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This is the Golden Age of Fed Watching. And we’ve done our fair share. On a day when we have speeches from 5 Fed presidents and 1 governor, what more is there to say that hasn’t already been said? Faith in the Fed is high, and capital…

How to value gold is an age old frustration. As every schoolboy knows, it yields nothing and so can’t be valued on cash flows. It has very little industrial use. There is, however, a natural human tendency toward the use of currency so gold…

Source: Diane Fraser of The Gold Report 10/13/2010 Carlsbad is several hundred miles south of Sutter's Mill, but the experts and investors who gathered for Casey Research's recent Gold Summit were just as enthusiastic about the precious…

On Gold EconomPic: On the Value of Gold Vietnam considers end to gold import ban; global prices rise | beyondbrics | FT.com Correction Could be Coming For Gold – CNBC Why has the price of gold risen 300%? | Kenneth Rogoff |…

Jim Bianco was on Bloomberg TV on "Taking Stock" talking about the US dollar. Bianco also discussed Federal Reserve monetary policy, US stocks and corporate earnings.  Bianco makes a few points on monetary policy that I made,…

I have just been listening to Ben Davies' podcast (see also FT Alphaville here) from Hinde Capital about the funding issues of the Japanese government and the points he makes are important. I have used the metaphor of Japan as a bumblebee…

In David Rosenberg's latest daily market commentary, he showed some concern about the rally in gold and suggested near-tern caution. Rosenberg writes: I LOVE GOLD, BUT.... ....The recent surge is the same chart as in March 2008,…

by David Galland Acting in my role as master of ceremonies at the Casey’s Gold & Resource Summit, I asked the faculty this question on more than one occasion. The answer is quite simple and has been discussed in previous editions of…

David Tice, chief portfolio strategist for bear markets at Federated Investors, talks to Bloomberg about the outlook for the U.S. economy and stock market.  He is expecting to see signs of a `Double Dip' Recession.  He also…

by David Galland, Managing Director, Casey Research It's important to recognize what's actually going on with the price of gold, which has broken into new record territory again today – to $1,331 as I write. It is not that there has been a…