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I have just finished reviewing Byron Wien's Ten Surprises for 2010. Now, I present you Byron Wien's Ten Surprises for 2011. He is bullish again. Enjoy.   -Byron R. Wien, Vice Chairman, Blackstone Advisory Partners, today issued his…

This is the third year I have featured the Danish Saxo Bank's outrageous predictions list. They are meant to be true outliers and not actual predictions, so don't expect them to hit 10 for 10 or even 7 for 10. The point of the list is to…

"...Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney tried to calm everyone's nerves by declaring that gold 'has no role to play in the international monetary system.'" Globe and Mail, November 12, 2010 Carney did not calm the…

A BIG GOLD interview with John Hathaway, Tocqueville Gold Fund When John Hathaway spoke at the Casey’s Gold and Resource Summit in October, many of the audience came away feeling like they were listening to Doug Casey, with his contrarian…

Who am I? What is Money? The Fed is Here to Help. by Frederick Sheehan Frederick Sheehan is the author of Panderer to Power: The Untold Story of How Alan Greenspan Enriched Wall Street and Left a Legacy of Recession…

by Lars Schall Folker Hellmeyer, chief analyst at Bremer Landesbank, gave an exclusive interview to chaostheorien.de. Yesterday we ran the first part of that interview with his take on the so called “Currency Wars,”China's role as a…

by Lars Schall Folker Hellmeyer, chief analyst at Bremer Landesbank, gave an exclusive interview to chaostheorien.de, with his take on the so called “Currency Wars” and China's role as a stabilizing factor in the world economy. Moreover,…

by David Galland Dear Reader, Despite not intending to be at the helm today, I found a bit of extra time lying around this morning, and so here I am. In yesterday’s missive, we kicked off with what I hope were some useful thoughts on the…

by Jeff Clark, BIG GOLD After sporting a testosterone-like surge in price since late July, both gold and silver are taking an ebb from their flow. You may think me mad or even throw a four-letter word my way if you're new, but I'm excited.…

by David Galland As I write, the markets are taking a drubbing – and by “markets,” I mean pretty much all of them. Given the lack of time and our only tangential interest in the broader equity markets, I’ll comment only on the precious…