Gold Editorials & Commentary

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The tag team of JPMorgan as the monster and Goldman Sachs as its harlot represent a powerful pair that is more responsible for destroying the entire US financial system than 95% of the American public has any awareness.

Some months ago this analyst began voicing his view that what we are witnessing is the end of an old era and the commencement of a new one. Events of the past two weeks have certainly had no precedent.

THE OBVIOUS IS OBVIOUSLY WRONG

GLD – on buy signal but still no set up yet.

From 1885 to 2008, (123 years) the Dow Jones Industrial Average, (DJIA*) has fallen -40% from a bull market high on only nine occasions. Such deep bear markets are always historic and distressing.

As the precipitous drop of the Dow Jones index of industrial stocks to the 8600 level on Thursday shows, the $700 billion bailout is an exercise in futility. The rescue effort administers one wrong medicine after another.

WHAT’S HAPPENED TO COMMON SENSE

Has no one noticed “That doing more of the same as what got you into trouble in the first place, only makes the problem worse?”

Pardon the jumpy style, not burdened by depth, preferring breadth instead. The events of the last few days continue to be remarkable, alarming, chaotic, surreal, and desperate.

Since the Bear Stearns bailout at the end of the first quarter, the backdrop for gold has unfolded in a more positive way than almost any of its proponents could have imagined.

In spite of the economy and stock markets behaving almost exactly as I have been expecting them too for over a year now, I have received quite a few emails basically asking for a little hand holding.

“This, indeed, is an odd election: It pits a candidate who should have been president eight years ago against a candidate who should be president eight years from now,” Tom Gallagher in Abelson’s column, Barron’s.

The expression “Irrational exuberance” was originated by Alan Greenspan to describe a runaway stock market, and was made famous by Prof. Robert Schiller in his bestselling book.

Privatizing profits, socializing losses

Pardon the brief and jumpy style, laced with more emotion than usual. The events of the last few days have been remarkable, alarming, chaotic, and surreal. Gonna attend the Toronto gold show hosted by the Cambridge House this weekend.

This article was written just prior to the announcement of the rejection of the bailout bill but has been qualified to reflect current conditions. Celebrate today's victory! It is a victory for all of us, whether we know it or not.

Here is our monthly update on major indexes for our international investors.

Another month has gone by, and not much has changed as all global indexes we track are on long term sell signals.

GLD – on buy signal.

“Two legs bad, four legs good!”

The United States has transformed itself, the most radical degraded aspects having occurred in the last eight years.

I just got the chance to read the op-ed penned by Pimco's Bill Gross in this morning's Washington Post.

The Treasury Secretary Paulson and Fed Chairman Bernanke bailout plan calls for $700 billion in taxpayer funds to be used to purchase assets that will in all likelihood be worth considerably less in the future.

There is nothing more dangerous than when those responsible for a nation’s troubles are believed to be its savior.

NIGHTMARE ON WALL STREET

GLD – buy signal this week.

Many investors in the Precious Metals sector are worried that the "bailout plan" announced yesterday will resolve the crisis with the effect that things will return to normal and gold and silver will as a result go into retreat once more.

When things go wrong with one’s Elliott Wave count, it normally means that there is an error in the prior wave count.

The idea that the US Government can “bail out” those whose financial failure seems likely to trigger an implosion of the derivatives market needs to be seen in light of two factors: