Overnight Friday (NZ time) Ben Bernanke’s speech in Jackson didn’t give away too much.  He did mention further stimulus remains on the table and that the Fed has booked in 2 days for it’s next meeting in September instead of the usual 1, which could indicate a plan is afoot.  This seems to have been enough to keep the markets from diving for...

Here is the 2nd part of a video interview with Bud Conrad – Chief Economist of Casey Research (Here’s the first part: The Economic Crisis, Part 1: Video interview with Bud Conrad). In this video Bud discusses: The purposeful obfuscation of the US Federal Reserve structure. Precious metals Energy and in particular natural gas   VN:F...

All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation. John Adams (1735-1826), American President America’s founding fathers would not be surprised at the dire state of...

So far the call from David Galland appears to be tracking pretty closely.  The recent Fed annoucement came just after he wrote this article.  They are saying QE2 will continue to the end of June.  We will have to wait and see what happens then to see how close he is on the rest of his theory below… By David Galland, Casey Research In the last few weeks,...

(Interviewed by Louis James, Editor, International Speculator) Editor’s Note: David Galland, Casey Research partner and managing editor of The Casey Report, sees a major shift in Federal Reserve policy ahead and has advice on how to invest accordingly. Time is short, so we’ve asked David to share his thoughts with us. L: David, in recent editorials...