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What the Fed's Latest Decision Means for Investors
Marc Courtenay submits: The Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee held a key interest rate steady on Tuesday in an effort to supposedly nurse the economy back to health. This is apparently to be done without further exacerbating inflation. The decision by the U.S. central bank leaves the benchmark...
Tags: US Market, Gold, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Streettracks Gold Trust, Hecla Mining Co., IShares Silver Trust
External links 2008-08-06
Gold and the Demise of the American Dream
James West submits: “O Gold! I still prefer thee unto paper, Which makes bank credit like a bank of vapour.” This quote is lifted from a poem by Lord Byron penned in 1822. Isn’t it remarkable that a verse from nearly two centuries ago can remain so...
Tags: US Market, Gold, Streettracks Gold Trust
External links 2008-08-06
Don't Chase the Markets Up
Marc Courtenay submits: It's the night before Memorial Day Weekend and all through the house, not a creature is stirring, not even a mouse (or a bull, or a bear). The signs of further jobs weakness and a disappointing Fed regional survey fueled doubts yesterday about prospects for a quick...
Tags: US Market, Gold & Precious Metals, ETF, Marc Courtenay, Streettracks Gold Trust, IShares Silver Trust
External links 2009-05-22
U.S. Economy: 'Green Shoots' Are Actually Red Roots
Trace Mayer submits: The ‘green shoots’ of the economy are really red roots evidenced by a labor market stasis and plummeting earnings. Chairman Bernanke told ‘60 Minutes’ on Sunday that “green shoots” of economic resurgence are sprouting. But those perceived green shoots are really red weeds that the...
Tags: US Market, Trace Mayer, Streettracks Gold Trust
External links 2009-05-22
Smart Minds Think Gold
Market Folly submits: In light of the fact that hedge fund manager John Paulson recently bought tons of gold and gold miners, we thought it would yet again be prudent to examine what the technicals are saying about the metal this time around. Is it time to pick some up?...
Tags: US Market, Gold & Precious Metals, Market Folly, Streettracks Gold Trust
External links 2009-05-24
Is Your House Worth Its Weight In Gold?
John Lounsbury submits: There is a chart, very familiar to many, showing the housing bubble, which shows the median house price since 1970, using Case-Schiller national index since 1987 and U.S. Census data 1970-86. The median house price, nationally, has come down significantly from the top of the bubble,...
Tags: US Market, Gold & Precious Metals, John Lounsbury, Streettracks Gold Trust
External links 2009-06-01
Sell in May? Not This Time
Ockham Research submits: With trading in May finished, we can look back at the month in its entirety and definitively say the old market adage,”Sell in May and Go Away” was wrong as could be. The month of May was the third straight month of positive returns in...
Tags: US Market, Ockham Research, Streettracks Gold Trust
External links 2009-05-30
Is the U.S. Ready to Shop Again?
Mark O'Byrne submits: The recent Consumer Confidence survey conducted in the US revealed a surprising increase in consumer confidence for the month of May. In marked contrast to the previous few months, May's figure was the highest it has been since September 2008. by Mark O'Byrne
Tags: US Market, Mark O'Byrne, Streettracks Gold Trust
External links 2009-05-27
Faber Peddling Gloom, Doom, Inflation, and Gold
Ockham Research submits: Investment analyst and Gloom Boom Doom newsletter publisher Marc Faber has grabbed headlines again predicting that hyperinflation will impact the U.S. economy. According to Bloomberg, Faber stated: “The U.S. economy will enter “hyperinflation” approaching the levels in Zimbabwe because the Federal Reserve will...
Tags: US Market, Ockham Research, Streettracks Gold Trust
External links 2009-05-27
A Case for Hedging With Gold Against Inflation or Deflation
Tom Lindmark submits: An interesting analysis of the prospects for gold from Ambrose Evans-Pritchard this week. Along the way to his conclusion he does a nice job of stating the cases for inflation and deflation. He starts out by noting that the Chinese have substituted gold for some of the...
