Monthly Archives: January 2012

Reality can be a real witch, as the Case Shiller housing data showed this morning that there is in in fact no bottom in residential real estate. Prices in metro areas covered by this market metric have now fallen to … Continue reading →

This morning’s announcement by the Federal Reserve that they would extend their zero interest rate policy for over two and a half years, plus the language regarding inflation targeting (meaning that they want it higher) sent gold and silver screaming … Continue reading →

News yesterday that India is willing to pay for Iranian oil IN GOLD is another smack in the face to any bozo who thinks that the main financial crisis in the coming years is going to be over anything other … Continue reading →

There is more and more online chatter about Eric Sprott taking delivery of what should be a paltry 10-15 million ounces of silver for his physical silver trust. Or a least, this amount is paltry in dollar terms (less than … Continue reading →

The turn towards investment realism means understanding that when you put money into a 401(k), or a brokerage account, or buy real estate, or whatever, you are a speculator, not an investor. One of the many discredited half-truths sold to … Continue reading →

In keeping with the theme of evaluating when a precious metals bull market ends, I wanted to look back and think about the winter of 1980, when gold and silver peaked out (even though it was not apparent at the … Continue reading →