"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •295 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 966.10 | -14.20 | -1.45% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 63.23 | +0.44 | +0.70% |
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Gasoline •13 mins | 2.120 | +0.015 | +0.70% |
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Ethanol •295 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •295 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 295 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 295 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 mins | 66.91 | +0.36 | +0.54% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 2.917 | -0.013 | -0.44% | |
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Heating Oil • 20 mins | 2.158 | +0.014 | +0.65% |
John Browne
Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010
Biography
John Browne is the Senior Economic Consultant for Euro Pacific Capital, Inc. Mr. Brown is a distinguished former member of Britain's Parliament who served on the Treasury Select Committee, as Chairman of the Conservative Small Business Committee, and as a close associate of then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Among his many notable assignments, John served as a principal advisor to Mrs. Thatcher's government on issues related to the Soviet Union, and was the first to convince Thatcher of the growing stature of then Agriculture Minister Mikhail Gorbachev. As a partial result of Brown's advocacy, Thatcher famously pronounced that Gorbachev was a man the West "could do business with." A graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Britain's version of West Point and retired British army major, John served as a pilot, parachutist, and communications specialist in the elite Grenadiers of the Royal Guard.
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Annus Horribilis
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Bernanke Presses His Luck
The vast majority of economists now say that the recession is over. Many expect nominal GDP growth as high as four percent in 2010. Now,…
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As Good As Gold
As the price of gold has pulled back from its recent run up to $1,200, many investors are left to ponder what exactly drives the…
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The Buck Stops Where?
Last week, we witnessed Ben Bernanke's Senate confirmation hearings for a second term as Fed Chairman. The air was thick with hypocrisy, as Senators vied…
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Mirage in the Desert
In recent days, world attention has focused on the potential debt default of Dubai World, the main government-owned corporation in the emirate of Dubai. The…
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Big Players Get Physical with Gold
Over past years, we at Euro Pacific have taken an increasingly jaundiced view of paper currencies and written repeatedly about gold as an alternative. Along…
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Country at a Crossroads
The U.S. economy is in uncertain times. Analysts are split between those seeing recovery and those fearing a second downturn. This confusion is being echoed…
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A Toxic Cocktail
Last week, the Fed extended its emergency economic powers, which include lending to the money center banks at zero interest. A few days later, the…
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Boasting of Glory
Last week, to the delight of its media cheerleaders, the government announced that economic growth had returned and the recession had ended. But before we…
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Inflation by Stealth
Over the past two years, the federal government and the Federal Reserve have dispersed trillions of public dollars, run up enormous deficits, and kept interest…
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Media Litmus Test
In a small bit of Washington irony, a government panel convened this week under the guise of ensuring 'expressive freedom' on the Internet, while at…
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U.S. Stock Markets Disconnected from Reality
Earlier this year, I predicted that the 2009 rally in U.S. stocks could bring the Dow Jones Index as high as 10,000. It looks like…
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The Currency Cabal
On October 6th, The Independent newspaper of London set off shock-waves around the world with a report that secret meetings were held between the OPEC…
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A Somber G-20
As a part-time member of the press corps, I had the good fortune to attend many of the public sessions at last week's G-20 meeting…
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Trade Battle Explained
The Obama Administration waited until the wee hours of September 11th, 2009 to quietly inform Americans of its decision to slap new tariffs against low-end…
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Bullish Stance Wears Thin
Readers familiar with my views know that I believe that the current stock market rally is a bullish chapter in an otherwise bearish novel. In…
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Money Talks, Gold Shouts
In the second quarter of 2008, when it became clear that bankrupted financial institutions would be bailed out by the federal government, gold did a…
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A Failure of Capitalism?
Politicians often find scapegoats for America's economic woes. It is rare - if ever - that they point the finger at themselves. Yet, the basic…
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Bernanke's Victory Lap
Despite vocal criticism of the Federal Reserve's stewardship of the economy over the past decade, President Obama's renomination of Ben Bernanke to a second term…
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American Spirit Emerging
Despite growing concerns about the growth in Federal spending, voiced this week by none other than Warren Buffett, Washington seems determined to keep its foot…
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