As we’ve mentioned before we’re apolitical here at GoldSurvivalGuide.  We agree with Doug Casey that voting just encourages them!  But with an election coming up the following is a useful read.  We agree that many of the troubles today are born about by the vast majority of people believing government can solve all problems, rather than digging a...

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...

The 3 of us here at Gold Survival Guide first met at an investment dinner where Bud Conrad of Casey Research was the guest speaker, so it’s always great to hear from him.  Bud always uses quantitative analysis to get to the root of the matter – rather than just theorising he likes to look at the numbers and has a plethora of graphs to draw from....

This week in our musings, we bring you some slightly more unusual items that we have found interesting…. Central Banks Buy Gold A master bullion trader sets the CFTC straight on manipulation Treasuries Riskier Than Toilet Paper! Fed-up Mainstream journalist starts web-site Central Banks Buy Gold From the Daily Bell comes this report…. Central...

Will the US inflate its way out of it’s debt problem or will it devalue the dollar?  Darryl Schoon explains the subtle differences of these two outcomes in this guest article.  We heard Darryl speak very eloquently last year (see our previous take on his lecture: China and the introduction of paper money) and his thoughts are worth following...