Tag Archives: gold
Reckoning Time and Money
It all seems so systematic, arranged, and orderly. Sixty seconds make a minute, 60 minutes make an hour, 24 hours make a day, and one day equals one complete rotation of the planet earth. About every 30 days the moon … Continue reading
Seeing the First Glimpse of Dawn
Here we are, just two weeks into the New Year, and things are looking up. So far on the year, the S&P 500’s up 2.9 percent, the Nasdaq’s up 2.5 percent, and gold’s up 3.1 percent. Even silver, if you … Continue reading
In Praise of Scrooge
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke did something extraordinarily remarkable on Tuesday…he did nothing. Following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, if you can believe it, Bernanke’s Fed statement made no monetary policy changes. Certainly, this is an exceptional feat. Remember, … Continue reading
Hell Bent on Destroying the Currency
We’re in San Francisco today taking a break from our daily labors to ride cable cars up and down Powell Street and traverse through the city’s sundried districts, like Chinatown, North Beach and Fisherman’s Warf, with our wife and son. … Continue reading