THE CHART IS TRUE

By Howard S. Katz, The Gold Speculator Above is the CRB index, monthly basis, for the past 15 years showing the beginning of the (second) upswing of the commodity pendulum.  (This is the real CRB index, the one which was started in 1955 and weighs the different commodities equally, not one of the modern variants [...]

Gold May Have More Price Support now Than at any Time Since 1989

The Daily Reckoning The central banks of the world are changing tune. Since 1989, the banks have been net sellers of gold reserves, meaning that as a group they have sold more than they have taken in. This is an important point because the large gold sales of central banks tend toward lowering the spot [...]

Rare Coin News and Articles This Week

What’s New on CoinLink …….. 2,200 high grade samples of mostly scarce, rare or unique specimens from Spain, her colonies and empire ranging from the Visigothic era to the present were sold Oct 21-22 by Aureo & Calico in Barcelona Spain. The Caballero de las Yndias collection is stunning representation of all of the mints [...]

CoinWeek October 12-18, 2009

What’s New on CoinLink …….. Olympic Medals – As unique as the world’s top athletes and their awe-inspiring performances, every medal won at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will be a one-of-a-kind work of art. NGC recently certified the unique Ecuador 1862 50 Francos struck in gold. This classic rarity of 19th-century [...]

CoinWeek October 5-11, 2009

What’s New on CoinLink …….. Doug Winter asked the questions that everyone seems to have on their minds…Where Have All the Nice Coins Gone? An interesting topic that we are going to continue to explore in future articles. What People are saying about Gold. Is it the right time to buy? Five articles from todays [...]

ANC leaders must support nationalisation of mines – Malema

Nationalisation of mines was prescribed in the Freedom Charter and therefore a prerequisite for leadership in the ANC, ANC Youth League president Julius Malema said on Thursday. "If you are not for nationalisation you are not qualified to lead the ANC," said Malema at a ANCYL sponsored debate with Business Day columnist Tim Cohen and [...]

Brand Disloyalty

The Daily Reckoning The US dollar is a sort of monetary brand. And like any other brand, it can fall out of favor. Even iconic brands can rapidly lose their “must-have” caché. Sometimes, a brand can disappear entirely, as did Pan American Airways or “Members Only” jackets. But there is always something else waiting to [...]

Nationalisation of mines is fait accompli – Malema

ANCYL leader Julius Malema envisages a South Africa where the state owns 60% of all mines to "generate extra income" for the government. "The nationalisation of mines will happen, the Freedom Charter says that," Malema told reporters in Johannesburg on Tuesday. The ruling African National Congress must have its mind made up about it in [...]

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 [...]

So where’s Yamashita’s silver?

1p ET Sunday, October 18, 2009 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver): In reply to Thunder Road Report editor Paul Mylchreest’s new study of the gold market (http://www.gata.org/node/7906), which concluded that the market is either terribly short real metal or is laundering fantastic amounts of improperly obtained gold, perhaps the fabled “Yamashita’s gold” [...]

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