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PowerShares DB Silver Fund ETF (DBS)

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  • U.S. Inflation Reports: Contradictions and Absurdities [View article]
    What would be the inflation rate be if you started at 1971 when the price of gold was decontrolled - the actual relevant point? It... More »
    Comment by Daryl Montgomery
    Dec 31 01:45 am |
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  • U.S. Inflation Reports: Contradictions and Absurdities [View article]
    The price of gold was fixed at $35 an ounce from 1934 to 1971.Prior to 1934 gold was $20.67 an ounce. FDR raised the price to $35... More »
    Comment by Daryl Montgomery
    Dec 31 01:24 am |
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  • U.S. Inflation Reports: Contradictions and Absurdities [View article]
    The price drop for gold when the U.S. market opens has been going on for years. It is has been particularly blatant lately. There is... More »
    Comment by Daryl Montgomery
    Dec 31 01:15 am |
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  • U.S. Inflation Reports: Contradictions and Absurdities [View article]
    Forget the CPI and PPI. Make your own basket of items to measure inflation. Include real items you use such as oil, gold, wheat, corn,... More »
    Comment by SoYouThinkYouCanInvest?
    Dec 29 23:15 pm |
    Rating: +3 0
  • U.S. Inflation Reports: Contradictions and Absurdities [View article]
    Well said. Treasuries have already started "to lose their appeal all around": China and other central banks have decided to dump the... More »
    Comment by mpm81
    Dec 29 18:04 pm |
    Rating: +2 0
  • U.S. Inflation Reports: Contradictions and Absurdities [View article]
    The USD was considered as "good as gold" for over a century. Foreigners were willing to hoard USD because the world's commerce was... More »
    Comment by ignoramusmaximus
    Dec 29 17:43 pm |
    Rating: +2 0
  • U.S. Inflation Reports: Contradictions and Absurdities [View article]
    If we use gold as a gauge of inflation, then CPI has averaged 4.64% annually since 1934 (75 year gain from 35 to 1050).
    Comment by dividend_growth
    Dec 29 15:52 pm |
    Rating: +1 0
  • U.S. Inflation Reports: Contradictions and Absurdities [View article]
    The prices of clothing, electronics, and housing go down. The prices of education, energy, and healthcare go up. Depends on what you... More »
    Comment by dividend_growth
    Dec 29 15:46 pm |
    Rating: +3 0
  • U.S. Inflation Reports: Contradictions and Absurdities [View article]
    Its not elusive and its not contradictory. Pick up an introductory micro text---one that discusses indifference curves, not the joke... More »
    Comment by cyclingscholar
    Dec 29 14:15 pm |
    Rating: +2 -2
  • U.S. Inflation Reports: Contradictions and Absurdities [View article]
    If the author is right, and the long term trend in the gold price is the best gauge of inflation, then inflation has averaged 0.8% pa... More »
    Comment by chap08
    Dec 29 14:03 pm |
    Rating: +3 -1
  • U.S. Inflation Reports: Contradictions and Absurdities [View article]
    Daryl, You babble a lot. When the relative price of a good rises, people do substitute. And quality improvements are not always... More »
    Comment by American in Paris
    Dec 29 12:05 pm |
    Rating: +2 -4
  • U.S. Inflation Reports: Contradictions and Absurdities [View article]
    Homer II Ah, another "socialist" plot, is it? Get yourself a book called The Family, by Jeff Sharlett. There you will get an education... More »
    Comment by Khyber Pass
    Dec 29 11:52 am |
    Rating: +3 -3
  • U.S. Inflation Reports: Contradictions and Absurdities [View article]
    Gold "correction" is due to the Fed and its Banksters proxies trying to manipulate the market by keeping gold low. Almost every day... More »
    Comment by paxjds
    Dec 29 10:13 am |
    Rating: +11 -1
  • U.S. Inflation Reports: Contradictions and Absurdities [View article]
    I think the most worrying stat is the amount of dollars in circulation with massive bail outs and injections. Interest alone on debt... More »
    Comment by Neal Vanderstelt
    Dec 29 05:31 am |
    Rating: +5 -1
  • U.S. Inflation Reports: Contradictions and Absurdities [View article]
    Right on, Daryl. The drones at BLS keep cranking out the fantasy stats to suit the criminals in power. But, more and more of the... More »
    Comment by Homer II
    Dec 29 05:09 am |
    Rating: +7 -2