Steve Saville

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• US$ Fundamentals

  Published 11 July 2006 | viewed 7,418 times

  Intermediate-term (6-12 months) A question we occasionally get asked is: how can we be bullish on the US dollar when the dollar's fundamentals are so…

• Gold versus Other Markets

  Published 04 July 2006 | viewed 7,689 times

  Below is an extract from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 15th June 2006. When the yield-spread is widening, that is, when short-term interest…

• Why Do We Have Taxation?

  Published 20 June 2006 | viewed 6,412 times

  Below is an extract from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 11th June 2006. If asked the question "why do we have taxation?" most…

• Gold Sector Review

  Published 13 June 2006 | viewed 7,819 times

  Below is an extract from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 11th June 2006. Current Market Situation During the long-term bull market in gold…

• The Stock Market: Valuation, Real Performance, and a Warning Shot

  Published 30 May 2006 | viewed 7,445 times

  Below is an extract from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 28th May 2006. Tech Stock Valuations The valuations of the major tech stocks…

• Understanding the Gold Bull

  Published 23 May 2006 | viewed 7,177 times

  Below is an extract from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 14th May 2006. We think the gold bull market that began during 1999-2001…

• Can You Profit from a Falling US$ by Buying Resource Shares on Non-US Exchanges?

  Published 16 May 2006 | viewed 6,721 times

  Below is an extract from a recent commentary at www.speculative-investor.com. There's a widely held opinion that you can take advantage of a weakening US$ by…

• Gold versus Oil

  Published 02 May 2006 | viewed 6,048 times

  There isn't a consistent relationship between gold and oil. In fact, the number of barrels of oil it takes to buy one ounce of gold…

• Gold's Message

  Published 25 April 2006 | viewed 7,483 times

  Below is an extract from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 17th April 2006. Over the past year the gold price has risen strongly…

• Interest Rates

  Published 18 April 2006 | viewed 9,014 times

  Below are extracts from recent commentaries posted at www.speculative-investor.com. Short-term interest rates and the stock market The following chart compares the performance of the S&P500…

• Intermediate-term Outlook for the US Stock Market

  Published 07 April 2006 | viewed 7,340 times

  Below is an extract from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 30th March 2006. The US stock market appears, on the surface, to have…

• Is the US following Japan's Path?

  Published 04 April 2006 | viewed 7,711 times

  Below is an extract from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 30th March 2006. Those who argue that the US cannot avoid a deflationary…

• Problems With Price Indices

  Published 28 March 2006 | viewed 5,295 times

  Below is an extract from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 26th March 2006. The attempts of modern statisticians to create an index that…

• The Non-Stop Inflation

  Published 21 March 2006 | viewed 7,356 times

  The definition The correct definition of inflation is an increase in the supply of money that CAUSES a decrease in the purchasing power of money,…

• The Long-term Dollar Bear

  Published 17 March 2006 | viewed 6,162 times

  Below is an extract from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 9th March 2006. Over the past two years the US$ inflation rate has…

• Iran and Oil

  Published 08 March 2006 | viewed 9,520 times

  Below is an extract from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 26th February 2006. Iran has been on the minds of many investors over…

• The Silver Versus Gold Debate

  Published 22 February 2006 | viewed 6,040 times

  Below is an extract from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 16th February 2006. In an article at http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north436.html Dr Gary North argues that…

• The Most Misleading Words

  Published 14 February 2006 | viewed 6,581 times

  Some of the words that are commonly used by economists and financial journalists create an inaccurate picture of what's really happening in the world. The…

• China and Gold

  Published 10 February 2006 | viewed 5,803 times

  Below is an extract from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 17th January 2006. China 's State Administration of Foreign Exchange recently said that…

• The End Game

  Published 06 February 2006 | viewed 11,781 times

  We occasionally read that deflation is inevitable because the total amount of debt in the system is so huge. The point will eventually be reached,…