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Three things to watch in 2013

January 16, 2013 – The precious metals have been in a 2-year trading range. Though gold rose 10.2% in 2011 and 7.0% in 2012, these rates are ...


“Central Bankers Are Intellectually Bankrupt”

May 11, 2012 – Congressman Ron Paul says that “central bankers are intellectually bankrupt”.  This is actually the title of an ...


The Outlook for 2011

January 3, 2011 – It is that time of the year again to record my expectations and outlook for the year ahead.  But before looking at 2011, ...


The scramble for physical metal intensifies

December 4, 2010 – The scramble for physical gold and silver is intensifying.  People increasingly want to own the real thing, and not some ...


“Bonds Have Seen Their Best Days”

March 26, 2010 – Everyone should be taking note that the yield on the 10-year Treasury note this week climbed to a 9-month high.  The ...


US Government Debt is Not a Safe Haven

February 15, 2010 – As the debt crisis in Greece continued to unfold last week, the US dollar and US government debt instruments were being ...


The Federal Reserve Becomes the ‘Buyer of Last Resort’

November 29, 2009 – While the debate continues whether inflation or deflation will be the dollar’s eventual fate, the Federal Reserve is ...


The Dollar Depends on Politicians Now

October 28, 2009 - It wasn’t too many decades ago that the dollar was, as the saying went, “as good as gold”.  It was a truism, ...


Rising Interest Rates Are Bullish For Gold

Jan 30, 2007 - The Federal Reserve will soon be meeting to discuss whether to increase short-term interest rates. Most observers expect the ...


The Outlook for the Dollar Worsens

August 14, 2006 - The Federal Reserve has stopped raising interest rates. Therefore, the logical question to ask ourselves is whether their ...


Mr Bernanke's First Crisis

May 8, 2006 - It was only two short months after Alan Greenspan was appointed chairman of the Federal Reserve that he faced his first crisis. The ...


When Will the Fed Stop?

April 17, 2006 - When will the Federal Reserve stop raising interest rates? It is the question everyone is asking these days. The federal funds ...


Economic Suicide

March 15, 2006 - Anybody who has been lending money to the US federal government by buying T-Bills and its other debt instruments received a brutal ...


Federal Reserve Jawboning Illustrated

October 17, 2005 - For months formidable forces of inflation and other forms of monetary debasement have been gathering at a frightening pace. Rising ...


Currency Risk

June 6, 2005 - Currency risk is a troublesome problem that everyone faces. It arises for a variety of different reasons, but more often than not, ...


The Outlook for 2005

January 10, 2005 - From time to time over the past couple of years I have been comparing our present circumstances to those prevailing in the ...

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