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  • The Top Ten Reasons that We Are in a Depression by Marvin Clark
    As the economy drifts listlessly going into this holiday season, thoughts of sugar-plumbed call options and zombie companies (FNM, FRE, and C) are dancing in the heads of day traders, fund managers, and CNBC.  Hooray, hooray, everything is OK! Well, not quite. While Wall Street is feasting... More »
    November 18, 2009 • FNM, FRE, C
  • Is Inflation a Lie? by Anthony Davian
    By: David StoneSeekingAlpha.com recently had a very interesting article titled The Unsustainable Lie of Inflation. Paco Ahlgren writes compellingly about propaganda in the context of inflation. The “Big Lie” is that national economic policy promotes inflation with the motive of... More »
    November 13, 2009 • TIP, GLD, UUP
  • U.S.-Listed Palladium ETF Coming by Don Dion
    As China and India push forward with plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions, platinum and palladium investors should take special notice. More than half of the supply of palladium and platinum goes into the construction of catalytic converters, which convert harmful gases from auto emissions into... More »
    October 23, 2009 • GLD, SIVR, SLV
  • ETFs: Survival of the Fittest by Don Dion
    The rapid expansion of the ETF industry has been tempered by a Darwinian-like natural selection process that helps to protect investors against bad funds. In order to invest successfully and safely, investors must be aware of the unique structure of these funds and the market forces that... More »
    September 22, 2009 • EFN, VNM, STPZ
  • Protecting yourself from World War III: Debtors vs Creditors by Bron Suchecki
    Steve Keen is an Australian Post-Keynesian economist credited as only one of eleven who "saw it coming" in this survey of research by economists or financial market commentators. The list also included Schiff, Roubini, and Shiller.Steve Keen is a follower of Hyman Minsky’s... More »
    September 14, 2009 • GLD, IAU, SGOL
  • New Gold ETF: Destined for Greatness by Don Dion
    The debut of ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares (SGOL) today pits the new fund, from successful issuer ETF Securities, against existing physical gold ETFs like SDPR Gold Shares (GLD) and iShares COMEX Gold (IAU). Physical commodity ETFs offer investors exposure to physical stores of precious... More »
    September 9, 2009 • SIVR, SGOL, GLD
  • How to Invest in Gold, Silver ETFs by Don Dion
    Both bulls and bears have been flocking to precious metals ETFs such as the iShares Silver Trust (SLV) and Market Vectors Gold Miners (GDX) to exit currency holdings and fight inflation fears. The list of silver and gold exchange-traded products continues to grow, and it has... More »
    September 8, 2009 • SLV, GLD, IAU
  • How to protect your privacy and your gold by Bron Suchecki
    Question from a reader:"I have been acquiring Perth Mint silver and gold in the depository scheme and am concerned about confiscation issues in the long term. Probably it will not happen, but again given the mindlessness of recent policy decisions there is no reason why the Australian... More »
    September 7, 2009 • GLD, IAU, SLV
  • Gold and Silver Spiking, and The Stock Market May Be Next by Marc Courtenay
    Gold is trying to break through the $1,000 level, and silver has moved up another  5% in one day to a level above $16 an ounce. These are fairly impressive moves over the past two days, and may signal that the market-movers are going to test the higher levels many of us have been waiting... More »
    September 3, 2009 • GLD, SLV, CEF
  • Silver ETFs: over 30% of investment stocks by Bron Suchecki
    Further to my article on Gold ETFs, which looked at all the ETFs and other non-listed custodian facilities who publish regular figures on their holdings, below are similar figures for silver.ETF/Custodial FacilitySilver Ounces as at July 2009% share of Total Privately... More »
    August 10, 2009 • SLV, CEF, SIVR

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