Economists who hold the popular view that expanding the money supply will provide the best medicine for our ailing economy dismiss the inflationary concerns of monetary hawks, like me, by pointing to…
Tag: Financial Commentary
Peter Schiff – Lessons from Black Monday
By: Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital 25 years ago, on another Monday in late October, the financial world seemed to disintegrate in a heartbeat. Though the 205 point drop in the…
Supreme Errors
In the wake of my last commentary on the horrendous Supreme Court decision upholding Obama’s health care plan, several people have pointed out that I erred in saying that the income tax…
Trickle Up Economics
The political left wing has long tried to cast doubt on the fairness, and even the efficacy, of free market capitalism by branding it as a “trickle down” system. This epithet is…
Economic Reality Bites
Many people became convinced that data releases earlier this year indicated that “recovery” in the U.S. was imminent. But as I have been saying for months, this evidence would ultimately be shown…
US Dollar VS Gold: Epic Money Battle
By: Jim Willie CB, GoldenJackass.com The so-called Global Financial Crisis is a term so widely used that it has earned its own acronym of GFC. When first seen, it seemed like girl…
Call This Financial Repression? Really?
By: Adrian Ash, BullionVault Financial repression this ain’t. Not unless you like playing victim… ALL OF a sudden, everyone’s talking about financial repression – the capture and torture of domestic savers with…
Obama’s Pretzel Logic
As this fall’s presidential election takes shape as a contest between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, the rhetoric out of both camps is becoming sharper and more ideological. Looking to exploit Governor…
How to Profit as Global Debt Soars
by JR Crooks It’s no secret that the world’s central bankers and governments are cranking out money at lightning speed to stave off a global depression. Let’s assume for a moment, that…
Wall Street’s Best Bet for Crisis-Beating Returns
By: Adrian Ash, BullionVault So how did the top US mutual funds stack up vs. the gold price since 2007…? PAST PERFORMANCE is no guide to the future. But if you don’t…