Adrian Ash

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• Gold and the Fed's Crystal-Meth Hit

  Published 23 January 2008 | viewed 3,941 times

  "The one sure way to prolong a depression is to resist it..." - Walter Lippmann, Sept. 1931 ISN'T MODERN LIFE MARVELLOUS? All risk has vanished,…

• "Oh, Poor Me!" The Stock Holders Lament

  Published 18 January 2008 | viewed 3,950 times

  "...All investing is risky - all the way down to zero. And if government steps in to bail out a business, it should've gone to…

• Gold: So What Changed?

  Published 16 January 2008 | viewed 4,539 times

  "...The long-term trend for Gold Prices won't turn sharply lower until the price of money itself turns sharply higher..." SO GOLD TOOK A TUMBLE already…

• Taking Profits in Gold

  Published 11 January 2008 | viewed 3,922 times

  "...Go on - choose where you'll keep your profits. Then sell your gold if you dare..." IMAGINE YOU'D been smart and put some cash into…

• GOLD KAUFEN! Euros, Gold & the FTs Person of the Year

  Published 08 January 2008 | viewed 4,314 times

  "...Who suffers most from inflation? Who suffers most from rising prices? It's the poor, not the rich. The rich can protect themselves from inflation. Poor…

• 2008: Dollars, Gold and the Tasty New Whopper Sauce

  Published 02 January 2008 | viewed 3,941 times

  "...Want a racing certainty for the coming year? Central banks everywhere will either cut or hold interest rates, making the currency markets a suck of…

• How to Make an Income from Gold

  Published 23 December 2007 | viewed 3,940 times

  "Christmas is coming, the champagne's getting flat; Please put a penny in the old broker's hat..." - David Phillips, The Chart Prophet ONE OF THE…

• Goldfinger? Bofinger!

  Published 23 November 2007 | viewed 3,607 times

  "...Once the Dollar loses its role as the supreme reserve currency, just what other uses might it be put to exactly - wall-papering the inside…

• The South Sea Bubble & the Northern Rock Bust

  Published 21 November 2007 | viewed 4,441 times

  "...Out went the silver sixpences, counted slowly as the angry savers queued up...only to come in again through the back door, fooling the crowd and…

• Less Than Zero

  Published 16 November 2007 | viewed 3,986 times

  "...Hardly anyone's noticed, but the frenzy of safe-haven bond-buying has just pushed real yields on US Treasuries below zero..." IT'S BEEN A TOUGH WEEK for…

• Simple Minds Sleeping Well

  Published 14 November 2007 | viewed 5,279 times

  "...If you need to chase 25% gains each year to get a good night's sleep, then the City of London's got just the 'structured' gold…

• Sub-Prime? So Over! Part II

  Published 24 October 2007 | viewed 4,522 times

  "...If you can't spot the patsy then it might just be you - or your retirement-fund manager, money-market fund, local government trustees or mutual fund..."…

• Gold: Gotta Love Those Dips!

  Published 10 October 2007 | viewed 4,725 times

  "... You have to go back to Oct. 2005 to find the gold market behaving as it has since hitting new 27-year highs at the…

• Buffett's Dictum and Your Margin of Safety

  Published 26 September 2007 | viewed 5,468 times

  "...Risk has been abolished - a concept even the TV news anchors can grasp..." "IF YOU UNDERSTOOD a business perfectly and the future of the…

• New to the Gold Market?

  Published 21 September 2007 | viewed 4,802 times

  "...Are you looking to buy gold? Have you thought about why? What's in it for you...?" IF YOU'RE LOOKING to buy gold today, please let…

• The Worst Shock in Two Decades?

  Published 13 September 2007 | viewed 7,217 times

  "...Could the current turmoil in world markets outlive anything seen in the last two decades...?" HANK PAULSON told the Financial Times this week that the…

• Hit to the Head with a Two-by-Four

  Published 04 September 2007 | viewed 7,376 times

  "...The Fed wants mortgage lenders to ease their terms and delay foreclosures. Yet it's just capped new lending at six state-chartered banks, hoping to restore…

• America's Credit and the New Bid for Gold

  Published 01 September 2007 | viewed 4,029 times

  "...So George W.Bush is going to nationalize the US housing market. If that sounds dramatic, then just watch what happens to gold..." "THE MARKETS are…

• USD R.I.P.

  Published 27 August 2007 | viewed 8,840 times

  "...The call for more money to fix the financial markets comes just as global inflation is beginning to cause real mischief..." EVEN IN DEATH, it…

• Write Some Checks! Bail 'Em Out!

  Published 24 August 2007 | viewed 3,717 times

  "There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers..." - Teresa of Ávila, patron saint of headache sufferers BE CAREFUL what you…