Adrian Ash

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010

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• Happy Anniversary to the Wreck of the Rock

  Published 10 September 2010 | viewed 0 times

  How saving the savers is costing the savers so dear... On the MORNING of Weds 12 Sept. 2007, Northern Rock - the UK's fifth-largest mortgage…

• How Much is Too Much for Gold-in-the-Ground?

  Published 07 September 2010 | viewed 0 times

  This year's bumper gold-mining deals come as big discoveries have gone missing in gold... WHATEVER'S LURKING in Andean Resource's data room - opened to suitors…

• Speculating in Gold

  Published 03 September 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Since gold stopped being money, it's become 75% more valuable on average... SO GOLD is now at "fair value" says Bill Bonner, long-time gold bug…

• The Rare 'Buy Stocks!' Signal That Ain't

  Published 27 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Time was, stocks were riskier than bonds and should have the higher yield. But then came inflation... AT THE START of this week, stocks on…

• China's Gold Demand: Saving, Not Spending

  Published 25 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  What jewelry-selling Western consumers have discovered about China's gold buying... WHATEVER the reasons for China's massive household savings rate (Western economists blame the lack of…

• Tea, Tramadol and Today's Great Depression

  Published 18 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  "Even at home there is generally a cup of tea going - a 'nice cup of tea' - and Father, who has been out of…

• 'Tis But a Scratch!

  Published 29 July 2010 | viewed 0 times

  The bull market in gold is a long way from losing both arms and legs just yet... WHATEVER FORCE you spy behind this week's swoon…

• Credit Deflation Lands in Britain

  Published 23 July 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Credit deflation just hit the UK for the first time on post-war records... HMMMM... This looks telling. UK banks will soon be able to post…

• Fresh Irony for Swiss Central-Bank Gold

  Published 21 July 2010 | viewed 0 times

  The SNB can neither squash gold, nor (yet) destroy its own currency. But not for lack of trying... GOOD JOB that gold bullion is just…

• Money Disillusion: 8 Ugly Facts About Inflation

  Published 14 July 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Behold the sad case of the poor British worker and saver... PEOPLE BUY GOLD when they fear inflation ahead. But they also buy gold when…

• Gold's Seasonal Cycle: Time to Buy?

  Published 09 July 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Buying gold in July or August only failed to pay once by year's-end since this bull market began... SO WE GOT an abrupt switch in…

• Gold: Over-Owned or Over-Reported?

  Published 07 July 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Hey, let's ignore the facts. Just feel the frenzy...! DID YOU HEAR about the giant gold coin auctioned in Austria late last month? Of course…

• Debt and Demobilization

  Published 02 July 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Four short notes on the link between private wages and public debt... BETWEEN V.E. Day in 1945 and June 1947, the United States shrank its…

• The Big Guns of August

  Published 30 June 2010 | viewed 0 times

  US Treasury holders have nothing to fear today. Just look how low yields are! "BOY, the bond vigilantes are really on the warpath," jokes Paul…

• Holes in the Ground

  Published 25 June 2010 | viewed 0 times

  "The careful burial of this treasure probably means the owner intended to come back, but for whatever reason was unable to do so..." DONT KNOW…

• What The Economist Doesn't Know About Gold

  Published 23 June 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Two things happen to cash savers (meaning pretty much everyone) when real interest rates get stuck below zero... HOW HAS GOLD reached and breached new…

• Pricing Deflation in Aussies Per Oz

  Published 16 June 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Unlike the Australian Dollar, gold pays less interest than even the US Dollar or Japanese Yen... IF GROWING INFLATION is our future, then a likely-looking…

• Gold for Defense. Gold Stocks for...?

  Published 04 June 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Gold stocks stopped beating gold in 2005. They've lagged it since 2007... IF GOLD'S GOING UP, then gold-miner stocks will rise further and faster. Right?…

• Gold's Record-Breaking May Madness

  Published 02 June 2010 | viewed 0 times

  May 2010 brought new closing highs for gold in all but two major currencies... IT'S PRETTY RARE for gold to make a new monthly high…

• Gold: Professor Wrong Says 'Don't Buy' Again

  Published 27 May 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Phew! That was a close call from our tenured contrarian indicator... YIKES! FOR ONE awful moment just then, I thought maybe the top was in.…