Bud Conrad

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• Paper Gold and Its Effect on the Gold Price

  Published 13 November 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Gold dropped to new lows of $1,130 per ounce last week. This is surprising because it doesn't square with the fundamentals. China and India continue…

• The Fed's Stealth Tightening

  Published 23 June 2014 | viewed 0 times

  As expected, the Fed tapered its purchases of mortgage-backed securities on Wednesday to $15 billion per month and its purchases of longer-term Treasury securities to…

• Now Is the Time to Buy Gold

  Published 03 February 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Gold has been in a downturn for more than two years now, resulting in the lowest investor sentiment in many years. Hardcore goldbugs find no…

• Evidence on Why Gold Is Falling on the Verge of a Dollar Implosion

  Published 04 December 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Bud Conrad, Casey Research chief economist, predicts in this fascinating interview with Future Money Trends that the US dollar will implode and be replaced with…

• Despite Declining Deficit, Foreigners Aren't Bailing Us Out, So the Fed Will Keep QE Going

  Published 26 July 2013 | viewed 0 times

  The basic imbalance driving our economy is the government deficit, which spun out of control as a result of the Credit Crisis of 2008/9. But…

• Physical Gold vs. Paper Gold: The Ultimate Disconnect

  Published 23 April 2013 | viewed 0 times

  How can we explain gold dropping into the $1,300 level in less than a week? Here are some of the factors: George Soros cut his…

• The Coming Crash in the Bond Market

  Published 08 March 2013 | viewed 0 times

  It is my contention that the 70-year debt supercycle has come to an end. To put the current financial situation in perspective, here's a long-term…

• The Fiscal Cliff Was A Wasted Opportunity

  Published 24 January 2013 | viewed 0 times

  The label "the fiscal cliff" evoked the fear that something terrible was about to happen if the previously legislated spending cuts and tax increases came…

• The Fed Resumes Printing

  Published 07 February 2012 | viewed 0 times

  The Federal Reserve recently announced important policy changes after its Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. Here are the three most important takeaways, in its…

• Is Gold Still the Answer for Investors?

  Published 22 November 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Though late to the party as usual, the proverbial man on the street - along with members of mainstream media and Wall Street heavyweights -…

• The Coming Currency Crisis

  Published 13 September 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Poor Ben Bernanke. The greatest financial train wreck in history is going to happen on his watch, and it will be mostly his predecessor's doing.…

• Has the Fed Started QE3?

  Published 26 August 2011 | viewed 0 times

  The Fed surprised the market by extending its policy of 0 to 0.25% Fed funds rate to mid-2013. The way the Fed manages to drive…

• The 'Recovery' in Consumer Loans Isn't Real

  Published 01 February 2011 | viewed 0 times

  The amount of loans being provided by our banking system is a good reflector of the strength of our economy. Below is a big-picture view…

• Bernanke Is Making the Crisis Worse

  Published 23 November 2010 | viewed 0 times

  The Fed is a corrupt and powerful institution, and Chairman Bernanke is making the global crisis worse. His new speech given last week in Europe…

• Beyond the Point of No Return

  Published 14 May 2010 | viewed 0 times

  "We're heading toward government devaluing its currency to devaluate its debt in order to survive. That means you need to protect yourself. You can't just…

• Battle for the Budget

  Published 23 March 2010 | viewed 1,431 times

  Recently the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published its scoring of President Obama's budget for the next 10 years. It shows a budget deficit of $9.8…

• The Taylor Rule: A Tool for Predicting Fed Policy

  Published 19 March 2010 | viewed 1,598 times

  On March 3, I heard John Taylor over lunch at the San Francisco Federal Reserve. In his talk he reviewed the government's bailouts and their…

• Green Shoots or Greater Depression?

  Published 25 August 2009 | viewed 4,354 times

  While we aren't contrarian for the sake of being contrary, more often than not that is the position in which we find ourselves. Today, with…

• The FDIC Is in Trouble

  Published 05 August 2009 | viewed 13,508 times

  As we all know, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) guarantees depositors that they'll get their money back if a bank fails, at least up…

• Foreign Investment in the U.S. - Going Down, Down, Down

  Published 28 July 2009 | viewed 4,201 times

  Here at Casey Research, we've been watching the actions of foreign holders of U.S. dollars as closely as a Las Vegas pit boss watches a…