Julian D. W. Phillips

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• In Deflation, Gold Will Rise!

  Published 21 November 2008 | viewed 5,392 times

  What deflation really does to an economy! Deflation is a particularly pernicious economic condition. It is far worse than inflation. Prices decline in deflation. The…

• Governments Reflate and Gold Will Rise!

  Published 14 November 2008 | viewed 4,658 times

  A long and deep recession, possibly a depression is being forecast across a broad front. But the real picture is different. Governments and central banks…

• Government and Banking, Who Rules?

  Published 29 October 2008 | viewed 3,660 times

  The events of the last two weeks have presented enormous 'moral' hazards for governments and the banking industry. When we call them moral hazards we…

• Why the Indian Market Buys Gold When the Price is Falling

  Published 29 October 2008 | viewed 4,318 times

  The short response to such a question is that they aren't. They are buying gold in Rupees, whose price has been stable as the gold…

• When Gold is Savaged, How do I Choose a Gold Stock?

  Published 29 October 2008 | viewed 4,719 times

  Gold stocks have under-performed on the way up for the gold price and have been slaughtered on the way down. Is the day of the…

• A Credit Crisis? No its a Confidence Crisis! What's Next for Gold?

  Published 10 October 2008 | viewed 5,541 times

  Events on the banking, credit and foreign exchange fronts are behaving in a startling and frightening way. Not only are equity markets crashing but currencies…

• The Fifth and Final Year of the Second Central Bank Gold Agreement - What Lies Ahead?

  Published 03 October 2008 | viewed 4,481 times

  In the week ending 26th September 2008, the final week of the fourth year of the Central Bank Gold Agreement, two Eurosystem central banks sold…

• How will Gold and the $ Take Paulson's Package?

  Published 25 September 2008 | viewed 4,447 times

  Global background on the gold and silver markets The U.S. $ rose from $1.60 to $1.39 to the € in the recent rally against the…

• The End of Central Bank Selling?

  Published 17 September 2008 | viewed 5,019 times

  We are close to the end of the fourth year out of the five years of the second Central Bank Gold Agreement in which a…

• Is Gold About to Decouple From the Euro and Rise With the $?

  Published 26 August 2008 | viewed 3,231 times

  Gold has moved with the € and in the opposite direction to the U.S.$ for months now. The main reason is because U.S. Investors have…

• What Made the Gold Price Drop Through $900?

  Published 08 August 2008 | viewed 4,941 times

  In the week ending 25th July 2008, the decrease of €578 million in gold and gold receivables reflected the sale by two Eurosystem central banks…

• Gold and Silver: Safe-havens in Troubled Times?

  Published 05 August 2008 | viewed 3,544 times

  Each day we hear another piece of bad news on the banking front. It was called the sub-prime crisis, then it was the credit crunch;…

• Will Europe Escape the Maladies of the U.S.?

  Published 22 July 2008 | viewed 2,867 times

  Last week all was well, as no less a person as Paulson, the Treasury Secretary reassured us all that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were…

• South African Gold Shares - A Good Place to Invest or Not?

  Published 03 July 2008 | viewed 2,885 times

  We have been asked whether South African gold shares remain a good investment? Our stock answer will be from now on, yes, in the longer…

• Exchange Controls Are Proposed For the U.S.A.

  Published 24 June 2008 | viewed 4,534 times

  In a long week in which attempts to lower the oil price and talks about the $ were disappointed [G-8 meeting and the oil producer's…

• Central Bank Gold Agreement

  Published 23 June 2008 | viewed 3,505 times

  In the underlying principles of the Central Bank Gold Agreement lay the attitude of European Central Banks to gold. The agreements started as the Euro…

• The Oil Market and How It Will Drive Gold and Silver?

  Published 13 June 2008 | viewed 2,867 times

  The oil price rose to $139 on Friday and looked like it was 'spiking' to over $150. But is it? That's a rise of 44%…

• Laws against Buying Oil - Gold and Silver?

  Published 28 May 2008 | viewed 4,278 times

  Part 1 The chairman of a Senate oversight committee, Joseph Lieberman, has said he is considering legislation to place limits on large institutional investors in…

• What the Oil Price is Telling Us and Will it Affect Gold and Silver Prices?

  Published 23 May 2008 | viewed 2,898 times

  Part II [of a II part article] Why Supply is Not Rising with Higher Prices? On the supply side, certain opaque realities are often overlooked…

• What the Oil Price is Telling Us and Will it Affect Gold and Silver Prices?

  Published 20 May 2008 | viewed 4,384 times

  Part I [of a II part article] The oil price has in the past few years been a major influence on the gold price and…