Category Archives: Syndicated Articles

As we mentioned earlier today in our weekly email to subscribers Iran is due to start trading it’s oil in other currencies due to sanctions imposed restricting them from using dollars and the usual banking system.  In the following article you’ll learn some more detail about how gold is likely to figure in this mix. […]

There’s a wealth of information out there in the “blogosphere” but there’s also a multitude of books to read on the subject of not only precious metals but investing and economics too.  So where to begin?  A few recommendations is always a helpful place to start from.  Below is listed a number of the favourites […]

Today’s previous article we just posted looked at loss of purchasing power by adjusting the US and Canadian dollars for inflation compared to gold adjusted for inflation.  Well this article shows a different way of looking at share market returns.  Rather than just adjusting share market returns for inflation – how about pricing them in […]

We’ve asked this question of ourselves in the past – “Do I own enough gold or silver for what lies ahead?”  As they point out in the article below, Casey Research believes if you don’t have 10% of your investable assets in gold and silver you are under exposed.   Another way to frame the […]

We’ve discussed in the past how gold and silver are likely to get more volatile as this current precious metals bull market gets more mature.  We knew this had happened during the 1970’s market.  However we hadn’t previously seen an actual detailed analysis of what these extremes in price variation looked like.  So read on […]

Over the past few years we’ve further expanded our own knowledge of the world of gold by attending various conferences both here in New Zealand and in Australia.  We’ve been to three Gold Symposiums headed by Professor Anatal Fekete.  At the last two here in New Zealand, American entrepreneur and gold analyst and trader Keith […]

Are you new to the world of gold?  If so this interestingly written account gives a great summary of gold’s characteristics.  It also asks (and answers) the question, “How do you know if you have enough gold?”…  By Jeff Clark, Casey Research Have you ever had any doubts about gold? Does it sometimes feel like […]

Two weeks ago we had some thoughts to make on Warren Buffett’s negative comments on gold in our article, Confusing Investing with Wealth Protection: The Risks of Paper Gold.  Now as a follow-up to that we have the below article.  In it not only does David Galland also point out why Buffett is wrong but […]

While a war between the US and Iran doesn’t seem directly related to the topic of gold, in this interview with Doug Casey of Casey Research, the discussion does eventually head the way of the barbarous relic.  He points out that the recent moves by the US to restrict trading with Iran may actually result […]

We’ve learnt a thing or 2 in the past from Darryl Schoon.  Both in person, having heard him speak and having had a couple of interesting conversations with him, but also in his writings.  He has an ability to delve into history and pull a few new and interesting points out of the past that […]