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• Riots May Kill Inflation

  Published 23 April 2008 | viewed 5,685 times

  The big question that has puzzled the investment community over the last few years has been "inflation, deflation, or both?" Those who make the case…

• Hedge Fund Leverage - Worse Than You Think

  Published 04 May 2007 | viewed 9,445 times

  In general, hedge funds are not good investments. Combine the steep fees with the fact that the overwhelming majority of fund managers underperform the market,…

• Modern Day Alchemy

  Published 17 December 2006 | viewed 4,047 times

  Webster's defines "alchemy" as the "speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance concerned principally with discovering methods of transmuting base metals into…

• Metal Bull Alive: Sticking with Gold and SLV

  Published 27 September 2006 | viewed 3,903 times

  While the Dow may soon briefly take out its old 11,700+ highs, the real story of late in our opinion is the recent pummeling of…

• CNBC to Become Pro-Gold?

  Published 19 July 2006 | viewed 6,167 times

  During the 1990s, CNBC's daytime ratings surpassed those of CNN. Go to any health club in 1999, and those running on the treadmill were glued…

• Bull Run - Gold and Silver Accumulation Ramps Up

  Published 22 June 2006 | viewed 6,917 times

  Gold started the year at $515 per ounce. Gold peaked at $725/oz on May 12th. The gold ETF (GLD) started the year with 8.5 million…

• Congressman Discusses P.P.T. and Gold

  Published 14 June 2006 | viewed 6,923 times

  Extracted from the June issue of The Texas Hedge Report Congressman Ron Paul of Texas enjoys a national reputation as the premier advocate for liberty…

• Will the Fed Kill Gold?

  Published 06 June 2006 | viewed 9,157 times

  So Bernanke got appointed and gold bulls cheered. After all, this was the guy who threatened to fight deflation by running the printing press while…

• Gold is Not Finished - Here's Why

  Published 22 May 2006 | viewed 6,677 times

  Every year, around the beginning of May, we take a trip over to a local coffee shop to see what the average Joe thinks about…

• Gold: It's Not Iran, Stupid

  Published 04 May 2006 | viewed 5,181 times

  TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shocked the world today when he, all of the sudden, decided to wind down his country's nuclear program…

• The Soft Underbelly of Mining Stocks

  Published 25 April 2006 | viewed 5,483 times

  For most of this month, the physical prices of gold and silver have been rising nearly every day, yet the mining stocks have been stagnating…

• Hype Machine Ignores Gold and Silver

  Published 05 April 2006 | viewed 6,563 times

  CNBC is not in the news business; rather, they are all about high ratings. Their highest rated show these days is none other than Mad…

• Just How High Can Gold and Silver Go?

  Published 17 March 2006 | viewed 9,938 times

  Phase I of the bull market in precious metals has drawn to a close. No longer do people look at you funny if you suggest…

• Silver Boom Ignored

  Published 03 March 2006 | viewed 6,981 times

  So after a quarter of a century, silver finally returned to double-digits. While we aren't fans of following day-to-day moves, the recent zoom past the…

• Gold: Phase II is Here

  Published 17 February 2006 | viewed 6,679 times

  From the late 1990s up until the last year or so, anyone who advocated investing in gold was viewed as a "gloom and doomer" or…

• Silver ETF Packs Punch

  Published 28 January 2006 | viewed 6,795 times

  In our articles titled "Silver ETF: Shock & Awe" and "Powerful Silver ETF", we highlighted how the introduction of a silver ETF would send shockwaves…

• Gold and Silver at Risk?

  Published 21 January 2006 | viewed 6,376 times

  In our May 2005 issue, we touched on the risk/reward profile of investing in mining equities. Gold and silver mining stocks carry with them far…

• Gold Smashes Dollar in 2006

  Published 04 January 2006 | viewed 7,967 times

  The boys on CNBC were back at it again on Tuesday. The cheerleading anchors couldn't wait to start the year off on a high note…

• Former National Security Advisor Speaks about the Dollar

  Published 17 December 2005 | viewed 5,425 times

  The following is an extract from the December issue of The Texas Hedge Report Zbigniew Brzezinski served as United States National Security Advisor to President…

• Gold to Correct Soon?

  Published 02 December 2005 | viewed 6,667 times

  It finally happened. Gold has closed above the $500 level for the first time since 1987. The yellow metal is clearly in phase II of…