Every natural element to which the earth has been endowed has a usefulness – a purpose. If we listen to gold, one of the earth’s natural elements, its message is loud and clear – gold is money. To serve as natural money is gold’s highest purpose.
Every natural element to which the earth has been endowed has a usefulness – a purpose. If we listen to gold, one of the earth’s natural elements, its message is loud and clear – gold is money. To serve as natural money is gold’s highest purpose.
The German version of The Epoch Times newspaper published an interview by Roman Baudzus with James Turk on April 8, 2022, which was also posted online and can be read at this link. With their permission to publish the English version, the interview follows: RB: I would like to start our conversation with a lookRead more
Silver continues to underperform gold, but I believe that is about to change. It may happen as soon as this week after the Federal Reserve announces its half-hearted effort to control inflation by raising interest rates only .25% or .50%. Based on last Friday’s closing prices, it took 76 ounces of silver to equal theRead more
It was not long after the internet began appealing to a wide audience with the adoption of browsers in the late 1990s that virtual currency appeared in online gaming. The potential of virtual currency opened a world of new possibilities, and entrepreneurs acted. Capitalism creates new products to replace those when they fail to provideRead more
Several people have asked why I wrote Money and Liberty: In the Pursuit of Happiness & The Theory of Natural Money while others requested some insight about its content. My objective was to explain why: gold is money and not an ‘investment’, which is not well understood these days, even among many in the goldRead more
In an article last year entitled “Bankruptcy 1995 Revisited”, I presented a detailed analysis of the US government’s financial position. It wasn’t a pretty picture then, and it looks even worse now. When you take away the political posturing, promises and rhetoric surrounding the US government’s financial position, all the cold, hard facts boil downRead more
In 1992 a book entitled “Bankruptcy 1995: The Coming Collapse of America and How to Stop It” hit the nation by storm. Written by Harry Figgie, a prominent businessman who had built a Fortune 500 company, and Gerald Swanson, an economics professor with expertise in public finance, it forecast that the US federal government wouldRead more
Every bull market for each type of financial instrument has three phases: accumulation of an undervalued asset by so-called “smart money” that recognizes the undervaluation, growing public participation as the uptrend gains increasing attention, and inevitable speculation that leads to overvaluation of an asset and eventual resumption of a new downtrend. Gold is nowRead more
Note: This article is based on my presentation to the Mines & Money Conference on 27 November 2017. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. The title of my presentation is “Positioning Yourself for a New Bull Market in Gold”. I highlighted ’New’ because gold’s bull market actually began a century ago when central banks started takingRead more
Leverage is the use of credit or borrowed capital to increase the earning potential of your investment portfolio. But like everything else in finance, higher returns mean higher risk, so leverage is not for everyone. Nevertheless, leverage can be a useful tool for those accepting the risk. If you choose to use it to maximiseRead more
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1 week agoEvery natural element to which the earth has been endowed has a usefulness – a purpose. If we listen to gold, one of the earth’s natural elements, its message is loud and clear – gold is money. To serve as natural money is gold’s highest purpose.
The German version of The Epoch Times newspaper published an interview by