Rob Kirby

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• Goldman Zeros Japan

  Published 15 March 2006 | viewed 5,203 times

  A news item was quietly reported - in Japan of all places - back on March 3, 2006 which I strongly feel is of the…

• Potpourri

  Published 01 March 2006 | viewed 5,813 times

  With this being the last Market WrapUp I write before we enter the month of March - I felt it appropriate to take a look…

• They Only Fix What's Broken

  Published 22 February 2006 | viewed 5,555 times

  On the 15th March 1968, the authorities closed the London gold market for two weeks, following an unprecedented three-day speculative surge of gold buying. When…

• The Tail That Wags the Dog

  Published 19 February 2006 | viewed 6,830 times

  Since 1993 - when the first exchange traded fund, The Spider, was launched - this type of financial instrument [ETF or Index Fund] has grown…

• Conflicts, Confusion, Clear Visions and Countdowns

  Published 15 February 2006 | viewed 6,064 times

  Believe It or Not For the longest time, those who contended that the gold market was rigged [the Gold Bugs] were looked upon with disdain…

• Hollywood Inc.

  Published 10 February 2006 | viewed 5,511 times

  Like something that plays right out of a "B" movie, U.S. Government number crunchers have raised the act of deceptive hubris to a truly specialized…

• Debt Markets Demystified

  Published 09 February 2006 | viewed 8,524 times

  This week the U.S. Treasury is set to undertake a very large and onerous quarterly refunding with the re-introduction of the 30 year or "long…

• The Times They Are A Changing

  Published 31 January 2006 | viewed 10,390 times

  Bob Dylan wrote about this, perhaps unwittingly - and in doing so immortalized the saying, "and the times they are a changing". Amazing how words…

• Forks in the Road

  Published 25 January 2006 | viewed 4,714 times

  This essay was originally published January 23, 2006. Canada goes to the polls today, January 23, 2006 - in a national election. Recent polls indicate…

• Consistently Inconsistent or A Wolf in Sheeps Clothing?

  Published 23 January 2006 | viewed 6,036 times

  March 20, 2006 sure is cropping up to be some kind of blockbuster date - and apparently not only on the financial calendar, ehh? Not…

• The Looming Fiat Currency Train Wreck

  Published 18 January 2006 | viewed 10,322 times

  While the bulk of the Western World's main stream media continues to make pronouncements about the price of both crude oil and gold continuing to…

• Snake Oil, Carnies and Four Flat Tires

  Published 12 January 2006 | viewed 6,159 times

  Why is it that firms such as Goldman Sachs [as recorded from 'Midas' commentary at the James Joyce Table - [Jan. 5/06] - at Lemetropolecafe.com]…

• The Road Ahead

  Published 11 January 2006 | viewed 7,335 times

  For those of you who have not been paying attention, there has been a considerable amount written recently about the Fed's announcement to "abolish" the…

• The End of the Innocence

  Published 01 January 2006 | viewed 8,226 times

  As a Canadian, I live in a country whose government [or at least their Central Bank] has divorced itself from sound money. It being a…

• Giving Credit Where Credit is Due

  Published 22 December 2005 | viewed 5,922 times

  Now I've got to tell all of you - that I feel like a pretty lucky guy. Well, perhaps lucky isn't the right choice of…

• The Grand Illusion

  Published 17 December 2005 | viewed 13,165 times

  Who hasn't read about the U.S. Federal Reserve's plan to discontinue reporting M3 money supply data? Well, in case you missed it, you can read…

• The Golden Globes - From Dawson City to ROB TV

  Published 16 December 2005 | viewed 4,963 times

  Here's a little story that would be equally at home in the business section on merit, the sports section from the "where are they now"…

• Weird Goings-On In The Gold Market

  Published 14 December 2005 | viewed 6,675 times

  To say that the price of gold has been behaving somewhat strangely lately - is perhaps a bit of an understatement. In fact, the steady…

• Crude Oil vs. Nat. Gas -- A Contrarian's Hypothesis

  Published 08 December 2005 | viewed 5,316 times

  Last week in this space, I wrote about the recent - post Katrina/Rita - pull back in the prices of energy [crude oil and Nat.…

• Gulf Oil and Gas Update -- The Fundamentals

  Published 30 November 2005 | viewed 4,199 times

  The chart above depicts the movement in the spot price of NYMEX crude oil futures over the past 6 months. Clearly, the price of crude…