Meanwhile, we learn – in the same paper – that “Rising obesity will cost the USA $344 billion.”
November 19th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 7 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "Gold"
A Bull Market in Gold and Gold Alone
If you bought gold when we first recommended it, ten years ago, you are in a very comfortable position. Gold sells for more than 4 times as much today. But what should you do now?
November 18th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 3 comments | Continued
Dollar Rally the Sort of Thing that Will Lead to Correction in Gold Price
House prices were up 6.2% in the third quarter over the same time last year, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. House prices in the capital cities are surging. Stocks are surging. Gold and oil are surging.
November 17th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 3 comments | Continued
Best Investment Opportunities Emerge from Water, Agriculture, Gold and Energy
And some of those opportunities will feature a combination of these resource categories. One of the most intriguing combinations is what I call the energy-water nexus.
November 17th, 2009 | Chris Mayer | 0 comments | Continued
US Economy and its Political System Has Become More Rigid and Costly
One thing Americans take for granted is that they will always be the richest, most successful people on earth. They think that because that is what they have always known.
November 16th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 2 comments | Continued
$2,000 Gold Prediction
The weekend edition of the Australian Financial Review has gold on the cover, incidentally. You can see a picture of it a few paragraphs down. Underneath the giant golden letters it reads, “Why you shouldn’t laugh about gold hitting $US2000 an oz.” But if anyone’s laughing, it’s a nervous laughter.
November 16th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 8 comments | Continued
Gold: The Ultimate Unlevered Hard Asset
In fact, something important is happening in the gold markets right now. All through the 1990s to the present day, the world’s central banks were net sellers of gold.
November 13th, 2009 | Chris Mayer | 12 comments | Continued
Japan and its Economy Did Not Have Secret to Everlasting Success
Let’s see, in the 1980s Japan’s corporate leaders thought they were going to take over the world. Investors thought so too. They expanded. They wheeled. They dealed. Prices shot up and they all thought they were geniuses.
November 13th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 13 comments | Continued
Finding Assets that Out Run Inflation as Bond Yields Move Up
The week began with your editor wondering how the bond market would choke down another $81 billion in U.S. Treasury debt. On Monday, it swallowed $40 billion in three-year notes with gusto, and even belched in satisfaction. Demand, analysts said, hadn’t been that strong since 1990-when the bond vigilantes used the bond market as a weapon to discipline government spending.
November 13th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 6 comments | Continued
Hidden Inventory of Unsold Houses Will Depress Housing Prices
“Dad, I’ve got a good tenant in there. Besides, it’s not in very good shape. I’d rather sell it than invest more money in it. And there are so many places on the market, I can rent something better…
November 11th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued