Happy New Year, my friends! This is John van Eck speaking to you on January 2, 2001. Our next Update will be on January 16, 2001.
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January 6, 2001
January 5, 2001
Halleluiah . .
In July of 1927, Ogden Mills, the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury organized a remarkable meeting at his home on Long Island. He had invited the most powerful money men of his era - the central bankers of England, France, the U.S. and Germany.
January 2, 2001
It is apparent to me that financial storms and perhaps "The Perfect Financial Storm" may be heading towards the U.S. economy. For unseasoned investors, any sort of financial storm – whether a bear market or recession – triggers fear.
January 1, 2001
Particularly as the third millennium begins, speculation regarding the economy is rife. This is especially true in America, where the election debacle has, as such things do, caused a stock-market flutter.
We noted that the O'Higgins process calls for you to determine whether to be on the long end of the yield curve if the price of gold declined during the most recent year compared to the prior year.
December 30, 2000
The economic horizon is dark with approaching storm clouds. This much is obvious to any reasonable person wondering what the new year will bring. The official Y2K begins on December 31st at midnight.
Stagflation: a term coined by economists in the 1970s to describe the previously unprecedented combination of slow economic growth and rising prices.
December 29, 2000
A delicate balancing act . .
December 23, 2000
The sky is falling? Actually, most of the market is way past that bubble-bursting projected in the forecast for this year, presented over a year ago, and with roots dating to our bullish-to-bearish turn in Apr
December 21, 2000
The price of gold, in our opinion, seems to be winding up for a further upward move from its November "intermediate bottom".
December 20, 2000
It was not long after the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee was formed almost two years ago that I sent out a missive elucidating GATA's strategy to defeat the Gold Cartel:
It has long been observed that the stock market is the only trading avenue in which low prices repel potential buyers and high prices attract them. This maxim has especially been proven in recent years in the natural resource and raw materials sectors.
December 18, 2000
All Eyes on The Greenback
December 15, 2000
Prospective political response patterns . .
December 12, 2000
The June 1972 break-in at the Democratic headquarters in the Watergate building in Washington, DC, seemed at the time suspicious to even the casual observer of government intrigue.
December 11, 2000
Never in history was gold manipulated down as extensively as it was under Bretton Woods agreements.
December 10, 2000
The following Complaint was filed on December 7, 2000, in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts. For publication here, the original document has been converted to HTML format.
December 8, 2000
Elements of a bottom gelled . .
How Could Irving Fisher Have Been So Wrong?
Yesterday, Alan Greenspan gave a speech and everyone rejoiced.
December 6, 2000
The price of gold, in our opinion, has finally successfully completed a fourteen month test of the move from its 1999 "bottom" of $ 254 an ounce to $ 324 an ounce in early October 1999.
December 4, 2000
November 15, 2000
The Crash of 1987
Memo To: Bob Woodward, Washington Post
From: Jude Wanniski
Re: Alan Greenspan, the Maestro
On Oct. 24th (the weekend) I wrote an article titled "Newmonts Big Clue" for GOLD-EAGLE. In that article I outlined the very high confidence big picture Ewave pattern unfolding in NEM and said, "a Wave 4 rally ended on 9-12 at 19.81.
The Canadian dollar saw a strong rise during 1999. See the Finance Dept website.
December 1, 2000
Midweek heaviness . .
Just how low can the NASDAQ go? The answer, based on the factual, historical record, is 87%. 87% is what the New York stock exchange lost in value between October 1929 and its eventual bottom in 1933.
A recent discovery has shed new light on our understanding of economic cycles.
November 30, 2000
1. Gold is Undervalued. Right now, the price of gold is trading at $266 per ounce. The following figures put the current price of gold in historical perspective: