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| RATIOS & INDEXES |
| Gold / Silver | 62.43 |
| Gold / Oil | 12.32 |
| Dowjones / Gold | 13.43 |
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 | Alasdair Macleod - Finance and Eco. |
 FOMC, taper talk and the gold price  |
| There is inevitable speculation that tapering might be announced at the FOMC meeting this Wednesday. It should be noted that this is Ben Bernanke’s swansong, and if tapering is to be announced he would probably go out with falling bond markets, falling equities and a soaring dollar, not to mention disruption of emerging market currencies such as the Indian rupee. For this reason perhaps opinion is odds-against tapering, but it doesn’t stop markets being nervous ahead of the event.
Those that thTuesday, December 17, 2013 |
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 | Mish - Global Economic Analysis |
 Cancer Free: I Beat Prostate Cancer; Mish the Guinea Pig |
| In October 2012 I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. I am now cancer free. Here is my story, a detailed one, with test results.
I have been taking PSA tests every couple years since 2007. It's a routine blood test recommended for men as they get older.
PSA stands for Prostate Specific Antigen. Elevated readings may indicate evidence of prostate cancer. Any reading under 3.0 is normal but some doctors may say 4.0 and others 2.5. It's not an exact science to be sure.
My test in August of 2012Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
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 | Antal E. Fekete - Gold University |
| The Myth Of The New American Gold Standard |
| In 1999 The New York Times ran an obituary of the "barbarous relic" from the pen of Floyd Norris under the title "Greenspan Has Become the New American Gold Standard" (op-ed page, International Herald Tribune, May 5, 1999). It alleged that the process of removing the glitter from gold has been a gradual but inexorable one and the world was more than happy to accept the greenback backed by Greenspan (no pun intended), just as earlier it had accepted the yellowback backed by the precious yellow. The earmark of the new millennium is people's unshakeable faith in the dollar. My rejoinder suggesting that "rumors about the demise of gold were grossly exaggerated", written over six years ago, is reproduced below. It goes without saying that The New York Times refused to publish it. The occasion for publishing it now is the impending historic changeover from the Greenspan standard to the Bernanke standard.Saturday, December 14, 2013 |
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 | Hugo Salinas Price - plata.com.mx |
 The Matrix of Power |
| The disappearance of knowledge from human consciousness is a rare phenomenon, but there are recorded instances of knowledge which has evaporated. As a curious example,Pancirollus, writing in the 16th Century mentions that, among many other cases of lost technology, in the time of the Roman Empire a man who had invented flexible glass was presented to Emperor Tiberius.Wednesday, December 18, 2013 |
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 | Bron Suchecki - Perth Mint |
| No high premiums for suggested gold miner cartel |
| Yesterday The Gold Report published an interview titled Miners Should Launch a Gold Cartel or Risk Losing Everything, Advises Stephan Bogner.
In it Stephan suggests that "mining companies should collectively refrain from selling into the market at spot prices but should instead find buyers themselves, as there are definitely investors worldwide—especially from Asia, as well as the Middle and Far East—that would pay high premiums on the spot price to get their hands on physical bullion."
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| Bron Suchecki - Perth Mint |
About being part of a psyops program to infiltrate and undermine gold discussions  |
| On the Silver Doctors website someone accused me of being part of a psyops program to infiltrate and undermine gold discussions. I left a comment that is currently in moderation, but I reproduce it below FYI.
I think the manipulation of internet discussions and disinformation is something we should all be aware of but I don't think it is a problem in the gold space - it seems to me from the many places I've frequented since I started blogging in 2008, that in general the gold internet sites areMonday, December 16, 2013 |
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 | Philip Judge - Anglo Far East |
Loosing Your Shirt  |
| As history clearly demonstrates, the vast majority of inexperienced investors time their market participation poorly, getting in at or near the top (in the midst of the mania), and then ride it all the way to the bottom before sellingMonday, December 16, 2013 |
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 | Nathan Lewis - New World Economics |
| The New World Economics Guide to Curing Affluenza 2: the Affluenza of the Poor |
| Earlier this year, I looked at the thinking process of a friend of
mine who basically had "affluenza." He made decent money --
actually, more-than-decent money -- but it all disappeared somehow.
