Gold increasingly moving into the mainstream
byAlthough most people reading these pages are familiar with the idea of gold becoming money once again, as it was for so many millennia…
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Could the US Republican Party take gold seriously?
byVia the Financial Times and behind their paywall, we learn: The gold standard has returned to mainstream US politics for the first time in 30…
Is gold in a bubble?
byTo answer this question is not straightforward. As the gold-sceptics keep reminding us, gold pays no coupon and no dividend, it does not offer…
The canary in the gold mine
byIn 2007 there appeared the first signs of serious trouble in the US subprime mortgage market. While US Treasury Secretary Paulson assured investors that…
Currency collapse dynamics
byThe reason we accept paper money as a store of value is habit. This habit has its origins in history, when banks took our…
The invisible red line
byIN THE BLUE CORNER… * Professor Paul Krugman belongs to a rather elite group of economists: those who have received the Nobel memorial prize….
Why gold is my favourite asset
byI hate to give personal investment advice. So please do me a favour and do not treat the following as investment advice. I am…
Asia’s golden future
byFor most of the last century the default currency for international settlements has been the US dollar. This has given America ultimate power over…
What gives money value, and is fractional-reserve banking fraud?
byI thought I should address a couple of points that I consider to be misconceptions and that frequently come up in discussions with the…
Thinking inside the box – Chatham House on gold
byLast week, Chatham House, formerly known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs and a non-profit, non-governmental institution in London whose “mission is to…