John Lee

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• Gold up to $893: Finally, the Wait is Over

  Published 18 September 2008 | viewed 4,454 times

  The financial crisis is fast unfolding as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, Lehman, Merrill Lynch, Washington Mutual and Wachovia are joining Countrywide, Bear Stearns and…

• Eagle Rationing: Where there's Smoke, there's Fire

  Published 25 August 2008 | viewed 3,969 times

  The U.S. Mint announced Monday that it would resume taking orders of American Eagle coins on a limited basis after last week's sales suspension. At…

• Freddie's Loss is Gold's Gain

  Published 22 August 2008 | viewed 2,642 times

  Sometimes people are so caught up in short-term action that we don't look at the long-term picture. I have said it before: gold goes up…

• Bear Comparison: Today's Junior Resource Sector vs 2001's Nasdaq

  Published 12 August 2008 | viewed 2,678 times

  "Another lesson I learned early is that there is nothing new in Wall Street. There can't be because speculation is as old as the hills.…

• Primer in Mining Equity Investment

  Published 21 July 2008 | viewed 2,432 times

  In the past paper, we talked about the vast performance disparity among metals, and offered our take on which metals to buy (Gold, Zinc) and…

• Bernanke's Indecision on interest rate opens the door for Resource Juniors

  Published 08 July 2008 | viewed 3,294 times

  On June 25, Bernanke left key short term rates unchanged at 2%, citing "considerable stress" in financial markets and tight credit conditions. The Fed also…

• Not All Metals are Created Equal - Metals Review for 2008 and 2009 (Part I)

  Published 19 June 2008 | viewed 2,799 times

  Oftentimes I talk to investors, even sophisticated ones, and I realize that they treat metals as a group. Particularly in the subset of base metals,…

• The Case for USD 1,300/oz Gold

  Published 23 May 2008 | viewed 4,000 times

  In October 2007, when gold was USD 750/oz and a US Dollar fetched 7.5 Chinese Renminbi Yuan (RMB), I published an article titled "Gold and…

• Now It's May, Do We Sell (Gold Shares) and Walk Away?

  Published 12 May 2008 | viewed 3,025 times

  Here we are in May, and everyone asks the question, is it time to sell and walk way? Well that depends what you are holding.…

• Money, Inflation, Deflation, and Gold

  Published 05 May 2008 | viewed 3,280 times

  Money serves as a medium of exchange and store of value. Price provides an important clearing mechanism in a society. Here we are going to…

• The Start of a Run for Gold

  Published 09 April 2008 | viewed 5,741 times

  The price of Rice doubled in the last 2 months raising fears of fresh outbreaks of social unrest across Asia, where the grain is a…

• Silver versus Gold, with Silver Updates

  Published 27 March 2008 | viewed 3,607 times

  In August of 2004, when Silver was $6 and Gold was $380 I wrote the 4 reasons for liking silver more than gold. - Supply…

• Like Beauty, the Value of Gold and the Dollar are in the Eye of the Beholder

  Published 29 February 2008 | viewed 3,510 times

  Like beauty, the value of gold and the dollar are in the eye of the beholder, which at times can be entirely subjective, arbitrary, and…

• Response to Subprime Article by Nobel Prize Winner Joseph Stiglitz

  Published 07 February 2008 | viewed 4,411 times

  Mr. Joseph E Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize winner in 2001 for his work on the economics of information, recently attended the World Economic Forum in…

• Update on the Global Binge on American Debt

  Published 23 January 2008 | viewed 4,194 times

  We have written a series articles dating back to March 2007 tracking the US debt implosion, which are available here. The story started out in…

• 2008 Fundamental and Technical Review for Gold and Gold Stocks

  Published 18 December 2007 | viewed 4,500 times

  Fundamental and Technical update for gold: Confidence in Fiat Currencies The fundamentals for gold relates to the confidence level in paper currencies. When demand outstrips…

• Freddie's Insolvency and Gold's Immediate Outlook

  Published 27 November 2007 | viewed 5,434 times

  11/23/2007 This is a follow up to my last article: 'Subprime Mortgages Lead to Subprime Currency' (available here) in which I wrote: "The curious mind…

• Mining in Peru and my Visit to the Country

  Published 19 May 2006 | viewed 6,568 times

  Many precious metals equity investors have exposure to Peru through companies like Newmont, Pan American Silver, and Southwestern Resources, yet most don't know much about…

• Money, Debt, Hyper-inflation and Deflation

  Published 06 October 2005 | viewed 7,674 times

  I wrote about money and debt quite a few times before. Amid Japan's coming out deflation and US large debt problem, let me elaborate further…

• The New King of Money, HUI Breakout

  Published 22 September 2005 | viewed 4,489 times

  Gold $472 HUI 243 APE.v 0.43 SVM.v 3.95 HUI has gone up 20% since August 31, is it too late to get in? Looking at…