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September 11, 2001
September 10, 2001
As of Friday's close, stochastic readings for many of the issues tracked in my daily newsletter were tracing out oversold lows that fell practically off the charts.
Part 1
The Root of the Problem: A Banking System That Requires The Issuance of Debt In Order To Function
Wall Street is befuddled. It can't figure out what is going on because economists are operating with an economic model that is about as out of touch with reality as if a physician tried to examine a pain in your big toe by listening to your heart beat.
September 7, 2001
Out of all the incredible financial developments of the 1990s, one of the most important fundamental structural changes in the nature of the operation and interaction of the global financial system was the literal explosion of the use of derivatives.
Out of the woods . .
When we were kids, we wanted absolutely everything. Most of us came from families that may have been well off enough to pay the bills, buy a home and car, and even go to an occasional movie, or other amusement.
August 31, 2001
Part III
Why Is Gold A Good Store of Value During Deflation?
Nobody wants to pull a trigger . .
Editor's Note: Mr. Hickel challenges Mainstream Media Bias of "cheerleading stocks and bonds as the best investments period." Following are emails he sent to the perpetrators.
August 30, 2001
We have considered what makes a particular currency "hard," while another, equally valuable-or worthless, depending on your view-is "weak." It has nothing to do with the paper itself. Paper is paper.
August 29, 2001
This piece entirely deals with what to do with dollars. Of course it can also apply to Francs, Pesos, Yen, Pounds, or what have you, depending on what the economic situations are in the nation in which you reside.
August 28, 2001
Gold came off a bit last week as the manipulators continued to bide their time. Given the ridiculous levels to which the dollar has risen, manufacturing, mining and farming in America are all in deep trouble.
August 27, 2001
When the sun shines up here in Portland in August, we do know how to get down as they say. We have a local festival paying homage to real Italians and wantabes like me.
August 26, 2001
At precisely 1:57pm on June 27th, 2001, a seller dumped 100 contracts (10,000 ounces) of gold on the Comex market. The transaction was noteworthy as to the amount and timing.
August 25, 2001
Talk about 'climbing a wall of worry'. . . after the Fed failed to chip-away at several pertinent concerns in any way (effectively stating the truth we all know about the U.S.
August 24, 2001
Part I
Unbeknownst to a new generation of be-boppin' baby-boomers, the seeds were being sown for their new-millennium experience with deflation and a collapsing speculative bubble before they were even born.
August 23, 2001
The gold market came to life during the eight trading days through Friday, rising $ll.90 to $280.50 an ounce. Both volume and open interest, which had declined to historical lows, rose with rising prices.
Whenever one makes an investment, it is smart to look at the upside and downside possibilities. To explain, look at the NASDAQ at 5,000.
August 22, 2001
Due in no small measure to articles he wrote as a young economist, especially his 1966 essay "Gold and Economic Freedom" (reprinted in A.
August 21, 2001
The Honorable Paul Sarbanes
Chairman Senate Banking Committee
534 Dirkson Senate Office Building
The strong dollar is destroying the American economy and with it American society. The banking industry, which has more than any other industry a say in how our country is run, loves a strong dollar because it draws capital into the U.S.
August 19, 2001
In the year 1999 Daan Joubert, Marion Butler and Joseph Miller jointly authored an ambitious research work titled 12,000 Years of Elliott Waves and What This Means for the 21st Century ( www.gold-eagle.com/edito
On May 22, 2001 the Nasdaq reached an intraday high of 2328, the Dow 11,350, and the S&P 500 1315. Since then the markets have been held inside of an extraneous trading range with April's lows marking the 'bottom'. Although this range looks secure in the
August 18, 2001
GATA Chairman Bill Murphy this morning issued a press release about GATA consultant James Turk's recent discovery about the disappearing SDRs.
August 17, 2001
An EKG of a tomato . . . would be more exciting than recent stock market action.
August 16, 2001
Thank you for a mystery for me, but... No, thank you. It does not "rank high with any of the great thrillers solved by Sherlock Holmes", and... it is fiction.
Economics 101, Logic 101, Physics 101, and every other "101," says that what goes up, must come down, and furthermore, a balloon cannot be forever inflated, without it bursting. The way I see it, there are two bubbles or balloons.
August 13, 2001
The intermediate-term outlook for Durban Deep (DROOY) hasn't looked this promising in years, and long-term holders of this South African mining stock will not be disappointed as several key cycles bottom in the month of August.