About the Author
Ron Hera
Ron Hera, who is the principal author of the Hera Research Newsletter, is a private investor focusing on hard assets, natural resources, commodities and precious metals. Hera is an outspoken proponent of the free market and of the Austrian School of economics. His articles on economics and on companies that produce natural resources appear regularly in print publications and on hundreds of thousands of websites globally.
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By Ron Hera |
November 14, 2012
In theory, financial repression, together with other measures, can liquidate government debt but, in practice, it is a destructive and highly destabilizing approach that will result in a net loss of wealth to society.
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By Ron Hera |
October 23, 2012
History may record yet again that “there is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion” because the escalating moral hazard engendered by limitless bailouts is itself a cause of collapse.
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By Ron Hera |
September 18, 2012
According to the former special inspector general for the $700-billion US Troubled Asset Relief Program (Tarp) that bailed out the US banking system in 2008, another financial crisis is all but inevitable and the cost will be even higher than the 2008 financial crisis.
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By Ron Hera |
August 21, 2012
The US dollar is fundamentally weaker than it appears to be based on the USDX. Gold, silver and related mining shares will rally heading into late 2012 and are likely to break out dramatically as current trends develop.
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By Ron Hera |
July 2, 2012
The chief investment strategist of Sprott Asset Management LP doesn’t mince words and his track record speaks for itself. A defender of the gold standard, John Embry sees gold and silver as currencies competing against the US dollar and the euro.
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By Ron Hera |
April 26, 2012
What is important about the pervasive negative sentiment is that it is a key indicator of a market bottom. At the top of the market, there are a hundred reasons to buy and, at the bottom of the market, there are a hundred reasons to sell.
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By Ron Hera |
April 16, 2012
The history of the US dollar is closely linked to US involvement in a series of wars. The loss of value in the dollar caused by excessive expansion of the money supply, together with rising demand for raw materials, has led to permanently higher global commodity prices.
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By Ron Hera |
April 10, 2012
Americans tend to focus on American numbers but Europe is in far more serious trouble, the founder and former head of Princeton Economics Ltd. says. But he adds that US politicians are wrong in their approach to tax codes.
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By Ron Hera |
March 28, 2012
Defenders of fiat currency schemes claim that they promote stable prices and moderate economic volatility. In fact, the opposite is true. Fiat currencies not only destabilize economies but undermine the moral basis of society.
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By Ron Hera |
June 3, 2010
Reserve currencies can be anything that you want. The problem with paper money is that it's easy to debase and abuse.