A Short Story About Gold
on Nov 6, 2009 in gold assets savings Vietnam inflation Sometimes I think the dismissive attitude many people have towards gold is due to an arrogant attitude that bad things only happen to people in other countries, and that they are somehow invulnerable.Asset Preservation : Why Americans Need Gold...

Dr. Faber Discusses US Dollar
on Oct 22, 2009 in dollar Marc Faber investment gold savings land precious metals silver currency Bloomberg Marc Faber is back in the guest chair at Bloomberg Asia and talking about the economic state of affairs. I always find it interesting how much his comments on the future diverge from the slick BS of CNBC. He has made some pretty harsh comments on the...

Poor Mr. Buck
on Oct 20, 2009 in retirement reserves dollar gold China savings land precious metals silver Russia I and many other gold/silver folks believe there is a long term, concerted move away from the dollar - by the Chinese, the Russians and even regular investors that don't think it will be a good vehicle for saving. These two articles are just a couple...

Work, Taxes and Death
on Oct 14, 2009 in retirement middle class work libertarianism government spending taxes career I know this is not really connected with precious metals investing but I want to occasionally post articles and commentary that I think are important for an overall understanding of finances and the world we live in. This article talks about someth...

Retirement
on Oct 14, 2009 in survivalism retirement independence social security the survival podcast preparedness freedom This is a link to a podcast I am fond of called The Survival Podcast, hosted by Jack Spirko. He does a great show on retirement here and makes some good points. Namely, that the advertisements you see on TV give you a picture of retirement that is of...

A Picture says 1000 words ...
on Oct 7, 2009 in dollar gold precious metals inflation (Special thanks to Jim Sinclair's Mineset for this image)...

Currencies and Rumours of Currencies
on Oct 7, 2009 in the UN world reserve currency dollar gold collapse China the fed bullion inflation There has been a lot of talk about a new currency for the world, something to act as an alternative to the dollar. The article I am linking to today is just one out of countless articles now swirling around the net where some official person or burea...

Interview with Byron King
on Oct 6, 2009 in mining gold China the fed stimulus silver stocks peak oil peak gold inflation This fellow worked as a geologist in the exploration and production division of a major oil company, so he has some views on gold from a 'geological' point of view. I never looked into the concept of 'peak gold' that much but it is something I've hea...

The Arguments for and Against Gold
on Oct 5, 2009 in depression dollar Marc Faber gold recession deflation silver investing inflation This is a good article that condenses alot of the arguments for gold and finishes with a few links to a guy who does not like the metal. In it you will find comments from such luminaries as Alan Greenspan, Marc Faber, Adrian Ash and others. I found...

Lorax2013 on the Importance of Taking Action
on Oct 2, 2009 in Harry Brown depression gold recession collapse US dollar Loren Howe libertarianism silver freedom I posted a video by this fellow awhile back. I just thought I'd put this one up as well, as he makes the point that people who are aware of the problems with the dollar and the general direction of the US economy should not just sit and worry about i...