Gold •160 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
Platinum •10 mins | 945.10 | -4.00 | -0.42% | |
WTI Crude •10 mins | 68.93 | +0.34 | +0.50% | |
Gasoline •10 mins | 1.966 | +0.009 | +0.46% | |
Ethanol •160 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
Silver •160 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
Silver • 160 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
Copper • 160 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
Brent Crude • 10 mins | 72.52 | +0.33 | +0.46% | ||
Natural Gas • 10 mins | 3.212 | +0.049 | +1.55% | ||
Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.189 | +0.003 | +0.13% |
Contributor since: 29 Jan 2012
Keith is founder of the Gold Standard Institute USA in Phoenix, Arizona, and CEO of precious metals fund manager Monetary Metals. He created DiamondWare, a technology company which he sold to Nortel Networks in 2008.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 choice of the word "unadulterated" is not accidental. There were many different kinds of gold standard, including what we now call the Classical Gold…
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…
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…
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…