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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 Jeb Handwerger |
April 24, 2012
The US debt crisis is far from over and this basing period in precious metals and commodities may turn out to be an exceptional buying opportunity as investors rotate from overbought US equities, treasuries and dollars into high quality wealth in the earth assets.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
April 19, 2012
Today no country is on a gold standard and all currencies are fiat. A future 3-G world, and a re-introduction of gold into the global monetary system, should be on all our radar screens.
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By Eric McWhinnie |
April 5, 2012
Easy come, easy go. Gold and silver prices received a boost last week as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke appeared to place more quantitative easing back on the table. However, these gains have been erased as the Fed continues to play with the hearts of investors.
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By Jon Nadler |
April 4, 2012
This morning, the meltdown continued in gold, but this time, unlike during yesterday’s after-hours electronic trading, silver and the noble metals joined gold and fell hard as well. Once again, the only green color to be seen was the net change in…the greenback.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
January 4, 2012
Since the Federal Reserve's creation in 1913 the dollar has lost more than 96% of its value. The greatest achievement of the Fed has been to transform America from being the world's foremost creditor nation to the world's largest debtor nation.
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By Mark O'Byrne |
September 14, 2011
Gold remains well bid above the $1,800/oz level as value buyers continue to diversify into safe haven bullion due to the real risk of contagion in Europe and globally. Yesterday's rise suggests that gold may be bottoming after a brief correction.
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By Jeb Handwerger |
August 10, 2011
The US dollar reveals growing weakness as does the euro. To use a boxing metaphor, the old champions are growing "weak in the pins." This leaves precious metals firmly standing in the center of the ring.
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By JT Long |
July 29, 2011
The ShadowStats editor advises legislators to stop fooling around with the country's credit rating. Regardless of the deal reached, he predicts that the Treasury and Fed will continue to print money to meet obligations and add liquidity to the economy.
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By Arnold Bock |
June 15, 2010
Sovereign debt defaults, bankruptcies of "too big to fail" banks and other financial entities, currency inflation and devaluations will all contribute to rampant price inflation.
