In recent weeks we have commented on the likely scenario in the equities market as we round out 2001 and head into a new year. We noted, too, that this year shares many remarkable similarities with late 1998, including successive Fed...
After a ferocious year terrorizing traders on Wall Street, the great bear has taken a temporary hiatus, and buyers have been allowed to mark up prices in the first significant rally in several months. This rally will prove fatal to many...
Government pronouncements notwithstanding, the ongoing bombing campaign in Afghanistan is all about oil (a point we recently emphasized in a GOLD-EAGLE editorial) and the stakes are as high as ever. New light is continually being shed upon...
We read much that is bearish on gold and gold stocks in the financial press, but little that is bullish in scope. When was the last time you heard an advisor or newsletter writer heartily recommend getting long of gold stocks? How sad that...
The so-called "War on Terrorism" has so far none nothing to alleviate the constant threat of international and domestic terrorism, but has always been about the geo-politics and logistics of the oil economy. At the forefront of this oil-...
Modern economic thought, encumbered as it is with traces of Marxism, tainted with the flaws of Adam Smith, and permeated with the fallacies of J.M. Keynes, has not the scope nor the vocabulary to address the problems unique to today's...
During the course of any given week we receive a good number of questions related to gold, the stock market and economic affairs. Some of these questions are universal and therefore merit broader dissemination than a mere individual...
Panic psychology is beginning to manifest itself among the trading public in ways not seen since the Great Depression. Where Y2K failed to stimulate the public's fear, the spate of recent bombings coupled with continued erosion of the...
During the course of any given week we receive a good number of questions related to gold, the stock market and economic affairs. Some of these questions are universal, and therefore merit broader dissemination than a mere individual...
The Dow is about to begin its final rollover for the year, eventually testing the critical 7400 cycle low last achieved in 1998. Based on this and other parallels between 2001 and 1998, we were led to do a comparative analysis of the two...