As anyone who has read my articles for any length of time knows, I am a big fan of ratios. I find them very useful for tracking the comparative value of things especially when presented in chart form. Over the years I have tracked the Gold vs Oil ratio, Gasoline vs. Oil, and many more. […]
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(Excerpt from the Casey Research 2011 Silver Investing Guide) Silver has been on fire over the last three years — substantially outperforming its spotlight-grabbing cousin, gold. Because we believe this bull run is far from over, we advise investors to always maintain exposure to the precious metals markets. Even if you haven’t yet participated in
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Silver is a hot topic these days even with the recent sell-off. So how much do you know about the metal and its underlying fundamentals? What caused its price increase? Mine production? Household use? Government holdings? In this article Jeff Clark, Senior Precious Metals Analyst for Casey Research and Big Gold, “the best precious metals
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This week two major court cases chipped away at our 4th amendment rights one by the Indiana courts and another by the U.S. Supreme court. Pretty soon they might as well just cross out the 4th amendment because it will be totally meaningless. In the Indiana case, the court ruled that it is against the law to resist officers trying to enter your residence even if they don’t have a warrant and are entering illegally. In the Supreme Court Case, they ruled that officers could enter a house without a warrant and subsequently arrest the occupants if they heard noises that made them assume that evidence was being destroyed. In the following article, David Galand addresses the herd mentality and why we as freedom-loving Americans are putting up with this, how it affects our investments and what we can do about it.
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In his May True Wealth newsletter, Steve Sjuggerud said, At the peak of an asset bubble, prices go “parabolic.” In a bubble, the asset’s chart goes from “humming along nicely” to “straight up.” A good example is the NASDAQ back in 1999-2000. In less than six months, the NASDAQ just about doubled before it peaked
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By Tim McMahon, editor When planning for retirement, most financial planners make a lot of assumptions about financial trends and how much money you will spend per year. They estimate the average inflation rate, the average return on your investments etc. all in order to estimate how much you will need in order to retire. The problem
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By Jeff Clark, BIG GOLD For most people, there are some surefire luxuries that signify wealth, a few pearls of conspicuous consumption that say you’ve made it. For me, it’s always been a second home. My grandparents owned a vacation home in Arizona and then Florida when I was a kid, and it was an annual highlight
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Today we have Chris Vermeulen “The Gold and Oil Guy” to tell us a bit about where the massive deficits will take the Dollar, Stocks and Gold. ~editor Gold and Stocks Heading Higher with GDP Crashing As most investors and traders are aware, the U.S. Federal government has run up significant deficits and the long term debt burden
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By David Galland, Managing Director, Casey Research Has the latest pullback in precious metals and related stocks given you a sickening feeling in the pit of your stomach? If so, then consider rebalancing – because that sinking feeling is a good signal that you are probably overinvested in the sector. I’ll have more on that
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Wild swings are occurring with unprecidented regularity in various markets across the spectrum. One minute you have 98% bullish sentiment in one market and the next minute it is 92% bullish in an entirely different market, (often in the extreme opposite market), So what does this mean for the overall investing community? In the video
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