The funny thing is, he didn't even have a blingy lifestyle. It all
disappeared before he even had a chance to bling it away.
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16, 2013: The New World Economics Guide to Curing Affluenza
I got to thinking that his basic Sunday, December 15, 2013 |
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| Mish - Global Economic Analysis |
| French Hypocrisy at Its Finest: France Broadens Its Surveillance Power; "Susie Did It Too!" |
| In October, French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said he was "deeply shocked" by reports that the US National Security Agency had secretly monitored tens of millions of phone conversations within France and demanded an explanation.
"Susie Did It Too!"
The U.S. response was 'All Nations' Spy as if that makes the practice of blanket spying on citizens OK.
Our response was like that of a 6-year old kid caught raiding the cookie jar, responding "Susie did it too!"
French Hypocricy at Its FinSunday, December 15, 2013 |
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 | Przemyslaw Radomski CFA - SunshineProfits |
3 Signs of Gold's Upcoming Decline  |
| This week was full of action for precious metals investors and traders. Gold, mining stocks, and (especially) silver rallied in the first days of the week only to disappoint on Wednesday and Thursday. No wonder; the rally didn’t have “strong legs” as gold’s strength was meager compared to that seen in the euro – another USD alternative.
In today’s essay we will provide you with 3 gold-related charts (courtesy of http://stockcharts.com), each will tell a different story about gold’s performance,Saturday, December 14, 2013 |
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| Mish - Global Economic Analysis |
| Italy's "Pitchfork Protests" Spread to Rome; Interior Minister Warns of "Drift Into Rebellion" |
| Over the past four days "pitchfork protests" have spread to numerous cities, disrupting road and rail travel in protest at state of economy.
The pitchfork movement started with a loose group of Sicilian farmers concerned about rising taxes and cuts to agricultural state funds, then evolved into a nationwide umbrella grouping of truckers, small businessman, the unemployed, low-paid workers, rightwing extremists and ultras football supporters according to IBTimes.
Map of Major Protests
Map cFriday, December 13, 2013 |
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| Przemyslaw Radomski CFA - SunshineProfits |
| Can Gold Make Sense If the Dollar and the Euro Do Not Collapse? |
| This essay is an updated version of our commentary published on Dec. 12, 2012 titled Can Gold Make Sense If the Dollar Does Not Collapse? With this update, we follow up on our essay on gold and the euro/dollar collapse from Dec. 12, 2013. In that essay, we speculated what could happen with gold if the U.S. or the Eurozone defaulted on their debt in real terms. Today, we describe possible scenarios in the opposite case where the greenback/euro is not destroyed in spite of excessive debt.The “immiFriday, December 13, 2013 |
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 | Ranting Andy - Miles Franklin |
| If that’s Not the Pot Calling the Kettle Black, What Is? |
| Recall that the new head of the Bank of England is Mark Carney; i.e., another former Goldman Sachs banker. He may be Canadian, but like his counterpart at the ECB, “Goldman Mario” Draghi, everything he says must be taken with a grain of salt. Clearly, Carney is part of “TPTB”; and thus, you can bet his goals are decidedly not synchronized with British taxpayers.
Last week, the Bank of England reiterated the 0.5% benchmark rate it has maintained for the past five years; as well as its own versiFriday, December 13, 2013 |
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| Eric Dubin - Investor Intelligentsia |
 Obama’s Foreign Policy In General; And How big a snub to Russia is Obama’s Sochi ‘boycott’? |
| Liberals and Obama supporters, here are some rhetorical questions worth thinking about. How would you like important leaders around the world boycotting and snubbing the United States because the US has the largest prison population over all other nations in per capita and aggregate terms, and that the United States has what now can not be called anything less than a prison industrial complex? Imagine a leader snubbing the US because the US has an open policy of being willing to kill anyone via Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
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| insidefutures |
| SILVER Short Silver |
| Thursday, December 19, 2013 |
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