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January 14, 2007

We have seen the severe smackdown anticipated in the last Gold Market update, although it did first manage to trip our overhead stops by a whisker before plummeting.

January 12, 2007

With the price of crude oil now down over 30% from its August high of nearly $80 per barrel, many have concluded that the bull market is over.

January 11, 2007

PREFACE TO GOLD

January 10, 2007

Stockmarket trading has certain similarities with driving a car.

We all have favorite books, films, and foods. Books, films, and foods we always gyrate to when we need a treat, refresher, or to prove a salient point. I stumbled across a marvelous book several years ago in a Phoenix, AZ used book store.

January 8, 2007

Back in December of 2001, Robert Arnott and Clifford Asness published an interesting paper entitled "Does Dividend Policy Foretell Earnings Growth?".

January 5, 2007

December's larger than expected jump in non-farm payrolls is predictably being touted as evidence of a more vibrant U.S. economy. Unfortunately, the data does not support this conclusion.

In order to soften the coming blow of a credit collapse, a group of concerned citizens has decided to establish, in the year 2007, the Gold Standard University Live, home for the study of monetary issues placed under taboo by other institutions of higher learni

The USDollar decline remains in progress, the one which began when the United States citizenry and its Wall Street aristocrats observed the great eating orgy known as Thanksgiving. Nothing can stop a holiday where Americans make eating the order of the day.

January 4, 2007

The S&P 500 WILL BE UP 10 to 15% IN 2007

For commodities the new trading year did not start off with a bang or a whimper, but rather with an implosion.

January 3, 2007

Unlike other analysts, I do not provide predictions or forecasts in January every year. We stay true to our trading models, and this is our current position as 2006 ended and 2007 just begun.

January 1, 2007

The monthly chart of the HUI is providing us with the maximum amount of information concerning its future path that we could ever hope to obtain from any chart.

December 30, 2006

Dedicated to the Memory of Ferdinand Lips (1931-2005)



Student and Advocate of the Gold Standard



On the Occasion of the Inauguration of Gold Standard University Live*

December 29, 2006

Those of us in the older generation remember the 1970s. It was a wonderful time (for gold bugs). Gold went up. Almost all commodities went up. Bonds went down. Stocks went down. By 1980, most of the top mutual funds were gold funds.

December 28, 2006

It is a well known fact that the powers that be, want America to partake in a 'one world' system, and this has never been a political teaching or campaign speech by either Democrats or Republicans.

December 27, 2006

First Majestic, (FR.V - TSX, FMJRF on the pink sheets and AOLHKJ at Frankfurt), is a well managed silver miner, intending on becoming a senior producer through acquisitions and by adding reserves via the drill bit.

December 26, 2006

A very significant development occurred this week in the resource sectors of energy and metals, which could affect price action in coming weeks.

December 22, 2006

Long ago - so long ago that I can no longer remember exactly when - I heard the expression "an ant's eye view of the Universe".

December 21, 2006

I've been reading a book again, which I have had for at least five years. It is copyrighted in 2001, and titled "The Coming Collapse of China," by Gordon Chang.

December 19, 2006

THIS TIME ITS DIFFERENT

1929-30 = 1972-1973 = 1999-2000 = 2006-2007

The real currency story in recent months is the euro-yen cross, and not so much the euro-dollar headline breakout. In Japanese yen terms, the euro is on a tear. Aiding the euro is significant Asian diversification away from the USDollar by their central banks.

December 18, 2006

Lost art of stained glass

December 15, 2006

This week, in what I believe to be an unprecedented diplomatic pilgrimage, the sitting U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve were dispatched to China.

December 14, 2006

Although gold has not exactly glittered since it broke out of its large triangular pattern late in October, immediate downside now looks limited, while upside remains relatively unlimited.

Life is full of decisions to make. No matter what the situation is, be it serious, comical, or dire, there's always a decision to make as to what to do to remedy or solve a problem. Examples are myriad.

December 13, 2006

US Treasury Secy Hank Paulson and USFed Chairman have embarked upon yet another trip to China, joined even by Commerce Secy Gutierrez. This Strategic Economic Dialog between the Untied States and China deserves comment.

December 9, 2006

Its amazing how one thing leads to another. For the past few months I have been writing a novel (nearing completion) and have not been following the markets particularly closely.

This week, both the $HUI and $XAU's weekly charts have confirmed a major buy signal.

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