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Bipolar silver: How to profit

Posted on February 13, 2013

On average, silver rises higher and falls further than gold.

Lessons from the Argentine

Posted on January 19, 2013

By David Galland Here are some of the lessons I have learned since moving to Cafayate in the Salta province in scenic northwest Argentina. It's my hope that my observations will be of use to you in getting through the …

Matt Damon: Broken Promises

Posted on January 10, 2013

Some ridiculous claims are made by the characters in the film and we explain how they are wrong.

Doug Casey on the morality of money

Posted on December 26, 2012

I'm a huge fan of Rand. She was an original and a genius.

Platinum: fear vs. fundamentals

Posted on December 10, 2012

People frequently ask us about investing in platinum, the other precious metal.

David Stockman: austerity is not discretionary

Posted on July 18, 2012

The US is not at the beginning of a recovery, according to David Stockman, former Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

Cashing in on Japan's debt conundrum?

Posted on June 3, 2012

On the heels of Fitch's sovereign credit downgrade to A plus (the fifth-highest investment grade), Japan's government debt continues to swell.

Myths and realities of returning to a gold standard

Posted on May 31, 2012

The gold standard, under which any holder of paper dollars could redeem them for gold at the US Treasury, is now within the living memory of just a few million Americans, nearly all of whom would be dangerous behind the wheel.

Ben Graham’s curse on gold

Posted on February 22, 2012

It seems that the mainstream investment community only takes a break from ignoring gold to berate it: one of gold’s most outspoken critics, uber-investor Warren Buffett, did so recently in his latest shareholder letter. The indictments were familiar; gold is an inanimate object “incapable of producing anything,” so any investor holding it instead of stocks is acting out of irrational fear.

Uranium in a Post-Fukushima World

Posted on January 3, 2012

December saw several new reports about the earthquake- and tsunami-induced Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, so we thought it might be useful to assess what these new reports add to our understanding of the tragedy.