Gold Editorials & Commentary

Stock markets truly need trumpets, so that the herd of sheep could hear the unmistakable signal, stop in their tracks, and perhaps reverse direction to move in the proper direction.

For all those readers who have slept through the last week, the Optimist is excited to tell you that the price of gold has surged to $460, its highest price in almost two decades.

The long anticipated major breakout #3 occurred this week, therefore, we are no longer swing trading the ETFs, instead, we are looking at loading up on gold stocks, and for those under funded, a precious metals mutual fund such as RYPMX or your own choice.

Earlier this week, Wall Street Pollyannas reacted with glee to the release of seemingly mild producer and consumer prices data.

And The Economy - September 15, 2005A few new readers have asked whether I realize how dangerous it can be to have the Central Bank print too much money. Yes I do, as I will prove in a moment.

LAST JANUARY: SIGNAL TO BUY ENERGY STOCKS

In my column last Friday on my web site, (click on Don's Column), I hypothecated that the hurricane might trigger a terrible situation in America, and could possibly be the beginning of a collapse.

Apparently, New Orleans residents believed that their situation was the exception that proved Murphy’s Law.

There has been so much said about Gold throughout history that there is little new that we might add, I am afraid.

Junior mining investors seem to be a bit depressed these days and many fear they'll have to wait years for any real excitement to kick back into the junior arena, therefore leaving them no other choice but to throw in the towel.

Greenspan's long-ago warning still rings true. Is Anyone listening?

The U.S. economy, which has clearly been a bubble in search of a pin, may have finally found one in Hurricane Katrina.

The bell tolls for the US Dollar because it is doomed. Like the Dodo bird, the US Dollar will, within the foreseeable future, disappear into the history books in the chapter on "Extinct Species".

On my mind lately has been the nature of the USDollar. It is not backed by any hard asset like gold, but rather by massive debt. It could thrive if backed by the commodity in greatest abundance in the United States, namely coal. Well, get serious.

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Introduction

In order to make the big returns offered by resource stocks, it is only logical that you should have some understanding of the underlying resource, whether that resource is gold, silver, oil or, as discussed here, uranium.

Yesterday on CNBC's "Closing Bell" my bullish opponent in a "Bull vs. Bear" debate rebutted my argument that Americans saved too little by claiming that the methodology used to calculate savings was flawed as it omits the accumulation of home equity.

There is no question that we have a 'Barrel of Troubles" from the Devil of The Twin Deficits (Trade & Budget) to the Deep Blue Sea of the Looming Bankruptcy of Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid.

What Will Cause the Next Recession?

$70 Tank of Gas

The Housing Market Starts to Show Signs of Weakness

Greenspan - Where's the Fire?

Malta? New York, London, Brussels, Sofia, Toronto, Etc.

The world of energy has many faces in the past two years. As the Middle East and Caspian Region encounter growing US Military presence, alliances have formed and are solidifying along the periphery.

Introduction

It's time we all stopped bellyaching and begging the government to fix our every minor problems and started taking responsibility for ourselves. Let's take the price of gas as an example. The Congress has managed to hold up the Energy Bill for five years.

Yesterday the Labor Department reported that July Consumer Prices rose by .5%. Today we were informed that July producer prices rose an even sharper 1%.

...Are doomed to repeat it!

There has been much debate in recent months/years regarding the symptoms of Central Bank excesses - which excesses range from excessive expansion of the money supply, to excessive downward pressure on short term interest rates.