Steve Saville

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• How Much Longer Will The Gold-Mining Bear Market Last?

  Published 25 January 2016 | viewed 0 times

  This post is an excerpt from a recent TSI commentary.   Intermediate-term rallies in the gold-mining sector can happen during general equity bull markets and…

• Are Rising Interest Rates Bullish or Bearish for Gold?

  Published 05 January 2016 | viewed 0 times

  I've seen articles explaining that rising interest rates are bearish for gold and I've seen articles explaining that rising interest rates are bullish for gold,…

• Stealing Deflation

  Published 27 November 2015 | viewed 0 times

  If you listen to the top central bankers of the world talk for long enough you will come away with the impression that central banks…

• Why Hasn't The Fed's QE Caused 'Inflation'?

  Published 13 November 2015 | viewed 0 times

  This post is a slightly-modified excerpt from a recent TSI commentary. The Federal Reserve has monetised a few trillion dollars of bonds over the past…

• Why Governments Can't Just Print The Money They Need

  Published 04 November 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Due to the nature of modern money, it would technically be possible to adjust the way the monetary system works such that governments directly print…

• Gold is Not Money: The Final Word

  Published 02 November 2015 | viewed 0 times

  In a recent article Mike Shedlock (Mish) weighs in on the question of whether or not gold is money. Near the end of the article…

• What is Gold?

  Published 27 October 2015 | viewed 0 times

  In my two "Gold Is Not Money" posts (HERE and HERE) I explained why it is not correct to think of gold as money these…

• There is No Economic Yardstick

  Published 23 October 2015 | viewed 0 times

  My two "Gold Is Not Money" articles (HERE and HERE) provoked numerous disagreeing responses, the majority of which were polite and well-meaning. Despite presenting various…

• Gold Is Not Money, Part 2

  Published 12 October 2015 | viewed 0 times

  I opened a blog post on 7th October with the statement that gold was money in the distant past and might again be money in…

• Gold is Not Money

  Published 07 October 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Gold was money in the distant past and it will probably be money in the distant future, but there is no developed economy in which…

• Gold's Safe-Haven Status is Not in Doubt

  Published 18 August 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Below is an excerpt from a commentary posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 16th August 2015. Excerpts from our newsletters and other comments on the markets can…

• Can The Fed Do More?

  Published 07 July 2015 | viewed 0 times

  It's not an overstatement to say that over the 6-year period beginning in September-2008, the US Federal Reserve went berserk with its Quantitative Easing (QE).…

• The 'Inflation' Turnaround

  Published 02 July 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Below is an excerpt from a commentary posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 28th June 2015. Excerpts from our newsletters and other comments on the markets can…

• Gold Isn't Cheap, But Nor Should It Be

  Published 09 June 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Although it is not possible to determine an objective value for gold (the value of everything is subjective), by looking at how the metal has…

• BitGold: Great Product, Over-Priced Stock

  Published 19 May 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Below is an excerpt from a commentary posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 3rd May. Excerpts from our newsletters and other comments on the markets can be…

• Gold and The US Employment Report

  Published 06 May 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Below is an excerpt from a commentary posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 3rd May. Excerpts from our newsletters and other comments on the markets can be…

• The Problematic Comparison with The 1970s

  Published 07 April 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Below is an excerpt from a recent commentary posted at www.speculative-investor.com. Excerpts from our newsletters and other comments on the markets can be read at…

• 2015 Forecasts for Gold and Gold-Mining Stocks

  Published 12 February 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Below is an excerpt from our 2015 Yearly Forecast originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com last month. Excerpts from our newsletters and other comments on the markets…

• How Money Vanishes

  Published 20 January 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Below is an excerpt from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 15th January 2015. Excerpts from our newsletters and other comments on the markets…

• Gold Stocks During an Equity Bear Market

  Published 14 January 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Below is a slightly-modified excerpt from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com. Excerpts from our newsletters and other comments on the markets can be read…