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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 Chris Martenson |
May 18, 2012
Today we find the world's central banks mystified as to why trillions and trillions of freshly-printed fiat units, be they dollars or euros or yen, are not resuscitating the world economic system. The answer might just be grounded in the observation that we are out of cheap and easy oil....
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By Adrian Ash |
May 14, 2012
The price of gold and gold futures dropped yet again Monday morning, recording the seventh drop in nine trading days in May so far as industrial commodities, global stock markets and the euro currency all sank.
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By Brian Ostroff |
May 8, 2012
North America has a problem when it comes to phosphate because North America is not self-reliant. Canada has only one operating phosphate mine which is scheduled to close within a year and Florida’s operations have had issues mostly brought on by environmental concerns.
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By Frank Holmes |
May 4, 2012
Millions of consumers want an iPad and many want a computer, yet, every single person in the world needs global resources. We need companies to grow our food; we need oil, natural gas and coal to fuel our cities.
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By Peter Cooper |
May 3, 2012
Far from being the usual boring consensus event for gold prices, the inaugural Dubai Multi Commodities Centre Precious Metals Conference struck a decidedly controversial note. It was good to see precious metal analysts battling it out with some contrarian views.
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By Scott Wright |
April 30, 2012
Ever since the beginning of gold’s bull market, the economic balance has come under intense scrutiny. Demand has been on the rise as more investors have embraced gold as a store of wealth. And the supply chain has done its best to meet growing demand.
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By Adrian Ash |
April 24, 2012
Exploding the money supply can't be guaranteed to destroy the value of cash, as Japan's experience over the last decade shows. But crushing the purchasing power of people's income and savings is a more certain power for central bankers to summon up than anything else.
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By Zig Lambo |
April 24, 2012
Examining the macro-economic environment is how the publisher of the Big Picture Speculator likes to begin his stock-picking process. However, his understanding goes beyond headline news to reveal surprising investment themes with profit potential.
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By Ben Traynor |
April 17, 2012
Gold prices continued to hover near $1,650 per ounce ahead of Tuesday's US trading – in line with where they have spent most of the last month – while European stock markets gained following Spain's successful auction of short-term Treasury bills.
