Adrian Ash

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010

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• Permanent Crisis: The First 5 Years

  Published 20 December 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Cheer up! This permanent state of emergency is doing a wonderful nothing to unwind the bubble... So 2012 will mark the fifth anniversary of the…

• The Catfish, Your Savings and Japan's Gold Coin Giveaway

  Published 07 December 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Don't be greedy, or a giant catfish might force you to spew out your savings... Unlike us - who are so smart today - ancient…

• Where Would We Be Without Rules?

  Published 29 November 2011 | viewed 0 times

  "Where would be if we didn't have rules?" "FRANCE!" "And where would we be if we had too many rules?" "GERMANY!" ~ UK comedian Al…

• The Money Crisis' First Blush

  Published 23 November 2011 | viewed 0 times

  "I cannot think of anything which would more surely lead to a danger of all-round deflation than the collapse of international monetary confidence." ~ Roy…

• The Contrarian's Quandary

  Published 18 November 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Being right and sitting tight in gold might not be different things... The best way to hope you'll make money investing? Berkshire Hathaway legend Warren…

• Not Your Father's Gold Market

  Published 17 November 2011 | viewed 0 times

  From TTT to KFC and onto a very different gold investmentmarket again... So this isn't your father's bull market in gold, and it certainly isn't…

• Technocrats Now, Strong Man Next?

  Published 16 November 2011 | viewed 0 times

  The trouble is, this freedom thing has simply gone too far. Apparently... You remember the Lisbon Treaty, right? Rejected by voters in three of the…

• Costless, Limitless, Meaningless Money, Part II

  Published 10 November 2011 | viewed 0 times

  If this risks sounding metaphysical, so it should... So a Dollar is still a Dollar, just as Richard Nixon told US citizens it was 40…

• Costless, Limitless, Meaningless Money, Part I

  Published 28 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Once-upon-a-time, a debt default wasn't known as "forgiveness"... The FINANCIAL TIMES took two days to catch on. Monday's edition of the FT was printed too…

• Hands Off Germany's Gold!!!

  Published 26 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Gold still represents the ultimate form of payment. Why throw it away before the Euro collapses...? "HANDS OFF!" shouts German newspaper Bild today. "Failed states…

• Suicide of the Saver

  Published 19 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Savers and pensioners! Your murderers need no revolution to storm your stately homes and palaces... It's now 100 years since Great Britain established its welfare…

• Gold Vs. Miners: The Wrong Question, Part 2

  Published 14 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

  You don't need to be a gold-mining investor to wish gold would stop outperforming them soon... Whatever you think of the gold price right now,…

• Gold Vs. Miners: The Wrong Question, Part I

  Published 13 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

  You want leverage in gold? Buy bullion. It keeps turning every 1% gain in gold mining stocks into a 2% rise... So why is it…

• Mervyn's Pringle Problem

  Published 07 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Bank to Treasury: Forget credit easing. It's your debt that needs queasing... Unlike Pringles tasty potato snacks, quantitative easing doesn't come with a resealable lid.…

• Gold's New Volatility in Pictures

  Published 05 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Three charts showing just how violent the gold price has become... Only 12 months ago, the gold price was so placid - quietly making new…

• A Rock, A Hard Place and Gold

  Published 03 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Policy-makers have little choice left but make gold only more attractive as they deal with today's mountain of debt... Every investor has been hit with…

• Gold In 'Not Safe Haven' Shocker

  Published 30 September 2011 | viewed 0 times

  If your house catches fire, do you call your insurer before trying to escape the flames...? So Gold is not a "safe haven" - that's…

• Explaining Gold to Your Advisor

  Published 28 September 2011 | viewed 0 times

  "You wanna do what? Make a gold investment? At these prices...?!" Having trouble explaining to your financial advisor why you might want to make a…

• Is This How Gold's Bull Market Ends?

  Published 22 September 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Remember Lehmans? Even the smart people get whacked in a financial crash... People think the gold price always goes up in a crisis, right until…

• LBMA 2011: Two Charts and An Opportunity

  Published 20 September 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Plenty of reasons to be cautious were flagged up in today's "Bubble or Not?" debate... Lots more to share from the second and last day…