Alex Wallenwein

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• The Fed-Engineered Commodities Cave-In

  Published 22 March 2008 | viewed 6,148 times

  The world-wide fiat system functions like a roach motel: Investors check in - but they NEVER check out! By it's latest hit on commodities, the…

• Gold And the PPT's Virtual Garden

  Published 19 March 2008 | viewed 4,650 times

  We all knew the world was ending... ... and then the Fed and the PPT stepped in and made it all okay again. Bear Stearns,…

• Gold Stocks: Boom or Bust?

  Published 14 March 2008 | viewed 4,153 times

  Depending on whether you prefer to see the glass as half full or half empty, the technical picture for gold stocks is either great –…

• Overdosed!

  Published 11 March 2008 | viewed 5,564 times

  Requiem for a Departing Economic System Continued US Fed liquidity injections like the Fed's previous "Term Auction Facility" (TAF) and today's novel "Term Securities Lending…

• A Super-Dangerous Dow-Gold Divergence

  Published 08 March 2008 | viewed 7,281 times

  Gold's been going up and the Dow has been dropping for months now. If this persists for more than maybe two more months, it can…

• The Next Step: "Gold and Silver Accepted Here"

  Published 27 February 2008 | viewed 5,383 times

  The fact that euros are accepted by many stores in New York City has made the news lately and is well known in gold investor…

• US Bonds: Safe Haven or Wealth-Cemetery?

  Published 15 February 2008 | viewed 3,773 times

  You know the spiel. Every time the stock markets drop, the financial press reports that US treasuries benefitted from the move in a "safe haven…

• The Coming Collapse of International Credit Ratings

  Published 06 February 2008 | viewed 7,832 times

  So you thought the Ambac/MBIA bond insurers crisis was bad? You ain't seen nothin' yet The problem, the challenge, the scandal, is not that the…

• Pandemonium!

  Published 31 January 2008 | viewed 9,005 times

  Markets in Uproar After Fed Loses All Traction From Merriam Webster's Online Dictionary: Pandemonium. noun; Etymology: New Latin, from Greek pan- + daimo-n evil spirit…

• Are Gold Stocks Dangerous?

  Published 23 January 2008 | viewed 5,339 times

  I have thought hard for a long time about writing this article. There is a danger that it might spook a lot of investors out…

• Indians Sell Gold - And Their Future

  Published 17 January 2008 | viewed 4,121 times

  Mineweb.com reported today (January 16, 2008) that Indians are selling gold to buy their country's stocks, allegedly because gold is "so expensive" and, in their…

• Gold and the Biflationary Depression

  Published 12 January 2008 | viewed 13,702 times

  Watch gold prices continue to rise, even accelerate, as the US economy goes into recession, then depression, while inflationary and deflationary forces will battle each…

• Gold's Two-Stage Mini Blow-Off

  Published 09 January 2008 | viewed 5,214 times

  Gold's rocket-blast higher on Tuesday, January 8, occurred in two stages and demonstrated a most unusual pattern: Courtesy of Kitco.com After a brief blip upwards…

• Gold Roars -- Euro Decaptitates Dollar

  Published 02 January 2008 | viewed 3,788 times

  This is almost a "No Comment Necessary" article. Take a good look at this US Dollar Index chart and witness the ominous Head-and-Shoulders pattern beginning…

• Only Gold Can Beat the Credit Crunch

  Published 18 December 2007 | viewed 5,525 times

  Of course - to any Wall Street power broker, economist, or US policy maker, this headline means the equivalent of "Only Space Aliens Can Halt…

• Nuclear Bond Implosion Ahead

  Published 10 December 2007 | viewed 6,870 times

  The US Fed's measure for long term inflationary expectations may keep it from dropping rates much further, potentially setting off a 'nuclear' bond-price implosion. An…

• ECB Breaks US Dollar's Neck

  Published 09 December 2007 | viewed 5,492 times

  Yesterday, December 6, 2007, the ECB's Trichet announced that, while currently holding steady at 4.00 percent, he is willing to raise the euro's equivalent of…

• Credit 'Crunch' - or Credit Collapse?

  Published 06 December 2007 | viewed 10,231 times

  How can you protect yourself during the worsening credit crunch? To figure that out, we first need to understand what this 'credit crunch' really is,…

• FED be Nimble, FED be Quick - Run into that WALL OF BRICK!

  Published 28 November 2007 | viewed 4,671 times

  US Fed vice-chairman Donald Kohn is in a quandary. I'm sure he's not alone. It's just that he happened to be tasked with making a…

• Straight from the Horse's, Uhh ... Mouth

  Published 23 November 2007 | viewed 5,310 times

  Ben Bernanke told us five years ago he would inflate to no end. Now he's making good on his word. Ever wondered why long term…