May 15, 2013
If you’ve followed our site for any length of time you’ll have no doubt read some of the work of monetary scientist Professor Antal Fekete. We posted a video interview with him a few weeks back with links to more of his work contained in that. Anyhow, one of the common criticisms of his work is that it is too “intellectual” for the layman. In the...
May 10, 2013
If Canada is the red flag then we’re not sure what they makes little old New Zealand! Given we were the first country to have a depositor haircut or “bail-in” scheme openly discussed and planned for over some years now. If this is all news to you then here are links to some of what we’ve written regarding the NZ Reserve Banks Open Bank...
May 9, 2013
Darryl Schoon makes no bones about his belief that the recent plunge in the gold price was a manipulation, plain and simple. But he also gives some background as to how past incidences may also have been a result of “intervention” and does some theorising as to where the gold used to force the price lower might in fact have come from… GOLD:...
May 9, 2013
Ben Bernanke has made noises in recent times that he may not be around after his current term at the Fed ends. This dryly written piece looks at who his likely successor is, what that might mean in terms of the action they will take and how that might impact precious metals. Along with what action to take if you think this successor looks remotely likely to...
May 1, 2013
You’ve no doubt read plenty in the past week and a half about the tremendous rush for physical gold and silver since the price fell. We too last week wrote about how there was a disconnect between prices for physical gold and silver versus the quoted paper prices. Since then premiums above spot price on the likes of Canadian Silver Maples have risen even...
Apr 24, 2013
We’ve mentioned before how Casey Research chief economist Bud Conrad speaking here in Auckland was where we founders of GoldSurvivalGuide first met, so we’ve always got a soft spot for what Bud has to say. However it’s not just sentiment. His engineering background means he has a data focussed approach which is always informative. In light of...
