Thomas Tan

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• Restoring Trust in the US Dollar with Gold

  Published 04 March 2008 | viewed 3,008 times

  Similar to credit as the lifeblood of the financial market, trust is everything about money. Otherwise paper is just a paper, only with trust, a…

• Will Citigroup Go to the Teens?

  Published 29 February 2008 | viewed 4,521 times

  What has happened since last August, is a very typical thing to the banking industry from time to time, about 5 years apart on average.…

• How Did OTC Derivatives Get School Districts into Trouble?

  Published 13 February 2008 | viewed 3,449 times

  There was a not-well-publicized article at Bloomberg.com early last week, detailing how many school districts in Pennsylvania have got into big trouble due to OTC…

• What Caused Home Mortgage Market Out of Control?

  Published 06 February 2008 | viewed 4,379 times

  Mortgage market used to a segregated, regional, illiquid and low margin but simple business. Local banks, acted as originators, lend money to home buyers and…

• The Worst Market Crisis in 60 Years

  Published 28 January 2008 | viewed 5,767 times

  I didn't create this title. This is the title of an article in FT last week by George Soros, someone needs no introduction. In the…

• Baby Boomers, Market Meltdown, Liquidity and Gold

  Published 25 January 2008 | viewed 4,374 times

  Well, we just had a very scary capitulation when both individuals and financial institutions join hands to seek liquidity around the world. Banks, bond insurers,…

• Will CDS Replace Subprime to Cause $1 Trillion Total Loss for this Credit Crisis?

  Published 20 January 2008 | viewed 6,285 times

  It has been a while since the 8 word subprime has dominated the business and financial headlines. Last few days, it seems a new 3…

• My Ten Predictions for 2008

  Published 29 December 2007 | viewed 8,606 times

  At the beginning of every year, Byron Wien, a former long time Chief Strategist for Morgan Stanley and now for Pequot, a hedge fund, makes…

• Gold as an Alternative Investment

  Published 07 November 2007 | viewed 5,367 times

  Gold has had a great run lately. As I indicated in one of my previous blogs, if you look at the long term monthly close…

• Private Equity's Boom Now Busting?

  Published 31 October 2007 | viewed 3,372 times

  There has been a great boom for the private equity (PE) sector last several years. And there are many discussions on what this sector as…

• Meltdown from Modern Financial Alchemy

  Published 17 October 2007 | viewed 5,545 times

  Nowadays after all the 3rd quarter write-off announcements from many banks, sub-prime has been mentioned less on TV and newspapers. The market has returned to…

• My View on HUI and Gold - Continued

  Published 16 August 2007 | viewed 4,162 times

  This is to update my previous blog and discussion on Gold & HUI in "My View on HUI and Gold" at http://www.safehaven.com/showarticle.cfm?id=5686. Since my last…

• My View on HUI and Gold

  Published 09 August 2006 | viewed 6,447 times

  I have been reading many articles on the topics of gold and gold miners for a few years now. Here I would like to share…