Archive for February, 2009

A Gold Correction Now is More Likely Than Not

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

24 February, 2009 At the beginning of October, 2008, I remember reading a number of articles covering US stock markets that heavily pushed the message “it’s time to buy US stocks!” However, since the beginning of October, 2008, the major US stock indexes have sunk like a stone, shedding roughly 23% of their value. Since [...]

What’s Going on with Oil? The Answer is Hidden in the Global Monetary Crisis

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

18 February, 2009 If we look at the below graph of the USO (US Oil Fund), at first glance, it appears that the deflationists have been correct about their assumptions of a worldwide slowdown causing demand for oil to plummet. However, if we recognize deflation for what it is, an appreciation of the currency, given [...]

In Today’s Difficult Investment Environments, Technical and Fundamental Analysis Alone Won’t Work

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

18 February, 2009 In an extremely difficult investment environment, it is often difficult to know who to believe. Deflation or inflation? Have financial stocks bottomed or do they have much more to fall? When gold corrects sharply, is the gold bull over or still alive? Is oil heading to $20 a barrel or $80 a [...]

Have Gold and Silver Stocks Peaked?

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

February 4, 2009 Recently a handful of US based financial analysts have made a big fuss over the many secondary equity offerings of many major mining companies, stating that is a sure sign that prices of gold and silver stocks have peaked and will soon come crashing down. The reason for these dire predictions? These [...]

The Line that Separates “Real” Money from “Counterfeit” Money Has Become Nearly Indistinguishable

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

February 3, 2009 A recent story reported about counterfeit £1 coins out of London made me reflect upon the enormous irony of the story given that our current economic woes have been caused by an unsound global fiat currency system in which all currency is backed by nothing. It made me think, “Is there really [...]

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