Precious Metals: where “buy and hold” is NOT dead

It’s not surprising that investors who are interested in precious metals are continually looking for commentators who will provide them with short-term “calls” on the prices for precious metals. I generally resist playing that “game” – for that is precisely what it is. No one knows what precious metals markets are going to do over [...]

Gold’s Record Monthly Close: Technically Significant

Mark O’Byrne submits: Gold: Gold is down slightly this morning but still continuing to knock on the door and consolidating near the psychological $1,000/oz mark. The gold market will probably be relatively quiet until the release of US non- farm payroll data this afternoon. Depending on the figures, which are expected to be quite poor, [...]

Inflation is Our Future

The Daily Reckoning On one hand, the deflationists are claiming that given the extremely high debt levels in the West, further inflation is impossible. On the other side of the argument, many proponents of inflation are calling for Zimbabwe style hyperinflation. In this business, everyone is entitled to their opinion; however it is my contention [...]

Unemployment Propaganda tries to “justify” High Unemployment

In totalitarian regimes, the propaganda-machine (i.e. the media) is a vital tool in pacifying the population – since the populations of such societies are denied the “release valve” of ridding themselves of an unpopular government through elections. I have pointed out in a number of commentaries that the United States “two-party democracy” has, in fact [...]

Two Events That Bulls Have Yet to Discount

By Rick Ackerman, GoldSeek We’ve always believed that the stock market’s ups and downs are driven not by anything so mundane as news events or the economy, but by the same mysterious cyclical forces that govern the physical universe. Nevertheless, two rapidly evolving news stories threaten to abruptly reverse Wall Street’s heedless bear rally, which [...]

Dollar to Lose Reserve Status – But Is There an Alternative Currency?

Toro submits: From Bloomberg: Pacific Investment Management Co., which runs the world’s biggest bond fund, said the dollar will probably fall as it loses its status as a reserve currency. Read more »

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