Apr 24, 2012

We received a question recently from a reader “What will the future resale value of gold be?” Or rather what they were really getting at, what price will gold likely reach in the future? They accepted we did not have a crystal ball, (that would be handy!) but were after some kind of methodology to give them a possible indication. We pointed them in the...

Apr 11, 2012

This week: - Bernanke The Hero? - The Rain in Spain - This weeks articles - Thumbs up for NZ from the IMF - Interested in hearing Chris Powell from GATA speak here in NZ? - Latest Gold and Silver Charts   Bernanke The Hero? Even though it’s been a week, we still can’t help but continue to mull over the sheer absurdity of last week’s comments from the...

Mar 30, 2012

First up a warning if you are somewhat new to the realm of gold.  The following is a fairly advanced article by monetary scientist Antal Fekete and we have to admit we needed to read it a couple of times in a quiet place to digest it all!  However wrapped up in this article are a number of principles that Professor Fekete has covered previously in stand alone...

If you like a chart or two, here’s a few interesting ones showing foreigners have been reducing their holdings of US Treasuries.  Could this be the start of the inevitable loss of faith in government debt?  We shall have to wait and see… By Bud Conrad, Chief Economist, Casey Research Foreign central banks buy US Treasury and Agency debt through...

It’s been a week of action and we’ve got lots of articles this week to try to keep up with it all. Bubbly Ben managed to say just enough last Friday to keep everyone hoping there is more stimulus to come by mentioning they have a 2 day meeting in September instead of the usual 1 day.  But if they don’t offer up more then it could be that...