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| Gold / Silver | 61.73 |
| Gold / Oil | 14.22 |
| Dowjones / Gold | 11.21 |
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 | Ranting Andy - Miles Franklin |
Physical vs Paper PM’s – CASE CLOSED!  |
| Sometimes pictures tell more than words; so I’m going to show you some graphics that prove TPTB may have won the recent “battle”; but are MASSIVELY losing their “war” against REAL MONEY – a war, I might add, they have ALWAYS lost…
Research shows ALL Paper Money Systems Failed
Whilst PAPER PM prices were violently attacked during mid-April’s “ALTERNATIVE CURRENCIES DESTRUCTION”…
…in both gold and sSaturday, May 18, 2013 |
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 | Jesse - Le Café Américain |
| Reinventing Bretton Woods: Global Finance In Transition - Currency Wars |
| As you may recall, Bretton Woods was the name of the conference, taken from its location, that set up the post World War II international currency arrangement with the US dollar as the reserve currency of the world. It was based on a dollar convertible in gold.
When Nixon arbitrarily shut the 'gold window' in 1971 the world entered a reserve currency system of purely fiat dollars, often called Bretton Woods II.
There are a number of theories that suggest that such a system is not sustainable,Saturday, April 27, 2013 |
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| Jesse - Le Café Américain |
| Goldman Closes Its Gold Short and Krugman Looks But Does Not See |
| As you may recall, Goldman's call to short gold set off the precipitous decline through long term support as paper gold was sold in size during the quiet trading hours.
And as gold fell through 1400 traders said Goldman was in the market buying physical bullion.
And now their short recommendation comes off.
That Goldman is called a Bank, with access to the Fed window, the subsidy of cheap government funding, and the protection of deposit insurance is a disgrace.
A footnote in history perhaWednesday, April 24, 2013 |
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| Jesse - Le Café Américain |
| Goldman Closes Its Gold Short - Krugman Looks But Does Not See |
| As you may recall, Goldman's call to short gold set off the precipitous decline through long term support as paper gold was sold in size during the quiet trading hours.
And as gold fell through 1400 traders said Goldman was in the market buying physical bullion.
And now their short recommendation comes off.
That Goldman is called a Bank, with access to the Fed window, the subsidy of cheap government funding, and the protection of deposit insurance is a disgrace.
A footnote in history perhaWednesday, April 24, 2013 |
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 | Julian D. W. Phillips - Gold Forecaster |
| Why Gov’t Control over Financial Markets has to Grow! |
| Growth of control by banks and government
Quietly, but thoroughly, governments and the banking system have taken an ever increasing role in every aspect of the economy and individual’s lives. Where in the distant past cash was the only means of exchange, cash is now controlled by the banking system and cash transactions reduced to a miniscule role in all our lives.Tuesday, April 23, 2013 |
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 | Alasdair Macleod - Finance and Eco. |
My Adam Smith Lecture  |
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For a long time governments have been redistributing peoples’ income and wealth in the name of fairness. They provide for the unemployed, the sick, and the elderly. The state provides. You can depend on the state. The result is nearly everyone in all advanced countries now depend on the state.
Unfortunately citizens are running out of accessible wealth. Having run out of our money, GovernTuesday, April 23, 2013 |
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| Ranting Andy - Andy Hoffman |
| The Alternative Currencies Destruction: How and Why |
| Read the Wednesday Afternoon Wrap-Up for 4/17/2013 and the Thursday Morning Commentary for 4/18/2013
Given the vast ramifications of this week’s “ALTERNATIVE CURRENCIES DESTRUCTION”; in which – “coincidentally” – PAPER PMs and Bitcoin were crashed immediately after a closed-door meeting between Obama and the CEOs of JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs (the latter of which promptly issued a gold “short-sell recommendation”), I thought I’d give you some additional commentary to digest.
