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Eric Sprott on everything

by Henry Becker 10.20.2011
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Liars or clueless…

by Henry Becker 09.12.2011
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What is worse being a liar or clueless?  I say neither is good.  Regard the following headline from Reuters over this past weekend.  “Gold dragged down by dollar spike, profit taking.”  Not only is the headline wrong but the article is the most misinformed or clueless rag I have seen in the past few days.  [...]

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Which way to go

by Henry Becker 08.23.2011
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In a prime example of market confusion today we are told by the media that the low volume rise in the market (as of 12:23pm est S&P 500 up 2%) is in anticipation of Fed accommodation being announced this coming Friday.  The second observation is that precious metals are being knocked down.  Stocks rising in [...]

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Lesser of two evils

by Henry Becker 03.06.2011
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In my last post I outlined how printing money causes inflation. The other problem, and it is a big one, is that for every new dollar created the dollars in your pocket become less valuable. The question on the large scale becomes how do we get out of this problem (if at all) and in [...]

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Do you understand gold and the dollar?

by Henry Becker 05.13.2010
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Since the onset of the global financial crisis that started in 2008 many of the rules of thumb have gone out the window. This has caused professional and retail investors a great amount of head scratching and headaches. The biggest problem with a breakdown of rules of thumb is that far too many investors rely [...]

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