[Whatever you] call it – a bubble, a frenzy or a mania – there seems to be a large number of voices in the marketplace who just are not fans of gold, whether prices are moving up, down or sideways [but] the reality is that gold doesn’t possess the traits necessary for a financial bubble to form. [In fact, the current worldwide economic and fiscal environment suggests that gold will go MUCH higher. Let me explain.] Words: 2368
March 31st, 2011 | Posted in Gold/Silver | Read More »
Investors are beginning to understand that the U.S. dollar is not the safe haven they perceived it was a few years ago and concurrently, neither are U.S. Treasury notes and bonds. Given the American national debt and deficit problems, from both a fundamental and technical perspective, the U.S. greenback has the potential for considerable downside. Ergo and by axiom, gold bullion has significant upside potential to $1,500 per ounce over the short to mid-term time horizon of 1 – 2 years and $4,000 per ounce over the longer term. Words: 1104
September 21st, 2010 | Posted in Gold/Silver,Inflation/Deflation | Read More »
What did the investment bankers at Bear Stearns ever do to earn their millions of dollars in bonuses? Where were the regulators when traders at Bear and other Wall Street firms peddled trillions of dollars in mortgage-backed bonds and derivatives, only to realize, too late, that no one had a clue what they were worth? The author keeps the you-are-there factor high much like a Shakespeare play, complete with three acts and characters dialoguing their way on and off stage. Words: 689
March 1st, 2010 | Posted in Economy | Read More »
A recovery based on stimulus is nothing but an illusion. In reality, the entire inflationary mini-boomlet-within-the-depression we are enjoying at the present time is simply an illusion. ‘GDP growth’ that is bought with monetary pumping and feckless fiscal spending only misdirects and ultimately consumes even more scarce capital. Fiscal stimulus may temporarily give the impression of a recovery, but it is not a genuine recovery. It makes things worse. The moment the pumping is abandoned, the true state of affairs is simply unmasked. Words: 1227
January 9th, 2010 | Posted in Economic Overview,Inflation/Deflation | Read More »