John Ing

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• Gold - A Mad Tea Party

  Published 22 July 2005 | viewed 4,757 times

  'Not the same thing a bit!' said the Hatter. 'You might just as well say that "I see what I eat" is the same thing…

• Gold: Be Careful What You Wish For

  Published 24 May 2005 | viewed 7,946 times

  Rumblings of troubles at some of the biggest hedge funds raised fears of market contagion, particularly following the downgrades to junk status of former icons,…

• Gold: Debt - Supersize Me

  Published 19 April 2005 | viewed 9,788 times

  America faces "huge imbalances, disequilibria and risks". "If we can believe the numbers, personal savings in the United States have practically disappeared....and the nation is…

• Gold: The Debt Trap

  Published 01 March 2005 | viewed 18,528 times

  Deflation was yesterday's crisis. Economic growth is today's. What is tomorrow's? We believe that it could be America's large and growing record debt load. In…

• Musings: China's Contradictions

  Published 21 December 2004 | viewed 3,914 times

  Having returned from a seven-day whirlwind trip to China which took me from Xi'an to Zhuhai, I was struck by the contradictions in China. On…

• Gold: Four More Years

  Published 21 December 2004 | viewed 4,601 times

  The election in America is now history. Politicians and investors alike can confront the real problems of deficits, oil prices and a hostile geopolitical climate.…

• Gold: China Inc.

  Published 23 October 2004 | viewed 5,020 times

  Metal trading giant, China Minmetals Corp. bid for Canada's biggest mining company, Noranda Inc., reflects less China's voracious appetite for commodities and more China Inc.'s…

• Gold: The End of Cheap Money

  Published 20 August 2004 | viewed 4,640 times

  The Fed's subsidization of the American economy is over. The era of cheap money is at an end. Interest rates have ratcheted up again in…

• Gold: The China Syndrome

  Published 14 May 2004 | viewed 6,872 times

  Gold lost more than $50 an ounce this month, in large part due to worries that China will cool off its current torrid pace. Investors…

• Gold: The Benign Neglect of The Dollar

  Published 11 March 2004 | viewed 4,293 times

  The question: what can we believe? Before going to war against Saddam Hussein a year ago, George Bush told us he was certain that the…

• Gold - The Implications of a China-centric World

  Published 22 December 2003 | viewed 4,182 times

  Gold broke through $400 per ounce driven by investor concerns over the health of the US balance sheet, weakened by the most stimulative set of…

• Gold: Guns, Not Butter

  Published 06 October 2003 | viewed 4,059 times

  "But let it never be forgotten: Peace will come also because America sent her sons to help secure it". "I wish - with all my…

• Gold: Double Bubble, Toil And Trouble

  Published 22 August 2003 | viewed 4,668 times

  The War in Iraq has become more costly in terms of lives and money unlike the Persian Gulf War whose $60 billion cost was underwritten…

• Gold: It Ain't Over Till It's Over

  Published 17 April 2003 | viewed 4,314 times

  " The good news is we have Iraq. The bad news is we have Iraq." - David Letterman So that was war. In only its…

• Gold: That 70's Show

  Published 04 March 2003 | viewed 5,024 times

  Gold is a barometer of investor anxiety. Last year gold was the leading asset class gaining 25 percent, outperforming all the world's stock markets, major…

• In Gold We Trust: The New Money

  Published 18 September 2002 | viewed 4,247 times

  There is widespread belief that gold's recent non-performance was attributable to a stronger dollar, stock market rally, and/or central bank manipulation. While it is true…