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By JT Long |
May 15, 2013
As to the allegedly strong dollar, James Turk suggests comparing it to the price of gold rather than other fiat currencies for a better picture. And the world's newest currency—Bitcoin—has a lot in common with one of the oldest—gold.
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By Alasdair Macleod |
January 21, 2013
Last Wednesday the Bundesbank released a statement to the effect that 300 tonnes of Germany’s gold will be moved from New York and 374 tonnes from Paris. The whole exercise is a public relations stunt.
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By Félix Moreno de la Cova |
January 11, 2013
The US fiscal cliff debate is over, and if you’ll excuse me for resorting to a well-worn gold bug cliché, the can has just been given another kick down the road. The problem is of course that the can is getting ever bigger and heavier.
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By Félix Moreno de la Cova |
December 4, 2012
US M3 grew by another $46 billion in October, reaching an estimated $14.8 trillion. At the same time the gold price weakened, taking a small break after the substantial run-up in September. As a result the Fear Index remains above the significant 3% level.
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By Félix Moreno de la Cova |
October 30, 2012
The Federal Reserve’s new stimulus measures have had a noticeable impact on market confidence in the dollar and the solvency of our current monetary system. The Fear Index picked up in September and is once more over 3%.
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By Félix Moreno de la Cova |
October 30, 2012
Any reasonable saver who has seen the virtue of accumulating gold should be asking himself the crucial and necessary question of when to part with their gold, or at least when to reduce his allocation to precious metals.
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By Alasdair Macleod |
October 15, 2012
An exhaustive study of global physical gold stocks, authored by James Turk with the assistance of Juan Casteñeda is published, and concludes that the commonly accepted figure of 171,300 tonnes overstates gold stocks by 16,056 tonnes.
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By Félix Moreno de la Cova |
October 2, 2012
The European currency suffers from a lack of confidence relative to the dollar and confidence is falling in both the dollar and the euro. Euro-zone M3 has also grown at a healthy pace – reaching €10 trillion in Q3 2012 and doubling since 2001.
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By Félix Moreno de la Cova |
June 25, 2012
The constant talk about gold’s lack of yield, which in many analysts’ opinion disqualifies it as a desirable asset, ignores the very important and extremely valuable function that gold performs as an independent and reliable store of value.
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By J.W. Jones, Chris Vermeulen |
June 6, 2012
While both gold and silver appear likely to have formed a major bottom or are in the process of forming a major bottom, I continue to believe that gold miners are offering more potential upside.