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By JT Long |
April 8, 2013
Natural resource investors have experienced a tough year. All the more reason to start returning broker phone calls according to David Galland, speaking on the Friday eve of the airing of a webinar he is moderating.
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By Mark O'Byrne |
January 16, 2013
Germany’s central bank will repatriate part of its $200 billion gold reserves stored in vaults in the Federal Reserve in New York and the Banque de France in Paris. It is believed that the Bundesbank may have repatriated the gold to be prepared for a systemic crisis and currency crises.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
December 26, 2012
More than two-thirds of the world’s cobalt is supplied by the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Demand for cobalt is expected to rise at about 7% year over year to over 100,000 tonnes by 2016 and industry experts say more stable sources of cobalt are needed.
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By The Mad Hedge Fund Trader |
October 22, 2012
Which asset likes the president most of all? Gold. In fact, the barbarous relic might even be a died in the wool, card-carrying Democrat. It hit an eight-month high going into the first debate, and then quickly deflated.
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By The Mad Hedge Fund Trader |
October 10, 2012
The Iranian Rial has just suffered one of the most cataclysmic crashes in the recent history of the foreign exchange markets. It was off 25% last week, and has plummeted a mind-numbing 72% since the beginning of 2011. Watch out Zimbabwe!
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By Ben Gersten |
September 14, 2012
The speculation alone has already caused a rally in metals prices and global stimulus measures will send them higher. Gold prices were up 7% in the past month, and silver prices have been on a stronger move, up almost 20% in the last month.
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By Brian Sylvester |
September 5, 2012
The managing editor of MetalMiner describes herself as a "classic libertarian" but nonetheless believes government has a role to play in developing domestic supplies of critical metals. She argues for private/public partnerships and explains why today's low prices don't phase her.
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By The Mad Hedge Fund Trader |
September 5, 2012
When communications between intelligence agencies suddenly spike, as has recently been the case, I sit up and take note. The word is that the despotic, authoritarian regime in Syria is on the verge of collapse, and is unlikely to survive.
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By Karen Roche |
August 27, 2012
It is a deal with the devil: Governments churn out more and more cash for the promise of continued prosperity. But the day of reckoning is near, according to the chairman of Casey Research and an expert on crisis investing.
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By Diane Alter |
August 1, 2012
Fears over where the dollar is headed – especially with continued money printing from the central bank – has pushed safety-seekers into investing in silver and gold. The idea of using gold and silver as an alternative currency has spread as the metals have grown more valuable.