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By Stephan Bogner |
April 25, 2012
Will there ever be a “final” sell-signal for gold? Historically, there never is a real solution to the lion`s share of future woes – but the Real Gold-Standard priceless at a highly valued, fair and realistic level of appreciation.
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By Adrian Ash |
March 14, 2012
You can never know whether you're buying an uptrend, instead of the top. And gold took very nearly 28 years to recover its January 1980 high – at $850 per ounce – 7,025 trading days to be exact.
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By Adrian Ash |
November 10, 2011
The rich world's newest currency, the euro, today faces "an existential crisis" as analysts and commentators are beginning to guess. Yet they're hardly debating what that crisis means. So where's the metaphysics of money today...?
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By Adrian Ash |
October 31, 2011
The Greeks invented democracy, the Olympics, metaphysics and tragedy. Those last two might have come thanks to the fact they also invented money, which itself might prove just as important as it is ironic today.
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By Frank Holmes |
August 22, 2011
At some point in the future gold prices will fall, that's for certain. However, don't expect it to happen soon. We believe the one-two punch of the Fear Trade and Love Trade will keep gold prices at elevated levels for another few years.
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By Ross Norman |
August 16, 2011
It is 40 years since the end of the Bretton Woods agreement and, indeed, the end of the gold standard. For those who believe in the power of happy coincidences, the answer to current financial issues might just lie in the number "40". I'll explain
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By Jeff Berwick |
August 15, 2011
August 15 marks the 40th birthday of the Federal Reserve Note as a completely fiat currency. On that date, on Aug. 15, 1971, Richard Nixon commandeered the airwaves to announce the closing of the gold window
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By Ben Traynor |
August 12, 2011
Maybe it's coincidence, or maybe The Connells were onto something, but the years 1974 and 1975 stand out as key dates in the economic history of the United States
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By Ben Traynor |
August 2, 2011
We hear a lot today about "imbalances" in the global economy. One of the biggest imbalances is that the monetary unit of international trade is issued by a single nation. Gold was giving a strong signal of this disequilibrium 40 years ago.
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By Adrian Ash |
August 2, 2011
Forty years ago, US dollar holders knew what their currency was worth. They could swap it for gold at $35 an ounce. Then along came President Richard Nixon.
