GE Christenson
Market Analyst, Author, and Founder of The Deviant Investor
Gary Christenson is the owner and writer for the popular and contrarian investment site Deviant Investor and the author of the book, “Gold Value and Gold Prices 1971 – 2021.” He is a retired accountant and business manager with 30 years of experience studying markets, investing, and trading. He writes about investing, gold, silver, the economy and central banking.
GE Christenson Articles
It is said that, “If you live by the sword, you die by the sword.” Let’s expand the concept and confirm that ancient bit of wisdom. If you depend upon your sword for self-defense and aggression, you can reasonably expect that someday you...
The US government spends more than it collects in revenues, so debt increases. The money supply increases similarly and consequently consumer prices increase. Wages increase more slowly than taxes and consumer prices. Throw in several...
We all know the S&P 500 Index has been on a 5+ year rally to all-time highs – thanks to ultra-low interest rates and the levitating wonder of “printing money” via QE – Quantitative Easing. Examine the following chart of the S&P...
Governments, such as the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, and Japan, spend their paper currencies as if tomorrow will never come. They act as if they believe debts can increase forever, more money will always be available, and debts...
If you want to know where silver prices are going, ask crude oil!
Russian Roulette: Put one bullet in the cylinder of a revolver, spin the cylinder, point the gun at YOUR head, and pull the trigger. Most revolvers have 6 chambers so your odds of surviving are 5 in 6, IF you quit after pulling the...
Gold did NOT blow-off into a bubble high in 2011, all the drivers for continued higher gold prices are still valid, demand is huge, supply will be restricted when the western central banks run out of gold or choose to terminate “leasing”...
It looks like gold and silver stocks bottomed on Monday, April 21, and that gold and silver also bottomed this week. Really? The usual reaction is, “the stocks have been hammered, gold is off over 30% from its highs, and silver is down...
There is an abundance of risk in the world that involves other parties, other countries, derivatives, debt, debt, and lots more debt. Gold and silver have no counter-party risk and will retain their value regardless of whether the debts...
Based on questions, opinions, and rants from several websites, these are some typical questions and my answers:
