Adrian Ash

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010

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• Lies, Damned Lies and the Z-Score

  Published 13 May 2011 | viewed 0 times

  If only silver, gold and oil mapped the nice, neat bell curve which statistical analysis calls "standard distribution"... WHAT ARE the chances? Things that just…

• A Monetary Maniac Writes...

  Published 04 May 2011 | viewed 0 times

  So the cheapest money in history played no role in killing the century-long downtrend in commodity prices...? A LITTLE over three years ago, we published…

• So What's Different About $1500 Gold...?

  Published 21 April 2011 | viewed 0 times

  The golden constant stands out amidst the US Dollar's latest plunge... So what's different about gold at $1500 per ounce...? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. There's no…

• Seized Pensions and Quantitative Easing

  Published 20 April 2011 | viewed 0 times

  A government-run pension fund manager - hardly fills you with confidence, does it...? AS EVERY BRITISH ADULT well knows, the UK government long since forgot…

• What Is Silver Screaming About?

  Published 15 April 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Who wants gold when silver looks to offer turbo-charged inflation protection instead...? The Current Surge in bids to buy silver might seem dramatic, but it's…

• Utah Gold Standard, Part II

  Published 08 April 2011 | viewed 0 times

  No, not gold as money. The gold standard never kept a lid on inflation that way... So this is 2011 - a world of pleaders…

• Silver's Long-Run Value

  Published 06 April 2011 | viewed 0 times

  The bluntest difference between gold and silver? Warren Buffett... We've been inundated here at BullionVault with comments and queries in response to Gold Value $3844,…

• Utah Gold Standard, Part I

  Published 01 April 2011 | viewed 0 times

  So Utah's new gold & silver law marks a step towards a Gold Standard...? IT'S NOT QUITE an April Fool's, but it's close enough. "Gold,…

• The Swiss Franc or Euro: Good as Gold...?

  Published 30 March 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Everyone wants out of the Euro except Swiss exporters. What choice does the SNB have? ULTRA-CHEAP MONEY has caused a whole heap of mischief to…

• Gold Bubble: Written in the Stars

  Published 25 March 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Oh lordy! Gold investing is being tipped in tabloid horoscopes...Sell! "ARE YOU available for an interview this afternoon? I'd like to discuss the possibility that…

• Mad Dog Gaddafi's Gold of Mass Destruction

  Published 23 March 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Gold plus Gaddafi - what more sexing up could a story need? Well, quite a bit it would seem... EVEN Alan Greenspan knows that gold…

• Three Years Ago to the Day

  Published 17 March 2011 | viewed 0 times

  A quick reminder of recent history... REMEMBER Bear Stearns? You know, that quaint little investment bank which blew up 6 months before Lehmans and a…

• Fat-Tail Fatigue

  Published 09 March 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Back to early 2007, only with gold's fair value now at $3844 per ounce... Four years ago it felt like most finance journalists didn't know…

• Cheap Money, Speculation and Hoarding

  Published 04 March 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Vigilant? Jean-Claude Trichet ain't no Charles Bronson... CLICK HERE and you'll find a picture of $1 billion - in cash - courtesy of Austrian artist…

• A Sound and Credible Currency

  Published 23 February 2011 | viewed 0 times

  As a currency, the Euro doesn't have to do much to equal its peers... "SILVER HITS new all-time highs in Euro" proclaimed Zero Hedge on…

• India's Gold Demand Beggars Belief

  Published 17 February 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Despite prices rising 338%, global gold demand in 2010 was like the decade-long bull run hadn't got started... WESTERN SAVERS hoping to defend their standard…

• Inflation Fools and Central-Bank Clowns

  Published 16 February 2011 | viewed 0 times

  With interest rates impotent, more or less quantitative easing looks the only policy choice open... YOU CAN'T BLAME the financial press for being so wrong,…

• Insuring Your Pension Savings

  Published 11 February 2011 | viewed 0 times

  How much gold is too much gold if you're a fixed-income investor...? GOLD DOESN'T pay any income, of course. Which is why retirees and pensioners…

• Pricing the World in Gold: 4 Charts

  Published 09 February 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Equities, housing, commodities and bonds viewed through the prism of what money once was... WHAT WOULD the world look like if, as a handful of…

• A Moment of Clarity

  Published 02 February 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Is the bond market finally catching on to the "forced risk" trade...? AS NIALL FERGUSON never tires of reminding us, bond markets rarely react early…