John Mackenzie

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• The Big Pen

  Published 21 May 2005 | viewed 2,543 times

  We are going dark economically, in good time, but not before the Credit Cycle has wound up. Lights out, but not until the Federal Reserve…

• Punk'd

  Published 25 May 2005 | viewed 5,057 times

  Ugh. Convention is dead, the sooner the Gold community awakens to this the better. I received this darling 'senticator' early this morning from a New…

• The ONLY Game in Town

  Published 18 May 2005 | viewed 6,448 times

  As the Dollar rises and Bond prices rise, foreigners are net sellers of government, agency and corporate paper... all the while securitization spins its greasy…

• Debt and the Delusionals

  Published 08 May 2005 | viewed 8,030 times

  A favorite book of mine remains 'Debt and Delusion' by Peter Warburton, published in 1999, the book was quickly ushered out of print; but remains…

• AU

  Published 27 April 2005 | viewed 5,165 times

  This is the most important M2 of 2005 for Precious Metals Bulls (PMB's). Figure 001: HUI Genesis On November 13th of 2000 the AMEX Goldbug's…

• Sand Castles: Part Two

  Published 18 April 2005 | viewed 5,755 times

  A few years back in an USA Today interview, Warren Buffet was asked his opinion of the "Buy & Hold" strategy for the average stock…

• Sand Castles: Part One

  Published 27 March 2005 | viewed 5,492 times

  An old adage: "In a ham and eggs breakfast, the chicken is involved, but the pig is committed" In Federalist Paper 45, James Madison wrote:…

• The Emperor's New Clothes

  Published 23 March 2005 | viewed 7,074 times

  Yesterday; was the pivotal event and turn for Precious Metals& As if on cue, the dislocations began in force. We are now on our way…

• Hedonic Hedonism 1/2

  Published 15 March 2005 | viewed 7,006 times

  The Inflation Rate from January 1970 to January 2005: 404.50% Rates of Inflation 1970 - 2004 1970: 5.29% 1971: 3.27% 1972: 3.41% 1973: 8.45% 1974:…

• Cheesecake

  Published 26 January 2005 | viewed 6,186 times

  Central Banks Reduce Dollar Holdings, Survey Shows (Update5) Jan. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Central banks are reducing their holdings of dollars in favor of the euro,…

• Anomalies

  Published 17 December 2004 | viewed 2,663 times

  Gold will always do as it wants, irrespective of opinions, cycles, wants, wishes and needs. Its value is intrinsic, its price based upon uncertainty, the…

• Simple, Direct and to the Point

  Published 12 December 2004 | viewed 2,963 times

  Projection We are approaching a KEY and pivotal Event in the next 8-10 trading days. I am 100% non-repentant in suggesting Gold is about to…

• The Goat Chimes In... Pass the Cheese

  Published 10 December 2004 | viewed 2,977 times

  Well knock on wood, Gold did not drop back to $400 yesterday but nor did it begin a breakaway assault on its 50% retracement level…

• Hero or Goat

  Published 09 December 2004 | viewed 2,575 times

  I suppose one could hang enough wallpaper on a condemned house to make structurally sound for awhile. Unfortunately, our house is falling down having been…

• Apres Vous

  Published 06 December 2004 | viewed 2,934 times

  Gold is preparing to begin a serious reversal over the next 72 hours. The rise in price will be astonishing and will have left many…

• Would You Rather?

  Published 22 October 2004 | viewed 4,305 times

  One Point Six Trillion Dollars, that's a whole lotta JING, but all in a day's trading for Uncle Buck. The Price of Loyalty to the…

• An ALchemist Spills Forth

  Published 19 October 2004 | viewed 2,453 times

  Scanning the Media's Plutocratic landscape this weekend afforded me a heavy dose of "Partisan Group Think" and with it yet another lesson in the Theatre…

• Low Rates and Deflation

  Published 16 January 2004 | viewed 3,058 times

  Over the last few days Central bankers have been making statements to firm the dollar. There are also signs that they are taking less visible,…

• Acts of the Apostles

  Published 17 October 2004 | viewed 2,875 times

  After an empty day of fishing offshore, the Financial Maladies plaguing our Nation began to fester once again. It's difficult to read or even listen…

• The Hundredth Monkey

  Published 13 October 2004 | viewed 3,034 times

  Oddly enough, I've been cheering on a "Marxist Dictator" of late. Not that I'm a no good pinko commie red mind you... no, but I…