Tuesday, July 23, 2013

International Forecaster May 2011 (#3) – Gold, Silver, Economy + More

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By Bob Chapman, The International Forecaster US MARKETS In legislation just proposed, and I don’t know by whom, nor do I have a number yet, the Dept of Labor has proposed a re-definition of who is a fiduciary, not under the Securities laws, but under ERISA, the law that governs tax advantaged retirement accounts, such [...]

International Forecaster December 2010 (#8) – Gold, Silver, Economy + More

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By Bob Chapman, The International Forecaster US MARKETS Mr. Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, a private corporation, would have us believe that, quantitative easing is the only way to save the US economy and to reverse the unemployment problem. He conveniently forgets to tell you that he authored a paper in 1988 with Mr. Michael [...]

International Forecaster December 2010 (#3) – Gold, Silver, Economy + More

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By Bob Chapman, The International Forecaster US MARKETS Policy makers within the Treasury and the Fed are only interested in delaying and extending the timeline trying to find and extricate themselves from one of the most dangerous fiscal and monetary failures of all time. They know they and their controllers have no solution. QE1 and QE2 [...]

International Forecaster November 2010 (#8) – Gold, Silver, Economy + More

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By Bob Chapman, The International Forecaster US MARKETS There is no question that the world is at a boil. Germany is drawing anger; N. Korea has attacked S. Korea; flaying about the FED’s Mr. Bernanke blames China for America’s sad economic and financial dilemma; five suits, class action and RICO, have been filed against JPMorgan Chase [...]

International Forecaster September 2010 (#9) – Gold, Silver, Economy + More

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By Bob Chapman, The International Forecaster US MARKETS It is interesting to watch Wall Street defy reality. This is a scene we’ve observed since the early 1960s, the effect of debt on the economy and the nation and in turn on its currency. The result of the profligacy over all those years is the biggest bull [...]

International Forecaster September 2010 (#6) – Gold, Silver, Economy + More

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By Bob Chapman, The International Forecaster US MARKETS Gold has again broken out to new highs and silver is on the cusp of doing so as well. Unfortunately more than 95% of the pundits were not on board; they believed it was going lower. The fight for monetary supremacy between the dollar and gold for over [...]

International Forecaster September 2010 (#5) – Gold, Silver, Economy + More

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By Bob Chapman, The International Forecaster US MARKETS On Friday, September 10, 2010, Horizon Bank, Bradenton, FL was closed by the Florida Office of Financial Regulation and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was named Receiver. No advance notice is given to the public when a financial institution is closed. In spite of intervention by “the Working Group on [...]

International Forecaster September 2010 (#1) – Gold, Silver, Economy + More

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By Bob Chapman, The International Forecaster US MARKETS Almost two years ago the US Treasury was selling large amounts of short-term Treasury bills to fund bailouts and stimulus. That caused a major increase in debt. Most of that paper was 2-year bills and it is coming due for rollover shortly. While that transpires, October will report [...]

International Forecaster August 2010 (#7) – Gold, Silver, Economy + More

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By Bob Chapman, The International Forecaster US MARKETS Debt is everywhere and it certainly is onerous. We all have heard about the sovereign debt crisis, the debt of Greece and the debts of Ireland, Spain, Portugal and Italy. During that process the euro fell from $1.50 to $1.187; which gave euro zone exporters quite an advantage. [...]

International Forecaster August 2010 (#5) – Gold, Silver, Economy + More

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By Bob Chapman, The International Forecaster US MARKETS When government interferes with free markets they cease to work properly. Measures that interrupt and manipulate distort markets on a short to intermediate basis, but the final result is never in doubt. Things are altered but only little changed. What is serious about intervention is that it breaks [...]

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