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By Jeb Handwerger |
May 18, 2012
It is folly to look at the day to day gyrations of our wealth in the earth selections. There are those critics who might question the absence of risk management in precious metal selections. They miss the basic point completely.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
May 1, 2012
What does taking care of its shareholders special interests first have to do with the Fed’s official dual mandate: stable prices and high employment? And
what do we replace, not just the Fed with, but the entire global fiat monetary system with?
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By James Turk |
April 16, 2012
The investigation into the inner workings of the gold market that are out of public view and decided behind closed doors in central banks is an ongoing effort. It has been that way for years, and fortunately, GATA has been there relentlessly compiling the mounting evidence.
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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 The Mad Hedge Fund Trader |
August 9, 2011
Please don't confuse Monday's cataclysmic market action, down 604 Dow points at its worst, with the downgrade or the debt ceiling compromise. These are distractions. The real driver here is fear about the long term future of the US economy.
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By Adam Hamilton |
July 8, 2011
Thanks to their powerful decade-old secular bull, commodities are growing increasingly popular among investors and speculators. Naturally the prudent ones are always looking for insights to optimize their timing in buying low and selling high.
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By Adam Hamilton |
June 10, 2011
Traders beware, the dreaded precious-metals summer doldrums are now upon us. Summers are barren sentiment wastelands for the entire PM complex. Gold, silver, and the PM stocks tend to grind listlessly sideways to lower, vexing traders.
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By Frank Holmes |
April 4, 2011
Investors who don't think gold is a bubble but fear they've missed the boat need to look at the short- and long-term factors supporting gold at these historically high price levels. In the near-term, gold prices are buoyed by weakness in the US dollar.
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By Adam Hamilton |
February 18, 2011
The inevitable periodic selloffs in the general stock markets indiscriminately hammer all stocks lower. But they pose a special magnified risk to commodities stocks.
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By Staff Writer |
February 4, 2011
China and Japan came to own their US Treasuries because both countries produced goods that America's wanted to buy. The Fed came to its hoard by simply turning on the 'equivalent of an electronic printing press.'