This piece is not mFriday, April 19, 2013 |
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 | Ty Andros - traderview |
 Witches Brew: Part 4 - Reality Bites |
| The Specter of Things to Come
The road to ruin is on plain display and the playbook is easily seen at this
juncture. Let's take a look at how that playbook will unfold. Contrary to popular
outrage of the SOLUTION being IMPOSED it is the correct one once the insured
depositors where PROTECTED. In this edition the elites suffered FIRST followed
by the private sector depositors who foolishly believed false BALANCE sheets
which were POLITICALLY CORRECT but PRACTICALLY incorrect fictions apMonday, April 08, 2013 |
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| Julian D. W. Phillips - Gold Forecaster |
| What Does the Future Hold for the Average Investor? |
| Four investors investing for retirementFour investors with jobs outside the investment field are looking at what they should invest in so they can achieve a comfortable retirement. What should they consider when looking ahead?These four investors have different ages, one with 10 years to retirement, one 20, one 30 and one forty years to go before he can sit on a beach, grey haired, a little portly, next to a surf board, feeling he can now age graciously, comfortable and without fear for his finaFriday, April 05, 2013 |
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 | The Gold Report |
| Why Rick Rule Bought $280M of Platinum and Palladium |
| The Metals Report: Your report, Platinum and Palladium, predicts a 915,000-ounce (915 Koz) deficit in platinum and palladium this year. Does your investment thesis treat the platinum group metals (PGMs) more as precious or industrial metals?Rick Rule: The answer to that is both. PGMs share the same investment characteristics as bullion. For centuries, PGMs have been a means of exchange and a store of value. Platinum and palladium enjoy the monetary attributes of bullion, just like gold and silveWednesday, April 03, 2013 |
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 | Peter Schiff - Euro Pacific Capital |
| The Stimulus Trap |
| For years we have been warned by Keynesian economists to fear the so-called "liquidity trap," an economic cul-de-sac that can suck down an economy like a tar pit swallowing a mastodon. They argue that economies grow because banks lend and consumers spend. But a "liquidity trap," they argue, convinces consumers not to consume and businesses not to borrow. The resulting combination of slack demand and falling prices creates a pernicious cycle that cannot be overcome by the ordinary forces that creTuesday, March 26, 2013 |
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 | Michael J. Kosares - USAGold |
| Wealth won, wealth lost |
| “The returns of cash are terrible. So as a result of that, what we have is a lot of money in a place — and it needed to go there to make up for the contraction in credit — but a lot of money that is getting a very bad return. That, in this particular year, in my opinion, will shift. And the complexion of the world will change as that money goes from cash into other things.Monday, March 25, 2013 |
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| Alasdair Macleod - Finance and Eco. |
| Gold market report: the Cyprus reaction |
| This week will be remembered for the Cypriot banking crisis, and perhaps the wake-up call it gave to bank depositors. Whichever way you look at it, the clumsy attempt to tax depositors and to paint Cyprus as a money-laundering centre for Russian proceeds of crime and tax evasion has backfired. For those interested in precious metals it will be interesting to see to what extent eurozone residents get the message that it is not a good idea to have all their money in a rickety banking system, and aSaturday, March 23, 2013 |
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 | Gordon Long - Market Analytics |
 An Orwellian America |
| Macro Insights - March 2013
As a young man, I voraciously read George Orwell's "1984", Aldous Huxley's "Brave
New World" and Alvin Toffler's trilogy which included "Future Shock", "The
Third Wave" and "Power Shift". During the era of the Vietnam War, I wondered
seriously about the future and how it was destined to unfold. Now being considerably
older, I have the vantage point to reflect back on my early ruminations and
expectations. Unfortunately, I am too old to alter the lessonWednesday, March 13, 2013 |
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| Gordon Long - Market Analytics |
| Currency Wars: Belligerent Bullies |
| MACRO INSIGHTS - March 2013
The Currency War being heralded by the media is not what it appears. Remember:
"Strategy is something that happens TO YOU while YOU ARE LOOKING the other
way!"
As in the game of chess, which taught warriors of yesteryear about strategy
and how the elements of cunning and positioning delivered 'check mate', this
game is about understanding the strategy being slyly carried out. Currency
Wars may be an old game, but it is a very different battlefieldSunday, March 10, 2013 |
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 | JS Kim - Smart Knowledge U |
 Governments Worldwide are Implementing Orwellian Gold Confiscation Today. You Just Haven |
| Bankers Have Flipped Monetary Truth Upside DownBankers have flipped the paradigm of monetary truth upside down today. People believe in fiat digital money that is, by definition of the term, counterfeit and have zero belief in money that is real, and thus lasted over 5000 years of global history. In fact so few people today have an understanding of monetary history and truth that when I tell them that all money in wide use and circulation today is the equivalent of counterfeit money, even thoughFriday, March 08, 2013 |
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| Gordon Long - Market Analytics |
| China, Japan and Central Banking |
| Two-part video presentation with Special Guest Bill Laggner
With the aid of 77 slides, The Three-Way Round Table discusses the issues
facing China and Japan in the context of Central Bank actions. The false perception
of Central Bank omnipotence, both within these sovereign countries and globally
is also explored.
Bill Laggner highlights some serious reservations he has about the prognosis
for China and Japan based on the degree to which credit has expanded. This
is a direct result ofFriday, March 08, 2013 |
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 | Jim Willie CB - Hat Trick Letter |
| Raging Gold Bull & Disputed Propaganda |
| The propaganda has turned openly laughable. On the popular major financial news networks, the recent decline in the so-called Gold price has prompted quite the parade of clowns on the ship of fools to trumpet nonsense. The widely published and posted Gold price is dominated by futures contracts, and thus as corrupted as meaningless. The entire global financial structure is crumbling before our eyes. The gang of central bankers has applied their monetary policy for four and a half years since theThursday, March 07, 2013 |
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 | Captain Hook - Treasure Chest |
| Groundhog Day |
| As with the movie Groundhog Day, for the stock market it?s been the same routine day after day all year now (not witnessed since 1967), where good is good news, but bad news is even better. So as with Bill Murray held captive in Punxsutawney to the point of insanity, for speculators this is an equally frustrating situation because on the surface, meaning the economy, technicals, and common sense, all suggest stocks should be falling, and yet, seemingly, every morning, futures are higher in the gWednesday, March 06, 2013 |
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