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By Przemyslaw Radomski |
December 27, 2012
We use the 1980 top for comparisons not because the current economic situation is very similar to the one in 1979-80. But the key point is the same – the fundamental situation was positive for gold in 1970s and it is the case right now.
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By Ben Traynor |
November 2, 2012
Spot market prices to buy gold in dollars dropped to below $1,710 an ounce Friday morning, reversing gains from earlier in the week, while stocks and commodities fell and the US dollar rallied ahead of the release of key US jobs data.
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By Eric Sprott, David Baker |
October 31, 2012
The sad fact is that the economic reality for the average family is far worse today than it was ten years ago… even fifteen years ago, and the trend of declining wealth is firmly in place. The youth need higher paying jobs and the retirees need yield.
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By The Mad Hedge Fund Trader |
October 15, 2012
There are important reasons why these numbers may be off that I have been warning you about all year. The problem arises with the seasonal adjustment process that the government has been using for the last several decades.
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By JT Long |
October 9, 2012
Shadowstats.com Author John Williams wonders if politics are at play behind the latest jobs report, which shows 114,000 new US jobs since September and a 0.3% drop in unemployment since August.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
August 20, 2012
Is it risk on, or risk off? Are we looking at a fear trade situation where gold is the only true safe haven asset? Or will the world’s central banks open the monetary floodgates as many suspect is going to happen?
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
August 2, 2012
As long as real interest rates are low gold is in a bull market. There are no plans to raise interest rates for at least two years. Indeed the Fed is actively working to lower longer term rates.
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By Frank Holmes |
July 12, 2012
Did you know that one of the industries that has seen the best job growth in the US is mining? From the end of December 2007 through May 2012, US employment in the mining sector has increased 16%. This percentage change is far better than any other sector.
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By Karen Roche, JT Long |
May 8, 2012
A "paralyzed" Federal Reserve, in its "final days," held hostage by Wall Street "robots" trading in markets that are "artificially medicated" are just a few of the bleak observations shared by the former Republican US congressman and director of the Office of Management and Budget.
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By J.W. Jones |
April 30, 2012
If the US dollar pushes down below the recent lows and we get continuation to the downside, we will break the recent bullish pattern. However, if the dollar finds a bottom and rallies it clearly would create a headwind.