Keith Weiner

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• The Unadulterated Gold Standard Part V (Real Bills)

  Published 18 February 2013 | viewed 0 times

  In Part I (http://keithweiner.posterous.com/unadulterated-gold-standard-part-i), we looked at the period prior to and during the time of what we now call the Classical Gold Standard. It…

• Gold Leaps Into Backwardation!

  Published 15 February 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Since late January, the February gold contract has been in backwardation. This means that one could make a profit by simultaneously selling a gold bar…

• Four-Letter 'G' Word Discussed on TV

  Published 13 February 2013 | viewed 0 times

  The title of the video clip under review and subject of their discussion is: "Would returning to the gold standard end currency wars?" Obviously, countries…

• Why Does The "Paper Gold" Price Track The Physical Gold Price?

  Published 05 February 2013 | viewed 0 times

  It's curious, isn't it? So-called "paper gold" (a futures contract) has a price that is not only very close to physical gold, but it remains…

• Impact of Germany's Gold Repatriation

  Published 20 January 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Germany has announced that it plans to take home all 374 tonnes of its gold stored at the Banque de France, and 300 out of…

• The Unadulterated Gold Standard Part IV (Intro to Real Bills)

  Published 16 January 2013 | viewed 0 times

  In Part I (http://keithweiner.posterous.com/unadulterated-gold-standard-part-i), we looked at the period prior to and during the time of what we now call the Classical Gold Standard. It…

• Secession

  Published 10 January 2013 | viewed 0 times

  This article originally appeared in The Gold Standard, the journal of Gold Standard Institute.   Many people are angry about the outcome of the election.…

• Japan Announces Purchase of European Bonds

  Published 10 January 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Japan will by the bonds of the so-called "European Stability Mechanism". (See Bloomberg article, Japan to Buy European Debt With Currency Reserves to Weaken Yen)…

• The Trillion Dollar Coin

  Published 09 January 2013 | viewed 0 times

  There has been much buzz in the past few days about a truly horrible idea. Instead of having to negotiate with Congress to raise the…

• Fiscal Deniers

  Published 04 January 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Everyone today is talking about the "Fiscal Cliff". It is a small decrease in spending combined with a significant tax increase. Let's put this in…

• Congress Passes Fiscal Cliff Deal

  Published 04 January 2013 | viewed 0 times

  We now see who are "millionaires and billionaires" in practice. They are individuals with income over $400,000 or married couples with income over $450,000. Their…

• Reflections Over 2012

  Published 23 December 2012 | viewed 0 times

  The last workweek of the year is complete. Beers were had with friends yesterday, Friday evening. The final shopping trip to the mall was completed…

• The Unadulterated Gold Standard Part III (Features)

  Published 17 December 2012 | viewed 0 times

  In Part I (http://keithweiner.posterous.com/unadulterated-gold-standard-part-i), we looked at the period prior to and during the time of what we now call the Classical Gold Standard. It…

• KeithGram: The 'Crash JP Morgan'Campaign

  Published 23 November 2012 | viewed 0 times

  It is now the second anniversary of a campaign to "crash" JP Morgan by encouraging people to buy silver (see max Keiser http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4IBUTHyROs). The idea…

• The Unadulterated Gold Standard Part II (History)

  Published 18 November 2012 | viewed 0 times

  In Part I (http://keithweiner.posterous.com/unadulterated-gold-standard-part-i), we looked at the period prior to and during the time of what we now call the Classical Gold Standard. It…

• Open Letter to Hugo Salinas Price

  Published 13 November 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Dear Mr. Price: I read your piece: "On the Use of Gold Coins as Money" (http://www.plata.com.mx/mplata/articulos/articlesFilt.asp?fiidarticulo=196). I think you ask the right question. This is…

• The Unadulterated Gold Standard

  Published 30 October 2012 | viewed 0 times

  The choice of the word "unadulterated" is not accidental. There were many different kinds of gold standard, including what we now call the Classical Gold…

• Book Review: Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand's Ideas Can End Big Government

  Published 25 October 2012 | viewed 0 times

  In Free Market Revolution, co-authors Yaron Brook and Don Watkins, colleagues at the Ayn Rand Institute, undertook a difficult task. Since Ayn Rand made the…

• Open Letter to Ted Butler

  Published 03 October 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Dear Mr. Butler: I read your article about silver manipulation at 24hgold.com (http://www.24hgold.com/english/news-gold-silver-the-arguments-against-silver-manipulation.aspx?article=4072424644G10020&redirect=false&contributor=Theodore+Butler&mk=1). I am responding as someone who wants free markets. I want to…

• KeithGram: Regulating High Frequency Trading Has 'Unintended' Consequences

  Published 03 October 2012 | viewed 0 times

  The financial press and alternative investing blogosphere is all abuzz about proposed German controls that attack High Frequency Trading (http://www.cnbc.com/id/49174317). Government always justifies its coercive…