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 | Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
A beginner's guide to investing in Gold  |
| One’s motivation for buying gold is fundamental to deciding in which form you should buy it. Are you a speculator, investor or saver? Do you wish to take a short term speculative position in gold? Are you investing for the short, medium or long term? Or are you diversifying, saving or using gold as a form of financial insurance?Wednesday, March 3, 2021 |
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 | David Galland - Casey Research |
Three Levels of Survival Skills  |
| The situations in which survival skills become desirable or even necessary cover a wide range of possibilities.
For example, if you are in what is euphemistically referred to as the "Golden Years," and your own government decides to manipulate interest rates to the point that the fixed income you rely on to survive falls into negative territory, survival skills will quickly come in handy, but survival skills of a different sort than, say, those required to stay afloat in a failed economy such as Zimbabwe. On that front, we'll hear from a Zimbabwean a bit further on.Friday, February 26, 2021 |
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 | David Morgan - Silver Investor |
 Correcting Antal Fekete's Historical Silver Errors  |
| In "The Double Whammy of Geopolitical Gold Games reposted in February 2013
(from January 31, 2008) by Antal
Fekete he stated some errors of fact! Marco Polo, guide us on this excursion
to China! Bruce Lee, help our reflexes to be as fast as yours! May we not be
slap happy like Jackie Chan! Wo Fat, do not mislead us! Antal mentioned China's
silver money system going back to the 16th century, then stated"
"CHINA'S EXTERNAL TRADE WAS INSIGNIFICWednesday, February 24, 2021 |
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 | Alasdair Macleod - Finance and Eco. |
| The origin of cycles |
| It was Karl Marx who was among the first believers that cyclical behaviour was endemic to free markets.He lived through a time when there was a regular cycle of boom and bust, with phases of economic expansion followed by contraction. Workers were employed and then unemployed, and the only way this could be stopped, in Marxian economics, was for the workers to acquire the means of production, or more correctly, the state to do so on their behalf.Other economists, such as Jevons and Wicksell, recSunday, January 24, 2021 |
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 | Alan Leishman |
| Mineral Specimen Collecting: Silver and Gold |
| For the last 20 years, the author has been visiting mines, mineral fairs,
and mineral dealers to purchase and self collect minerals from over 40 countries
to date.
One of his guiding inspirations was Peter Bancroft's excellent book Gem
and Crystal Treasures which describes Bancroft's selection of the 100
localities for the worlds best mineral specimens.
This essay will describe some of the background and history of famous localities,
and the minerals found there.
It isMonday, January 18, 2021 |
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 | Philip Judge - Anglo Far East |
| Petro-Dollars and Sound Money |
| In this report we take a brief look at the growing world of Islamic Financing and Banking, it’s history, and strict governing laws. We will observe it’s unique features, implementation strategy and give some background to the ideology that exists behind the system.Saturday, January 16, 2021 |
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| Famous diamonds |
 The Kimberley Octahedron |
| The Kimberley Octahedron is an uncut diamond discovered in 1964 in South Africa in the Dutoitspan mine, one of the diamond mines situated in the Kimberley region of South Africa. The name of the diamond reflects its place of origin, the internationally renowned diamond producing region where the first diamonds were discovered in 1871.Sunday, October 11, 2020 |
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| Famous diamonds |
| The Jubilee Diamond |
| Sunday, September 27, 2020 |
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| Famous diamonds |
| The Jonker |
| The Jonker diamond gets its name from Johannes Jacobus Jonker who was a 62-year old white South African settler with a claim at Elandsfontein, South Africa and about 5 Km south of the Premier mine, when he discovered the diamond January 17th 1934. At the time of its discovery, the stone was the fourth largest gem-quality diamond ever unearthed with its 726 carats. There was even speculation as to whether it hadWednesday, September 16, 2020 |
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| Famous diamonds |
| The Letseng Legacy |
| Saturday, August 29, 2020 |
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| Famous diamonds |
| The De Beers Diamond |
| Saturday, June 20, 2020 |
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| Gold Secrets - Bix Weir |
| Golden Secrets (V) Chocolate Mountain Military Base |
| Here's where it gets a little tricky. The largest gold mine in the world is reported to be the Grasberg Mine in Indonesia with estimated reserves of 1,250 tons of gold (40M oz). According to USGS the total economically mineable gold reserves in the world is only 100,000 tons. And of that the USA only holds about 5,500 tons...or do we?Thursday, June 4, 2020 |
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 | Perth Mint Blog - Perth Mint Blog. |
| A brief history of gold in Australia |
| The discovery of gold by colonial settlers during the 19th century had a huge effect on the development of Australia. Powering an influx of new migrants and helping to shape the national character, it attracted capital and created the wealth necessary for economic progress. Having laid the foundations of the modern nation, gold continues to play a vital role in Australia's fortunes. Here's our concise overview of the history of Australian gold. 1820s - Travelling beyond the confines of Sydney, ESaturday, May 23, 2020 |
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 | Jesse - Le Cafe Américain |
| Cecil Rhodes and the Dream of a New World Order Presided Over by an Anglo-American Establishment |
| "The Rhodes Scholarships, established by the terms of Cecil Rhodes's seventh will, are known to everyone. What is not so widely known is that Rhodes in five previous wills left his fortune to form a secret society, which was to devote itself to the preservation and expansion of the British Empire. And what does not seem to be known to anyone is that this secret society was created by Rhodes and his principal trustee, Lord Milner, and continues to exist to this day.
