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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
May 22, 2012
While it might not look like it now, the most investable trend over the next 20 years is going to be in the resource sector, the renewable and non-renewable resources, the minerals, ores, fossil fuels and biomass.
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By Stephan Bogner |
May 9, 2012
In light of the strongly growing world population especially in emerging countries the question when staring at the vanishing commodity supply must not be when the commodity boom will end, but rather if the boom can come to an end at all.
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By Mark O'Byrne |
May 8, 2012
Gold edged lower on Tuesday despite the weaker euro and stock markets after furious citizens in Greece and France voted against austerity measures. Gold prices are being supported by bargain hunters who continue to buy dips.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
April 23, 2012
For the very first time in our history all money, all currencies, are now fiat. The US dollar used to be gold backed and it was the rock to which all of the world's currencies were anchored. Our 41-year experiment with paper money is almost over.
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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 Jon Nadler |
March 30, 2012
Spot dealings opened with a bid-side quoted at $1,667 in gold and at $32.50 in silver. While there is still scope for attempts at taking out overhead resistance near $1,680 and $1,704 in gold (with a possible $1,730 end-target) the going has been anything but smooth.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
March 23, 2012
The US needs to figure out who its friends are and work with them to establish security of supply. The country’s politicians, and its citizens, also need to figure out that true wealth, a growing economy and a strong country are built by resource extraction and manufacturing.
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By Richard (Rick) Mills |
March 22, 2012
The human enterprise now consumes nearly 60 billion metric tons of the world's four key resources – minerals, ores, fossil fuels and biomass (plant materials) – per year and developed countries citizens consume an average of 16 tons of those four key resources per capita.
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By Ilya Spivak |
January 30, 2012
Gold is pulling back to start the week as the US dollar soars amid anxiety ahead of the EU leaders’ summit, putting de-facto downward pressure on prices. The outcome of the sit-down will be critical.
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By Jon Nadler |
January 19, 2012
The IMF's quest for another $500 billion in lending resources managed to boost the euro for a second day this morning and lifted gold prices to five-week highs around the $1,670 resistance area before momentum waned.
