Below is a copy of a letter we have just sent to the Harmony Board stating our objections to the proposed takeover of Goldfields. As you know, Harmony's authorized share capital is only 350,000,000, and there are already 320,819,739...
According to the Financial Times, "the end of gold as an investment has come a little closer." The op-ed writer reached this conclusion in a 4/16/04 editorial as he pondered the significance of the withdrawal of NM Rothschild from gold...
In a January 4 speech this year, Fed. Governor Bernanke opined that the rising gold price was caused by terrorism. Geopolitical tensions, he said, "account for the bulk of the recent increase in the real price of gold." He also downplayed...
Back in the days when Greenpeace cast but a faint shadow across the affairs of the global extractive industry, Newmont and its partner, Buenaventura began an exploration campaign to look for gold at an altitude of 14,000 feet in the Andes...
During the first half of 2003, gold and gold shares consolidated their considerable gains of 2002. After running up to $390/oz. in anticipation of Gulf War II in early February, gold entered a sharp correction, which completed its course...
The World Gold Council (WGC) launch of a gold exchange traded fund (ETF) promises to revolutionize the gold market. It was filed with the SEC 5/14/03. After reviewing the document and considerable thought, we conclude that the new Gold...
Iraq news has dominated the gold market since late last year, and may continue to do so for several more months. It is quite possible that the related hype and fear explains much of the acceleration of the gold price and the increase in...
An investment allocation to gold and gold shares makes sense only if one does not expect an imminent return to the investment world of the 1990's. Many who already believe that the odds of such a recurrence are slim still hold fast to the...