2012 | By Detlev Schlichter | Category: Featured, Gold
Gold in the 1970s
We start in 1970 when the gold price was massively undervalued. The golden shackles had come off in the US domestically 37 years earlier when relentless paper money printing had commenced, albeit at first at a somewhat moderate pace.
However, in blatant disregard for economic reality, the official ...read more
Is Gold In A Bubble?
Jun 4th, 2012 | By Detlev Schlichter | Category: Featured, Gold
As the gold-sceptics keep reminding us, gold pays no coupon and no dividend, it does not offer a running yield, so traditional measures of ‘fair value' do not apply.
But gold is money, and just as the paper ticket in your wallet does not pay interest, neither does gold. Gold is ...read more
Forget Retirement And Retirement Savings
May 4th, 2012 | By Jeff Berwick | Category: Featured, Personal Investing
Retirement is a marketing construct. You've been sold a bill of goods for the last few decades of your life.
You've been told that nation-states, democracy and socialism are good. You've been told our monetary system prevents instability. And -- while the government and central banks put your unborn children or ...read more
Bernanke’s Pet Peeve: The Gold Standard
May 3rd, 2012 | By Gary North | Category: Featured, Gold
Ben Bernanke journeyed across town to give a 4-part seminar to 30 undergraduates at George Washington University.
This was clearly a public relations stunt. Why would the head of the world's most powerful central bank lecture to 30 undergraduates? This was not quite the equivalent of George W. Bush reading "My ...read more
Why Gold Is Still My Favorite Asset
Apr 24th, 2012 | By Detlev Schlichter | Category: Featured, Gold, Personal Investing
I hate to give personal investment advice. So please do me a favour and do not treat the following as investment advice. I am expressing my personal opinion here. I do so with honesty and conviction, without a personal agenda – I am not trying to sell you anything.
Nobody knows ...read more
Is a Mortgage a Better Inflation Hedge Than Gold and Silver?
Mar 13th, 2012 | By Gary Gibson | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
Sell Your Gold. Buy a House. Put Nickels in It.
Normally we would not look upon buying a single family house for personal use as an investment. But these are strange times we live in.
Why don’t we consider a single-family house for personal use an investment?
In a completely free market (and ...read more
The Fed’s Newest Trick
Mar 8th, 2012 | By Jeffrey Tucker | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
Gary Gibson, Introduction...
Does the Fed's latest colorfully named plan amount to anything more than money printing and legerdemain? Will it not punish savers and interfere with oh so vital capital accumulation?
Jeffrey Tucker is on hand to take a look in today's feature article.
And then we get real in today's Parting ...read more
The Fall of the Roman Denarius
Mar 2nd, 2012 | By Whiskey Contributor | Category: Economics, Featured, Precious Metals
Gary Gibson, Introduction...
Inflation is a tax.
It's just a very sneaky one. The fine folks over at Economic Collapse Blog explained it so well that we thought we'd share it with you...
"It is a continual tax on every single dollar that you own. As your money sits in the bank, it ...read more
Infinite Stupidity
Nov 14th, 2011 | By Detlev Schlichter | Category: Featured
"The unlimited resources" of the European Central Bank (ECB) are quickly becoming the new magic mantra in political commentary and financial market analysis, now that the bigger euro-dominos are beginning to wobble, and everybody realizes that nobody has the firepower to bail out Italy or to "recapitalize" (i.e., bail out ...read more

