By Charles Vollum, Casey Research Fiat currencies the world over are being manipulated by central banks, which is distorting asset and commodity prices. Successful investing requires that investors have a good idea of what things cost and what they are really worth – and using the world’s oldest and most stable form of money, gold, to compare prices is...

We quite like the sound of these 7 indicators of smart money.  Learn what questions the “Smart Money” are likely asking themsleves now.  Read on to see if you make the “smart money” grade.  If not at least you’ll know what to work on…. By Jeff Clark, BIG GOLD You’ve probably heard the term “smart money” used by...

In this Weekly Wanderings, we report on an interesting experience, consider the outlook of John Williams of ShadowStats, and present a picture of the commercial real estate debacle in the US.…..   Experience of the week… In the office one day this week I was sitting across from a colleague of mine from Pakistan. Suddenly, out of the blue, with no prompting...

Weekly Wanderings 10 December 2009 In this weeks musings…   ·         Meredith Whitney speaks ·         Hyperinflation, according to John Williams   Meredith Whitney was the banking analyst who predicted the looming disaster in the banking system a couple of years ago.   Now (care of CNBC in the US) she’s sounding a warning...

Aug 16, 2009

The 6 August 2009 Statistics New Zealand press release for the Household Labour Force Survey told us that… In seasonally adjusted terms, the unemployment rate continued to rise, reaching 6.0 percent during the June 2009 quarter… Both the number of people unemployed and the unemployment rate have been increasing for the past six quarters. The unemployment...