Antal Fekete: Gold Backwardation and the Collapse of the Tacoma Bridge

Antal Fekete: Gold Backwardation and the Collapse of the Tacoma Bridge

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...

Preparing for Inflationary Times

Preparing for Inflationary Times

Apr 4, 2013

Learn what 3 possible catalysts may be for the next big moves in inflation and the price of gold. Then see what 4 conclusions can be draw about the coming rise in inflation… Preparing for Inflationary Times By Jeff Clark, Senior Precious Metals Analyst “All this money printing, massive debt, and reckless deficit spending – and we have 2%...

The Chess Game of Capital Controls

The Chess Game of Capital Controls

Apr 3, 2013

With capital controls still in place in Cyprus this article is very timely. And given it was actually written before the Cyprus fiasco erupted, also shows a fair amount of foresight. The threat of capital controls are not merely the rantings of some doom merchants but a very real threat – according to the German Central Bank even it seems!… The...

Ignore Banks’ Bearish Statements on Gold

Ignore Banks’ Bearish Statements on Gold

Mar 28, 2013

Here’s something really different if you’ve been worrying about all the negative sentiment towards gold lately. We’ve been here before! This is a fascinating look at news items from 1976. It’s quite uncanny just how similar some of them are to today. What else was similar about 1976? Gold had been down for over 18 months. Read on to see...

Here’s Why Not to Believe the NZ Government’s Inflation Statistics

Here’s Why Not to Believe the NZ Government’s Inflation Statistics

Mar 12, 2013

- Comparing Money Supply, Government Inflation Statistics, Property Prices, and Gold Prices for the Last 10 Years “House prices double every ten years”, the old adage goes. So why is this? Well, we reckon the following chart pretty much answers the question.   Source: tradingeconomics.com The chart is taken from a very intersting website called...