To be sure, this secret sociMonday, April 13, 2020 |
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 | Robert Blumen - 24hgold |
 The Myth of the Gold Supply Deficit |
| Analyses based on annual supply and demand of gold appear on a daily basis, whether posted to gold web sites or in the financial media, many of them by the most respected analysts of gold mining shares. These articles typically show an imbalance between supply and demand, suggesting that there is a gold supply deficit. From there, the conclusion follows that a much higher gold price is required in order to bring supply and demand into balance.Friday, March 27, 2020 |
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 | David Zurbuchen |
| The World's Cumulative Gold and Silver Production |
| This is the first installment of a planned 7-part series:
Part 1 - The World's Cumulative Silver and Gold Production. Documenting
the total amount of silver and gold produced since recorded history.
Part 2 - The
Silver Deficit. Documenting the silver production/consumption deficit
since 1942.
Part 3 - The Real Silver Deficit. Answering the questions of "How much
silver has been consumed by industry?" and "In what potentially marketable
accessible forms does it remain?"
Part 4 -Friday, March 6, 2020 |
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 | Chris Powell - GATA |
| South Africa's 3 largest gold miners lost $543 million altogether last year ... |
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South African Gold-Mining Companies Pay High Price to Keep Digging
By Alexandra Wexler and Thandi Ntobela
The Wall Street Journal
Sunday, October 7, 3018
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South African gold miners have literally dug themselves into a hole, with the world's deepest mines threatening the safety of workers and the companies' ability to make money.
Powered for decades by the cheap labor of apartheid, the country's deepest gold mines plunge almost 12,000 feet below the earth's surfSunday, October 7, 2018 |
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 | Nathan Lewis - New World Economics |
| “Should We Restore The Gold Standard” |
| I thought I would add a little commentary to this item from Bullionstar:
Should We Restore the Gold Standard?
It consists of a sort of virtual discussion between Larry White and David Glasner, who we looked at recently regarding his views of the Great Depression:
I say “virtual” because it appears that the two did not have an actual discussion, but rather, the author compares some of their public statements. The article is a nice summary of what a discussion today on this topic might look like.
Monday, March 12, 2018 |
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| Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
 Gold $10,000 Goldnomics Podcast Quotations and Transcript |
| In the latest Goldnomics latest podcast, we consider whether the gold price will reach $10,000 per ounce in the coming years and what factors will drive prices.
Watch on YouTube or read the quotations and transcript below.
Dave: Hello and welcome to the Goldnomics podcast where we look at global markets through the lens of precious metals. And you can keep your eye out for new episodes on iTunes, on SoundCloud and also on YouTube and you can like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
And wsoSunday, March 4, 2018 |
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 | Peter McKenzie-Brown - Language Instinct |
| Village of Widows |
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Canada has become a leader in the movement against the
racism practiced against indigenous peoples that has so long been common
practice in much of the world. Is it possible that Ottawa will really follow
the lead of Alberta and other provinces by recognizing the rights given to aboriginal
people in the Constitution without hassle? Such an act would shift cases out of courts
into nation-on-nation negotiations.
It’s taken 36 years since
repatriation of our constitutFriday, February 16, 2018 |
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