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Feb 13, 2003 at 00:00

The pundits explained gold's pullback as originating from the idea the US war on Iraq has been postponed. Hogwash. Bush doesn't need NATO or the UN as he's already threatened…

Jan 23, 2003 at 00:00

I used to think about inflation and deflation constantly. I still do. So do you, I think. We all do. It's important for valuation and strategy. Nevertheless, some gold bulls…

Jan 01, 2003 at 00:00

The hope among these gold bulls is that it marks the beginning of a move back to a gold standard, as if, suddenly the Fed admitted that it had it…

Dec 19, 2002 at 00:00

Bears are likely to argue that the bear market parameters are intact at $425, or the 1996 high. They are right that there will be resistance there. At least there…

Dec 03, 2002 at 00:00

I'm not surprised at the coincidence because the selling was seen to be coming from offshore (or U.S.) hedge funds, as opposed to some sort of homegrown panic; and it…

Nov 06, 2002 at 00:00

I think it is very important to understand the difference. A gold standard in the Austrian sense, as far as I understand it, means that without any aid from the…

Oct 21, 2002 at 00:00

Currency traders are betting a report expected early this week from a task force regarding Japan's banking problems is a sell signal for the yen whether it is hard-line or…

Sep 30, 2002 at 00:00

How many investors, for instance, would you guess cared that the market bottomed in 1933, after falling nearly 90% over four miserable years from its peak in 1929? It's a…

Sep 17, 2002 at 00:00

It's the seventies theme where the 1966 top at 990 proved to be the secular bull market top capping the prior 20-year bull market cycle that began arguably after WWII.…

Sep 01, 2002 at 00:00

Greenspan's remarks on economic volatility at a symposium sponsored by the FRB of Kansas City, Jackson Hole, Wyoming struck some important themes for gold traders to contemplate. This of course…