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‘Falling’ gold demand

November 19, 2012 – An article in The Wall Street Journal a few days ago caught my attention. It reported: “Gold prices dropped on signs ...


The Fiat Currency Bubble seals the euro’s fate

August 7, 2012 – Money should always be separated from politics. Germany learned this lesson the hard way, and the Allies wanted to make sure ...


The Swiss National Bank Gives Up

September 19, 2011 – The Swiss National Bank finally gave up.  For months it tried standing alone against all of the bad monetary policies ...


Something More Important than the Debt Limit

July 11, 2011 - Discussions by policymakers to increase the US debt limit are in the eleventh hour.  Sadly, so far the circus of intense ...


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 re-printing of “Pieces of Eight”

December 22, 2010 – I am pleased to announce the re-printing of Pieces of Eight: The Monetary Powers and Disabilities of the United States ...


Welcome to Stage Two of Gold's Bull Market

November 23, 2009 – Bull markets are marked by three distinct stages, and when gold climbed above $1,000, it only entered its second ...


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, ...


More on the 'Sound Money Indicator'

April 13, 2009 - There is no doubt that I have some amazing subscribers. I received a bunch of emails regarding the new Sound Money Indicator (SMI) ...


A New 'Sound Money Indicator'

March 23, 2009 - The other day at lunch with a friend, we began talking about my Fear Index. He suggested that I give it a new name in order to more ...


Silver Is Again Outperforming Gold

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 ...


Restoring Sound Money in America

January 26, 2009 - There is a determined grassroots movement in the United States seeking the restoration of sound money. There are many different ...


Government Money or Sound Money

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 ...


Price vs. Value in the Inflation/Deflation Debate

Aug 26, 2008 - A friend recently wrote to me saying that value is what you are offered when you want to sell something. I disagree. What is offered is ...


Putting the Gold Price in Perspective

July 22, 2008 - I wrote the following article for "Information Line", published by Michael Checkan and Glen Kirsch, the proprietors of ...


My Testimony Before the Commerce Committee

March 26, 2007 - For several years there has been an ongoing effort in New Hampshire to re-establish sound money within the state. See for example ...


Sound Money in New Hampshire

February 9, 2004 - New Hampshire made history this past week. It is the first state since President Roosevelt's gold confiscation in 1933 to attempt ...


Parting You From Your Money

September 15, 2003 - Back in January 1993 The Economist magazine published an article entitled "Fool's Gold". It was so full of inaccuracies ...


A Global Currency for Global Commerce

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 ...


19 Reasons Gold Has Probably Bottomed

June 29, 1998 - Investing requires taking action based on a calculation of probabilities, not certainties. And right now the probabilities suggest ...


Precious Metals Update

March 9, 1998 - Last month Warren Buffett lit the fuse of a precious metals firecracker with the stunning announcement that his investment company, ...


When Dreams Become Nightmares

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 ...


Op-Ed Opposites

November 24, 1997 - Two op-ed articles about Gold appeared last week in two of London's leading newspapers. The timing is not surprising. Given the ...


U.S. Patent No. 5,671,364

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 ...


Thinking the Unthinkable

April 25, 1994 - Over the past few years I have become acquainted with a wealthy, retired American industrialist who has an interesting story to tell. ...

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