Market Commentaries

Mining stocks – Still on the runway

March 1, 2012 – Six months ago I wrote that the gold mining stocks were on the runway and ready for take-off.  I expected the gold mining stocks from that point to start outperforming gold ...

Mining stocks – On the runway, ready for take-off

September 5, 2011 – Gold has been rising faster than the price of mining stocks.  Here are some statistics to prove this point. In the twelve months ending August 31st, gold has risen ...

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Three things to watch in 2013

January 16, 2013 – The precious metals have been in a 2-year trading range. Though gold rose 10.2% in 2011 and 7.0% in 2012, these rates are below the 16.8% average annual appreciation gold has ...

‘Falling’ gold demand

November 19, 2012 – An article in The Wall Street Journal a few days ago caught my attention. It reported: “Gold prices dropped on signs that demand for the precious metal is sagging. ...

The Fiat Currency Bubble seals the euro’s fate

August 7, 2012 – Money should always be separated from politics. Germany learned this lesson the hard way, and the Allies wanted to make sure for everyone’s sake that history didn’t ...

Fiat Currency in a Kondratieff Winter

June 15, 2012 – Nikolai Kondratieff (1892-1938) was a Russian economist who theorized that capitalist economies are subject to a repeating 54-year cycle, though I have seen his work interpreted ...

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