Commentaries

Jack Chan’s weekly update…

My publishers and I will be hosting a CME-Sponsored Webinar. It is free and you can signup here. [ad#Webinar-sidebar] Here is a final list of the webinar outline: Part I: History & Background Gold is Money Silver is Money Gold/Silver Ratio Current Monetary System Part II: Today’s Gold Market Gold Historical Price Silver Historical Price … Continue reading

  This essay is based on the Premium Update posted on July 9th, 2010 You read a lot recently about “double dip” and it does not refer to two scoops of ice cream, or to the Jerry Seinfeld episode when George takes a large tortilla chip, dips it into a bowl of dip, bites into … Continue reading

Stansberry & Associates Investment Research founder Porter Stansberry, who built his reputation on finding safe-value investments poised to give his followers years of exceptional returns and also has a reputation as an independent thinker with a…..

Anyone who has been following this blog knows that I tend to do the opposite of the mainstream. My latest rendition of contrarian investing occurred at the latest intermediate term bottom in stocks when everyone was bearish, with many calling for a crash. What was I doing? I was buying. I have been doing one … Continue reading

The Gold Report’s boots-on-the-ground correspondent in Australia, Richard Karn (managing editor, The Emerging Trends Report), updates us on the death of the Resource Super Profits Tax (RSPT) proposal and the birth of a new tax, the….

So what do you think? Can gold take another little plunk down to 1175? Why sure. Is there less risk now than at 1250 with the gold herd on full lather? Why sure. Will gold rally hard? Who cares? Balance and patience as the D Boys get the limelight. Source: http://biiwii.blogspot.com/

The Hulbert Gold Newsletter Sentiment Index (HGNSI) has gone more bearish than it was last week when Mark Hulbert noted it as being very bullish (on a contrarian basis) on a decline to 23.5%. According to information forwarded by subscriber Larry (not a rookie is all I’ll say) the HGNSI is now registering 9.2%! Do … Continue reading

Courtesy of Bruce Pile and Dollar Daze, is this chart, which shows the backing of the monetary base in terms of the Gold held by the US. Note that 100% would mean that the money supply is 100% backed by the price of gold (at that time). The two bull markets in Gold peaked at … Continue reading

Chen Lin is an independent investor living the dream. Since December 2002, he’s turned slightly more than $5,000 into nearly $1M through value investing and exceptional market timing. Now he believes gold producer shares are poised for….