Adrian Ash

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010

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• The Golden Constant

  Published 18 November 2009 | viewed 3,438 times

  Buy it for the gold bug in your life this Christmas... SINCE STOCK-MARKET BULLS never read history (meaning anything from the day before yesterday and…

• Gold in Not Dollars

  Published 13 November 2009 | viewed 3,010 times

  Non-US investors haven't enjoyed the same stock rally as Wall Street. Whereas in gold... "THE DOLLAR is still driving gold," agree the analysts, pundits and…

• London Gold Market Report

  Published 12 November 2009 | viewed 2,614 times

  Gold Hits Fresh Record vs. Geithner's "Strong Dollar" as S.African Mining Struggles THE PRICE OF GOLD in US Dollars retreated from a fresh 0.7% surge…

• A Lot of Cash to Find in a Hurry

  Published 11 November 2009 | viewed 4,850 times

  "With 30-year bond yields still lower than they were before last winter's wipe-out, there's an urgency about refinancing debt as 2010 draws near..." IT'S NOT…

• Gold: New Global High vs. Top 10 Currencies

  Published 06 November 2009 | viewed 2,709 times

  The official bid for gold, let alone private-sector demand, looks likely to hold strong... GOLD didn't only break new Dollar highs this week. Jumping to…

• LBMA 2009: The Last Word

  Published 04 November 2009 | viewed 2,802 times

  Utterly bullishly, London rules but rocks, while central banks star in "buying gold" shocker... RHONA O'CONNELL did it on the train home, John Reade managed…

• Fresh Mischief from Soft Money

  Published 30 October 2009 | viewed 2,612 times

  Ready for inflation in finance, living costs and bone-headed stupidity...? SINCE MONEY MAKES the world go round, more of it would set the earth spinning…

• A Short History of British Bankruptcy

  Published 28 October 2009 | viewed 2,812 times

  "If we manage to escape national bankruptcy, we have set up a slavery far more oppressive than any previous form of bondage..." BRITAIN'S BANKRUPTCY has…

• Stocks vs. Bonds: 5-Decade Anomaly Returns

  Published 21 October 2009 | viewed 4,035 times

  Stocks now pay way less than bonds once again, but neither pay much... BLINK and you missed it. US equities offered a greater yield on…

• And the Moon's Made of Cheese

  Published 16 October 2009 | viewed 3,455 times

  "What's not to love in this über-Reflation Rally redux...?" JUST IMAGINE - two things you think can't possibly happen together suddenly happen together. Say like…

• London Gold Market Report

  Published 12 October 2009 | viewed 4,246 times

  Inflows to Gold "Speak for Themselves", Financial Press Blames "Greater Fool Theory" THE DOLLAR-PRICE OF GOLD ticked higher Monday morning in London, rising back through…

• Smoking Guns and Monetary Power

  Published 30 September 2009 | viewed 3,110 times

  "The transcending value seen in the Dollar has lost its foundation..." A SHORT SERIES of secret memos, published and dissected at ZeroHedge, provide the "smoking…

• Economic Dark Matter: Part II

  Published 26 September 2009 | viewed 2,341 times

  "A mere $400bn went missing in the UK debt-savings boom of 2000-2008. Not to worry..." SEEMS WE'RE NOT the only ones trying to figure out…

• Economic Dark Matter

  Published 23 September 2009 | viewed 3,307 times

  "A debt bubble, yes. But a consumption binge...?" IT'S A COMMON-PLACE of political, investment and bar-room debate that the Anglo-Saxon economies enjoyed a debt-fuelled consumer…

• The Real Price of Gold

  Published 18 September 2009 | viewed 3,497 times

  Two charts and three measures of gold's "real" price today... GOLD'S CURRENT price-tag of $1,000 an ounce suggests big doubts over the US Dollar, its…

• Gold: A Permanently Exuberant Plateau?

  Published 16 September 2009 | viewed 3,676 times

  "Whether through exuberant hedgies or anxious private investors, gold just keeps pushing higher..." SO SPECULATIVE BETTING on gold going higher now equals a record-busting 752-tonne…

• Back to School with a Bump

  Published 09 September 2009 | viewed 2,799 times

  Buying gold appeals most when everything else fails to hold value... SO YOU GET BACK after Labor Day as summer ends, and what do you…

• Feeling Queasy?

  Published 04 September 2009 | viewed 3,747 times

  "We are struck by the size of the needs of the State, and the meager assistance offered by patriotic gifts..." - Finance committee of the…

• Galloping Consumption, Part II: China's Gold Savings Glut

  Published 02 September 2009 | viewed 3,063 times

  "Gold still has a strong financial nature and remains an indispensable investment tool..." - Dr. Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China, writing…

• London Gold Market Report

  Published 28 August 2009 | viewed 1,933 times

  Gold Nears Summer's End Unchanged, Four Reasons "Set to Rise" in September THE PRICE OF GOLD rose in early London trade on Friday, heading into…