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Why Aren't Gold and Silver Even Higher?

Gold should rise quicker but I believe most people will not realize gold is real money until it's too late for them. If you are interested in gold I suggest CEF or GTU. GLD and SLV are dervatives created by J P Morgan to create the illusion of metal ownership without having the metals unencombered. That is at any one given time the metals in GLD or SLV can be leased to or from GLD or SLV. No problem unless everone needs thier metals at once.

Are Home Prices Still Too High?

The demand for housing was mostly created by baby boomers. This massive demographic is now facing the declining value of their current homes and 401k's. Post baby boom generations are not going to generate the demand required to maintain the continuous raise in home prices. Set aside the poor economy, the demand for housing is not on the horizon. The collapse of the housing market just does not have many supports. The emotion surrounding real estate and how it plays into the psyche of of people will change. The purpose of a home is a place to live, not a investment to refinance (and take money out) for college educations, cars and other stuff. When the realization hits that homes are for living and not "investments", the price of homes will fall to the homes actual utility. You don't buy a car to latter refinance it, you simply drive it, now homes are simply to live in.

Gold's Strength Should Last Years - J.P. Morgan

What ever. If J.P Morgan is telling people gold will go up a little what does that mean? They are the naked short sellers. J P Morgan is not going to give any honest advise on gold.

The WSJ Is Right - U.S. Should Return to a Gold Standard

This government would rather bankrupt us than be fiscally responsible.

Market Watch: Beware the Ides of February

I think you little day traders should move out of your mother's house and live in the real world. After the first of the year many retailers will be closing stores or going out of business, creating a commercial real estate crisis. This combined with the failed attempt by the Fed to get more people to take on debt will make it apparent to everyone that we are in big trouble. During this time all you trading monkeys will still be looking for a market bottom. Grow up monkeys, they have been waiting for the brake out in Japan for 20 years.

Radical Solution to Housing Mess

The government owned public housing in your city should show you how well people take care of what is not owned by the occupants. The US would be one big project, crack dealers living 3 bedroom 2 bath tract homes. Go back to the golf course Bob.

Does Obama's Stimulus Plan Pass the 'Prudent Person' Test?

Increasing interest rates due to increased borrowing for the stimulus brings the the efficacy of the stimulus into question.

Derivatives and Bank Collapse - The Scam That Went Largely Unreported

The whole derivative market is a casino. Most people have no ability or inclination to understand how it works. When the casino went bust, the banksters held up the taxpayer to pay off casino debts. We are witnessing the biggest rip off of all time. United States citizens are asleep upstairs and the bankers are in he house taking everything they can get. Criminal behavior in now being passed off as capitalism. After the looting is complete our bankrupt country will fall into chaos and then tyranny. Wake up people, this is no recession, it's the collapse of our country.

Gold: Recycling Threatens Demand-Supply Equation

The percentage of gold used in jewelry is low. I don't think that physical demand for jewelry will have much effect on the price of investments in gold. However, jewelry shops around the world will probably not do well when people need to put food on the table.

Finally, Some Holiday Cheer

Oh Boy, the first trading day of 2009 finishes up, Obama is here and all is well. Let's create a new bubble somewhere and get out just before it crashes. I love capitalism!

The Name of the Game Is Bailout

If anyone believes that the current economic problems just happened because we live in a imperfect world, they should watch the next few year carefully. The central banks are now picking the winners and losers. The banks that were the most irresponsible are currently being bailed out. These banks now have more reserves than at any time in history. When the economy hits bottom these banks will purchase everything they want for pennies on the dollar (yes, banks can buy stuff) and emerge more powerful than ever. Years after this has all happened we will know the facts but it will be too late. We all know now that the great depression was a staged event and we all know who created the stock market crash and who profited.

The Illicit Relationship Between Goldman Sachs and Paulson

You got it Anthony. The Treasury is perfectly happy with the corporate owned media focusing on auto bailouts while the banks that received trillions of dollars shift the money to these "havens". Paulson will not tell us how much and who. We are witnessing crimes against the United States. The focus of us all should be on the lawlessness of the Fed and Treasury instead of passively waiting for them to save us...they are ripping us of blindly. So listen up you day trading monkeys, stop trying to find the bottom of the market so you can make a little day trade profit and pay attention to the crimes unfolding before your greedy little eyes.

The Dollar Is Dead

China has moved to only buying short term treasuries. There is no demand for the longer term securities so the FED announced it will buy them starting this week (this means that the FED has been buying them for some time). The exit from the dollar is in it's early statges. The dollar may surge agian if there are large stock market sell offs but the deal is done. The dollar is a dead man walking.

By Any Means Necessary: Stimulus Package Needed Soon

Do you really have any faith in a stimulus or partisan politics? This false republican/democrat stuff should be apparent to everyone by now. The stimulus won't work because the economy has changed. PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO TAKE ON DEBT and go back to the old broken ways. The economy is based on consumption. It will take a restructuring of the economy to get us out of this, not a stimulus.

What Does Gold's Price Behavior Mean?

I think that the price of gold will go up but it is not shooting up as quickly as it should because everyone is curious to see if the central banks are going to swash it. Central banks don't like gold leading the fiat currencies. The real question is if the central banks will put their gold for sale to lower the price. It appears the COMEX shorting conducted by the central banks via J P Morgan Chase and friends is becoming less effective due to backwardation. My opinion is that the dollar and most world currancies will be debased for obvious reasons. Unless central banks are willing to depart with alot of thier gold, the price of gold will go up and this increase in the price of gold will be an unwanted price the central bnaks will have to pay.