GE Christenson

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• All the Gold in Fort What's-Its-Name

  Published 18 June 2013 | viewed 0 times

  The official gold holdings (rounded numbers) of the US Treasury Department are as follows:   Fort Knox 147,000,000 ounces West Point 54,000,000 ounces Denver 44,000,000…

• Silver Cycles: What Next?

  Published 10 June 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Background Silver prices peaked in April 2011 and dropped about 60% over the next 25 months. Sentiment by almost any measure is currently terrible. Few…

• This Crazy Extend and Pretend Economic World

  Published 04 June 2013 | viewed 0 times

  In no particular order the following is a list of what many people think are contemporary insanities. Since most of these have been widely discussed,…

• Back to Basics - Gold, Silver, and the Economy

  Published 28 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  10 Questions for Precious Metals Investors Is the financial crisis in the Western world over? Have the G20 countries balanced their budget? Did the commercial…

• Scandals and Economic Disasters!

  Published 23 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  There is no shortage of scandals in Washington DC, New York, and London; and, there is an excess of monetary heroin, Quantitative Easing, in Europe,…

• Motive, Means, and Opportunity in the Gold Market

  Published 20 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Motive The various governments of the world and their central banks produce and distribute a product - paper currencies. Those currencies are backed by confidence,…

• Gold and What I Know for Certain

  Published 16 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  What I Know for Certain Death and taxes! Fear and greed are powerful motivators. Individuals, businesses, and governments do what they think is beneficial for…

• Silver Lows: A Discernible Pattern

  Published 13 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Conclusion Unfortunately, there is not, that I can see, a simple pattern that predicts the next high or low in the price of silver. Markets…

• The Incredible Weight of Quantitative Easing

  Published 06 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Skip the supposed theory and purpose of Quantitative Easing, and ask yourself what is its equivalent weight? Suppose we use the $85,000,000,000 per month that…

• What is YOUR Inflation Rate?

  Published 02 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  We all know that our cost of living in increasing, but how much? The official government statistics assure us that inflation is running around 2%…

• The Crash BEFORE the Climb

  Published 30 April 2013 | viewed 0 times

  The NASDAQ 100 index peaked at 1,485 in July 1998. It subsequently crashed to below 1,070 in October 1998, a loss of about 28%. But,…

• COT Data and Silver

  Published 25 April 2013 | viewed 0 times

  The Commitment of Traders data is published every Friday. It lists the reportable positions of the commercial and non-commercial traders for silver contracts on the…

• Falling into a Golden Twilight Zone

  Published 23 April 2013 | viewed 0 times

  A Quick Recap Cyprus: Warn the wealthy insiders, politicians, and Russians, and then steal from the remaining depositors. This will hurt confidence in banks, the…

• Silver – A Bipolar Roller Coaster

  Published 15 April 2013 | viewed 0 times

  You bought silver with high expectations! Then it crashed while endless news reports informed you that silver would drop even further. Frustration! Misery! Despair! Depression!…

• A Tipping Point In The Financial System

  Published 04 April 2013 | viewed 0 times

  March and April 2013 may go down in history as the tipping point for the western financial system. We have already seen: Lehman Brothers and…

• Silver - Keep It Simple! - Part 2

  Published 01 April 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Begin the analysis in 1971 when Nixon dropped the link between the dollar and gold. A pack of Marlboros cost (depending on local taxes) about…

• What You Think Is True Might Be False and Costly!

  Published 22 March 2013 | viewed 0 times

  What is more likely to hurt you is what you think you KNOW that is WRONG. What you don't know is often not that important.…

• Silver and Gold Purchases: Domestic and Offshore Storage

  Published 19 March 2013 | viewed 0 times

  You want to buy silver and gold. There is much to consider! Physical metal or paper promises? From which supplier will you buy it? Price…

• It's Going To End Badly

  Published 14 March 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Jim Cramer from CNBC: "We all know it's going to end badly, but in the meantime we can make some money." Thank you Mr. Cramer…

• Silver - Keep It Simple!

  Published 11 March 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Nixon dropped the link between the dollar and gold in 1971. Thereafter, the money supply rapidly expanded, consumer price inflation went wild, and both silver…