Tags: US Market, Gold & Precious Metals, Tom Lindmark, Streettracks Gold Trust
External links 2009-05-25
Dow to Gold Ratio: Where Is It Headed?
Kirk Lindstrom submits: To see the graphs, view the original article here. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, measured in how many ounces of gold it takes to buy the 30 stock DOW is up 33% from its 17-year March 6th low of 7.03. Despite that impressive gain, the...
Tags: US Market, Kirk Lindstrom, Streettracks Gold Trust
External links 2009-05-11
Gold and Economic Freedom: Reinterpreted for the 21st Century
I do not profess that the main structural arguments of the following essay are mine. Rather they belong to a rather famous former Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve named Alan Greenspan as noted in his rather seminal 1966 essay titled “Gold and Economic Freedom”. However, I have taken the...
Tags: US Market, Gold & Precious Metals, J. S. Kim, Streettracks Gold Trust
External links 2009-05-10
How to Fix Our Economy: Stop Obama?s Recklessness
Brian McMorris submits: Jim Cramer has started to promote Gold or the popular bullion ETF, [[GLD]], as the best investment in this whacked market. With this signal, I have pointed out to investor friends that they should sell gold (see: "Gold, Great for a Trade, Risky as an Investment"...
Tags: US Market, Brian McMorris, Streettracks Gold Trust
External links 2009-05-06
Paulson & Company's Golden Portfolio
Tim Iacono submits: The chart pretty much speaks for itself, but for those of you who need a little help figuring it out, anything that's yellow-ish is either gold bullion or gold mining stocks (all data is from the March 15th, 2009 Paulson & Co. Inc. 13F filing from...
Tags: US Market, Tim Iacono, Streettracks Gold Trust
External links 2009-05-19
More on the Gold/Stock Market Correlation
Michael Stokes submits: I’m doing a little playing around with the short-term interaction between the price of gold and the stock market. Some semi-interesting observations… by Michael Stokes
Tags: US Market, Gold & Precious Metals, Michael Stokes, Streettracks Gold Trust
External links 2009-05-17
Is Gartman Right About Shorting the Dow and Gold?
Keith R. McCullough submits: "Short Of" Garty? "Thinking well is wise; planning well, wiser; doing well wisest and best of all." -Persian Proverb by Keith McCullough
Tags: US Market, Keith McCullough, Streettracks Gold Trust
External links 2009-05-17
On 'Faulty' Loan Appraisals, and IMF's Gold Dump
Economic Disconnect submits: Those Were the DaysI do not cover the housing sales and price numbers much anymore because we all already know how they are going to go. I still get a kick that after 2 years of terrible number, the pundits still try to get excited about...
Tags: US Market, Gold & Precious Metals, Economic Disconnect, Streettracks Gold Trust
External links 2009-06-24
Gold as an Investment, Deflation / Inflation Wrap Up
Economic Disconnect submits: Gold as an Investment - Final ThoughtsYour author is a big fan of the precious metals, both gold and silver. I have dropped enough pixels with my ideas on the "why" that I will not rerun all that now. I wanted to clarify any misconceptions of...
Tags: US Market, Gold & Precious Metals, Economic Disconnect, Streettracks Gold Trust
External links 2009-06-21
Why I'm Bullish On Gold, But Still Waiting
Prieur du Plessis submits: These words were coined by long-timer Richard Russell Dow Theory Letters in frustration with gold bullion’s performance. Since hitting $982 on June 2, the yellow metal has been correcting almost half of the rise that began in April. When it comes to gold bullion and...
Tags: US Market, Gold & Precious Metals, Prieur du Plessis, Streettracks Gold Trust
External links 2009-06-21
On Fake Bonds, Owning Gold and the Inflation vs. Deflation Debate
Economic Disconnect submits: I would not say I am in a foul mood. I mean between the endless cloudy days, rain, and low temps why not feel a bit down. I think it is something else. Ok, I think I am in a foul mood. Combative even. Here at...
Tags: US Market, Gold & Precious Metals, Economic Disconnect, Streettracks Gold Trust
External links 2009-06-19
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