August 7, 2012 – Money should always be separated from politics. Germany learned this lesson the hard way, and the Allies wanted to make sure ...
October 27, 2011 – It was my good fortune to receive an advance copy of Jim Rickards' new book, “Currency Wars”. It is a great ...
September 19, 2011 – The Swiss National Bank finally gave up. For months it tried standing alone against all of the bad monetary policies ...
June 14, 2011 - The solvency of the European Central Bank is being called into question by some brilliant in-depth research from ...
March 28, 2011 – I am not a mathematician, but those knowledgeable about math have explained to me the difference between a parabola and a ...
February 3, 2011 – An article today in The Wall Street Journal highlights the latest rise in the price of wheat. Blaming bad weather, it ...
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, ...
December 21, 2010 – Last week the British pound fell 3.0% against the US dollar. Some say it was because of UK bank exposure to Spain, ...
December 1, 2010 – Both gold and silver demonstrated some spectacular performance yesterday, climbing 1.4% and 3.8% respectively from the ...
June 3, 2010 – Icelanders voted in a referendum to address their debt problem. Germans have a problem too, but they are voting with their ...
April 30, 2010 - Greece’s debt troubles are well known. Less recognized is the worrying truth that Greece is just the tip of the ...
February 12, 2010 – “There are rules, and these rules need to be adhered to." This quote could easily have been made by Sir ...
January 9, 2010 – The total quantity of US dollars in circulation has declined over the past year. As of December 31, 2009, M3 is $14.193 ...
January 2, 2010 – It is time to record my outlook for 2010, but before looking forward to the year ahead, I always like to first look back at ...
October 25, 2009 – Because people generally calculate the price of goods and services only in terms of the national currency of the country ...
June 25, 2009 - Yesterday the Federal Reserve completed the latest meeting of its Federal Open Market Committee. It re-affirmed its plan to ...
April 14,2009 - An old Chinese saying declares that wisdom begins by calling things by their right name. Truer words could not be spoken about ...
Feb 23, 2009 - I am often asked whether I favor gold or silver as my preferred sound money. It is a difficult question, and perhaps comparable ...
September 22, 2008 - The term 'government money' has been bandied about a lot in recent weeks. It is being portrayed as a near miraculous elixir with ...
July 21, 2008 - I lived in South East Asia for most of the 1970's, working in the branch offices there for one of the large New York City banks. I was ...
June 23, 2008 - As the inventor of digital gold currency (DGC), I am compelled to respond to the spate of recent articles that focused upon the ...
April 28,2008 - There have been numerous media reports about food shortages around the globe and the resulting riots caused by empty store shelves. ...
Mar 14,2008 - Everybody knows that gold is an inflation hedge. That's why most people buy it. They know from experience that the purchasing power of ...
February 11, 2008 - Do I have it right? It is a question that I relentlessly ask myself, comparing what the various markets are doing against what I ...
Jan 25, 2008 - Now that gold has climbed above the $850 high reached back in January 1980, many are proclaiming that gold is at a new 'record'. That's ...
Dec 12, 2007 - The Federal Reserve today announced a new scheme to inject more liquidity into the money markets. It cobbled together a partnership ...
Aug 10, 2007 - A new but inevitable twist has emerged in the escalating subprime woes. Bank solvency is now being called into question.
As a ...
January 8, 2007 - The above title is from a very insightful article about the international monetary system that appeared in the January 5th edition ...
Nov 27, 2006 - While America was celebrating Thanksgiving, the US dollar swooned. Major support was broken in the process, and the US Dollar Index ...
November 13, 2006 - In 1787 Russian general Grigori Potemkin constructed facades of buildings along the banks of the Dnieper River to fool Catherine ...
October 2, 2006 - Connolly to Baker to Paulson. It could be the names of three infielders in an around-the-horn triple play, but it's not. These ...
Sept 14, 2005 - I'm no fan of John Maynard Keynes. I find most of his economic theories to be just plain wrong. But for the sake of truth and ...
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, ...
May 16, 2005 - There are two principal monetary provisions in the American Constitution. Taken together they make clear ...
September 27, 2004 - I am often asked to provide my thoughts about the "big picture". It's a fair request, as it is understandable that ...
July 12, 2004 - It was both a privilege and a pleasure to attend this past Friday the first meeting of the Single Global Currency Assn. ...
November 10, 2003 - "Predicting rain doesn't count - building an ark does." So says Warren Buffett.
Long-time readers of these letters know ...
August 25, 2003 - Debasement is a word often used to describe money, or more precisely, the decline in the value of a currency. According to ...
July 21, 2003 - I'm no fan of John Maynard Keynes. I find most of his economic theories to be just plain wrong. But because I am a determined and ...
June 16, 2003 - The headline of the May 30, 2003 issue of The New York Times blared "U.S. Cautiously Begins to Seize Millions in Foreign ...
March 31, 2003 - What is a dollar? This question seems simple, but it isn't. The answer is complicated because there are in fact several types of ...
Januray 6, 2003 - I have today mailed the following letter to the Enforcement Division of the Securities & Exchange Commission. It's about time ...
October 14, 2002 - One of my favorite writers is Lew Rockwell, who not only is the proprietor of the eponymous www.lewrockwell.com, but also president ...
May 20, 2002 - In the last letter I explained in graphic detail my oft-stated premise that a flight from the dollar is beginning. I contend therefore ...
April 29, 2002 - One of the most basic premises about which I have been writing for years is about to be tested. Will we get a flight from the dollar ...
February 11, 2002 - Argentina's debt default and economic bust has been moved out of the headlines by the collapse of Enron, as if one debacle was not ...
June 25, 2001 - When we look at recent and current economic and financial activity within the United States, it seems very logical to ask why is the ...
April 9, 2001 - When I was still a young boy I remember hearing someone say that science fiction sooner or later becomes science fact. I was too small ...
March 5, 2001 - Every once in a while one can almost sense that something is wrong in the financial system. We are at one of those moments. The system ...
November 22, 1999 - "We assume that the currency which is in all our hands is fixed, and that the price of bullion moves; whereas in truth, it is ...
September 14, 1999 - There have been several important events in the Gold market in recent days. Do not be misled by the lackluster Gold price, which ...
November 16, 1998 - I approach all the markets from two different perspectives. I look at the technical side of the market to see what the charts are ...
August 31, 1998 - Something unusual happened this past Thursday and Friday that made me stand up and take notice. As the stock market was falling, the ...
June 29, 1998 - Investing requires taking action based on a calculation of probabilities, not certainties. And right now the probabilities suggest ...
March 23, 1998 - This week the Belgian central bank released a statement that read in part: "The weekly situation...was influenced by an ...
March 9, 1998 - Last month Warren Buffett lit the fuse of a precious metals firecracker with the stunning announcement that his investment company, ...
February 16, 1998 - I think it was Helmut Kohl who compared the political process to sausage making - by advising facetiously that in politics like ...
January 12, 1998 - The Great Depression had ended before I was born, but this traumatic collapse that unhinged the world economy in the 1930's has had ...
December 15, 1997 - I have been conspicuously quiet about the Yen for many months. After very successfully riding the Yen's strength from the ...
October 6, 1997 - It is a great pleasure to announce that the above referenced patent, which has just been published, has been awarded to me. I have ...
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