Precious Metals Market Manipulation? By Doug Casey, Casey Research For many years now, a meme has been floating around that the prices of gold and silver are being manipulated, which is to say suppressed, by various powers of darkness. This is not an unreasonable assertion. After all, the last thing the monetary powers-that-be want is […]
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Casey Research Summit Special Report Part II: Drilling Down into Oil and Gas Prices The private panel that began with three key speakers at the April 27-29 Casey Research Recovery Reality Check Summit continues with a second installment in today’s Energy Report. This exclusive features Casey Energy Opportunities Senior Editor Marin Katusa, Global Resource Investments
Company Bonds Company bonds have been a hot topic in many financial publications including the Wall Street Journal lately, though you might not be familiar with the term. Allow me to offer a brief primer on the topic. Company bonds (aka corporate bonds) are a type of debt security issued by companies to raise capital. A
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Marin Katusa vs. Porter Stansberry on Oil Prices At the latest Casey Research conference, respected investment analyst Porter Stansberry stood at the podium and predicted that the price of oil will fall below US$40 per barrel within the next 12 months. Part of his reasoning revolves around the impact that the shale gas revolution has
By Tim McMahon, editor What Are Structured Bonds? First let’s look at what makes up a bond. A bond is a form of debt where a company borrows money from investors and has a certain expiration date called a “Maturity Date”. The interest rate that the company pays is called the “coupon rate.” One advantage
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Why I’m Excited About This Gold Market By Rick Rule After a reasonably long period of sustained and occasionally dramatic escalations, commodity markets in general, and precious metals markets in particular, have declined. This is normal and healthy behavior, even if it is uncomfortable for some market participants. Readers with a long memory will remember
In desert regions water has been a critical commodity ever since Abraham’s herdsmen fought with Abimilech’s herdsmen over a well in Genesis 21:25. But in many places water has been abundant. Although, with the vast majority of water being either salt water, frozen in ice caps or polluted, the potable water world-wide is only a small percentage of
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By Chris Wood, Casey Research As an analyst who spends a great deal of time researching biotech and pharma companies, I’m well aware of the challenges facing the drug industry in the US today. From onerous regulation and an approval process that has made drug development prohibitively costly and complex to the pending patent cliff
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By Jeff Clark, Casey Research Let’s explore the advantages of saving in gold and silver over dollars. Here’s a hypothetical look at what could occur over the remainder of this decade. The charts below compare saving $100/month in gold and silver vs. an interest-bearing money-market account. For our projections, we assumed gold’s average annual gain
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By Jeff Clark, Casey Research There are many reasons why gold is still our favorite investment – from inflation fears and sovereign debt concerns to deeper, systemic economic problems. But let’s be honest: It’s been rising for over 11 years now, and only the imprudent would fail to think about when the run might end.
