Alex Wallenwein

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• The Dow-Gold Crossover, Part Two

  Published 19 February 2005 | viewed 5,598 times

  Ignition ... when? Yes, I know. There were a couple of mis-firings on the way. So what? Getting a gold-shuttle up into orbit isn't that…

• The G-7 Effect: Selling into Dollar-Strength

  Published 07 February 2005 | viewed 7,673 times

  The financial press sees the 2005 London G-7 statement essentially as a non-event and reports "no change"in China's Yuan policy. All of this is widely…

• US Congressional Budget Office: Gold to Keep Rising!

  Published 30 January 2005 | viewed 5,572 times

  Well, the CBO didn't say that exactly - but it might as well have. On January 25, 2005, the CBO released a short, less than…

• Gold and the Money Unit

  Published 27 January 2005 | viewed 6,500 times

  The Trouble with Money The trouble with money is that people believe in their hearts that everything other than earning, saving, and spending money is…

• Gold ... On Hold?

  Published 20 January 2005 | viewed 4,728 times

  Is the $60.3 billion November trade deficit now "paid for" as recent foreign capital-inflow numbers ($81 billion) suggest? Is the dollar's bear market over? Are…

• Are Gold Reserves the Only Way Out?

  Published 03 January 2005 | viewed 4,829 times

  A very simple case can be made to show that world central banks will soon be forced to return to a pure gold-reserve system. If…

• Why Gold Shares are Limping

  Published 28 December 2004 | viewed 3,683 times

  The name of the game has changed. Completely. While during the nineties gold-control was designed to support the dollar, since 2003 it has actually allowed…

• Fundamentals and Stones ...

  Published 14 December 2004 | viewed 3,842 times

  ... will break your bones, but charts will never hurt you. We are living in "fundamental" times, Ladies and Gentlemen. Momentous events and powerful secular…

• Economic Heroin

  Published 12 December 2004 | viewed 4,916 times

  Debt-based fiat money is the economic equivalent of heroin. It has the same effect on personal, national, and global economies as heroin has on the…

• Gold - and the US Savings Bomb

  Published 04 December 2004 | viewed 3,686 times

  Americans aren't saving anymore. The US personal savings rate has gone out the window. Already decried as "too low" in 1996, when it still boasted…

• Gold-Bull Jitters: Where will it all end?

  Published 28 November 2004 | viewed 3,252 times

  As the dollar continues its breathtaking descent, gold-bulls are getting a case of the jitters - because the metal isn't moving up as fast as…

• Gold = Wealth :: Cash = DEBT!

  Published 23 November 2004 | viewed 3,701 times

  You can hold a lighter under a one-ounce gold bar for hours, or until it runs out of gas. Nothing will happen. Now try the…

• D-Day for Dollar-Dummies

  Published 14 November 2004 | viewed 4,251 times

  The US dollar's days on the sunny beaches are over. We are witnessing a coordinated, all-out currency-attack by the anti-dollar "Allied Forces" to drive the…

• Is the US Killing the Euro?

  Published 12 November 2004 | viewed 4,865 times

  Fighting an opponent doesn't always mean opposing his force. When faced with overwhelming power, good fighters often use their attacker's force to their advantage, like…

• Gold Shuttle II: Resuming Countdown!

  Published 06 November 2004 | viewed 3,268 times

  Please re-read our essay The Gold-Shuttle from March 31, 2004. As anticipated, it did take "months" before the actual liftoff, but that liftoff is now…

• Can Gold Stop Wars?

  Published 01 November 2004 | viewed 3,677 times

  All wars are deficit-financed. Please read that again: All wars are deficit-financed! This simple five-word sentence brings home a truth that is so profound, so…

• The Dollar - Poison for the Dow?

  Published 21 October 2004 | viewed 3,583 times

  After anticipating the coming Dow-Gold Crossover in the last essay, let's take a look at the Dow-Dollar crossover that has already happened in mid-2003. There…

• Dow - Gold Crossover?

  Published 08 October 2004 | viewed 3,992 times

  In previous essays I noted that, since early 2003, the Dow and the gold price seemed to have been trending together. That has remained true…

• Gold - And the Parabolic Plateau

  Published 27 September 2004 | viewed 3,749 times

  What on earth is a "parabolic plateau"? Isn't that a contradiction in terms? In the investment world, when an asset price trend experiences a parabolic…

• Riding the Volcano

  Published 13 September 2004 | viewed 3,301 times

  Is Gold really being "controlled"? Look at the price of gold that the London Gold Pool tried to maintain: about $35 an ounce. How successful…