Julian D. W. Phillips

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• A Global Yuan Is A Threat To The Dollar But Good For Gold!

  Published 10 September 2010 | viewed 0 times

  We have written many times about the need for the Yuan to be a global currency and eventually a global reserve currency [one of several].…

• What Will Happen to Gold in a Very Slow Recovery?

  Published 07 September 2010 | viewed 0 times

  The Present Situation The 'better-than-expected' poor employment figures of last week were generally taken as a sign that the recovery is there, but L-shaped with…

• Why the Bank of Japan's Economic Stimulus is Good For the Gold Price

  Published 31 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  The issue this week was the meeting of the Bank of Japan where they debated what to do about a Yen strong enough to damage…

• What Will Happen to Gold in a Double-Dip Recession?

  Published 27 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  What is the likelihood of a Double-Dip Recession? Nearly all the commentary we have heard on this question says the same. "Yes, the prospects of…

• Why Gold Is Not In A Bull Market

  Published 23 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  What is a 'Bull' market? It is a market in an upward price phase of a market with the expectation that it will be followed…

• What Problems Lie Ahead for the U.S. Dollar?

  Published 20 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  The recent history of the Dollar China is the largest holder of the U.S. Dollar in its foreign exchange reserves at $2.45 + trillion. This…

• Are Juniors Ripe For Takeovers Now?

  Published 18 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  The Kinross takeover of Red Back Recently Kinross made an offer for the shares of Red Back with its Mauritanian gold deposits as the target.…

• What's Really Driving the Gold Price Now?

  Published 17 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  At the moment, it appears that the gold price is being linked to the state of the global economic growth or lack thereof. Is it?…

• If the Jewelry Market is Weak, Can the Gold Price Rise?

  Published 10 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Gold is still only $50 away from its record levels. The Fed is going back into Quantitative Easing because the "L" shaped recovery is threatening…

• If the U.S. Dollar Were to Fall How Important is Gold to the States?

  Published 06 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Since the demise of the Gold Standard, monetary authorities have tried as many ways as possible out there to sideline gold as part of the…

• Will the Gold Market Shift To the East?

  Published 03 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  China's central bank said in a statement it will allow its banks to import and export more gold as part of a program to push…

• Why more Quantitative Easing can't be avoided and will threaten the developed world and the U.S. Dollar

  Published 30 July 2010 | viewed 0 times

  The U.S. economy can, at best, be described as in an "L"-shaped recovery. It is anemic, faced with unyieldingly high unemployment and overburdened with debt,…

• Why Do U.S. Asset Managers Fear Government Confiscation of Gold? Part 1

  Published 26 July 2010 | viewed 0 times

  This is the first part of a series of articles that looks at the possibility of the confiscation of gold by one government or more.…

• Has Gold Had Its Day?

  Published 19 July 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Again this week, the minutes of the Fed's meeting gave cause for concern as they stated that the risks to the U.S. economy had moved…

• Will Gold ever be a Means of Exchange? Will Gold be a measure of Value?

  Published 12 July 2010 | viewed 0 times

  When gold is written about as money, it means different things to different people. Money is, after all, what most people see as a means…

• Gold is Back as Money!

  Published 08 July 2010 | viewed 0 times

  The BIS 382 tonne Gold Swap - Good or Bad for Gold and Why? Background In its 2010 annual report, the Bank of International Settlements…

• The Double-Dip recession Lies Ahead - What of Gold and Silver?

  Published 01 July 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Mr Bernanke and his close allies at the Fed in Washington are worried by signs that the U.S. recovery is running out of steam. The…

• Did the G-8 push us closer to Gold Confiscation?

  Published 28 June 2010 | viewed 0 times

  The global economic recovery is not looking good. The G-8 meeting this weekend saw divisions that could lead [as the I.M.F. put it] to losses…

• Will the Gold Price Rise Short-Term?

  Published 25 June 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Please note that this article will not give you a detailed chart of future gold prices or specific price levels, but it will help you…

• Why the New Flexibility of the Yuan Will Not Mean its Appreciation, Nor Gold's Fall in the Yuan

  Published 21 June 2010 | viewed 0 times

  With China dropping the 'peg' to the U.S. $, the financial world is expecting it to appreciate up to 30% over time. But we don't…