Two Modest Proposals to Rid Us of Debt

By Rick Ackerman, Rick’s Picks Today and tomorrow, we will present two radical proposals for dealing with debt. The first, argued below by Ben Rosita, a frequent contributor to the Rick’s Picks forum, would redistribute America’s official store of gold bullion to all who are owed on behalf of all who owe.  The second, from another forum [...]

Debt paydown still top priority for Teck

Vancouver-based Teck Cominco may find itself sitting a lot more comfortably than was the case six months or so, but CEO Don Lindsay made it clear on Thursday that he won’t be happy until the company’s term loan is paid down and it once again merits investment-grade ratings. One year ago, Teck borrowed $9,8-billion to [...]

Rio Tinto to double capex spending next year to at least $5bn

The group said the decision was taken after seeing signs of economic recovery and a decrease in its debt levels Read more….

Some Ironic Possibilities for the British Pound

Clive Corcoran submits: The following are some musings on the U.K. economy, prompted by an adage that seems quite appropriate for our times of thinking the unthinkable. The U.K. public finances are in dire straits with a likely deficit this year well in excess of £200 billion and with red ink as far as the [...]

Gold to Rise to $2,000 Amid ‘Massive’ Inflation, Superfund Says

By Kim Kyoungwha Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) — Gold may rise to a record $2,000 an ounce in the next three years as investors hedge against “massive” inflation sparked by governments printing money, according to Superfund Financial Singapore Pte’s Aaron Smith. “In the next few years, after the deflation cycle, we’ll see massive inflation,” Managing Director [...]

Borrowin’ and Sorrowin’

Bullion Vault "He who goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing…" Read more….

Mining ‘wall of debt’ severely constraining global supply growth prospects

The severe debt position faced by the world’s biggest mining companies will have an adverse impact on future supply growth and hence could lead to sharply higher commodity prices. Read more….

US Hyperinflation?

The Daily Reckoning The finance ministers of the Eurozone met yesterday and they’ve tried to stem the euro’s (EUR) rise… But they’ll need more than words to get the job done! And so we begin a new day… Front and center this morning, the currencies – which had given background overnight to the dollar – [...]

Gold’s Real Inflation Adjusted High Is $7,150/oz

Mark O’Byrne submits: Gold Gold is trading at $1.063/oz this morning and traded between $1,048/oz and $1,066/oz over the last 24 hrs. In EUR and GBP terms, gold is trading at €710/oz and £648/oz respectively. Gold continues to gradually eke out gains and consolidate at near record levels on continuing oil strength and dollar weakness. [...]

Gold at $2,000 Becomes Inflation-Adjusted Bullseye for ‘80 High

By Pham-Duy Nguyen Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) — Gold’s rally to a record means prices are still 53 percent below the 1980 inflation-adjusted peak. While gold rose 19 percent this year to $1,072 an ounce on Oct. 14, consumer prices almost tripled in the past three decades, eroding the metal’s value. Bullion hasn’t kept pace with [...]

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