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The Battle for $900 Gold

by David Galland Casey Research- International Speculator The current "battle" in the gold market is around the $900 level, a fairly steep retrenchment from the recent highs of $1,011. Some investors, their hopes dashed that $1,000 would be...

Published Tue, May 05 2008 10:23 AM by David Galland

Filed under: Economy, International Speculator, Oil, Gold, Food Prices

The Room 4/14/08

Written: April 11, 2008 Dear Readers, No question about it, we humans like to keep things simple. And no wonder; if the world is anything, it is chaotic. And so we look for our philosophy in un-taxing nuggets, the sort, perhaps, that might grace the back...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2008 2:05 PM by David Galland

Filed under: Economy, Inflation, Dollar, China, Housing Crisis, Biofuels, Olympics, Food Prices, World Bank, Karl Marx, Internet

The Room 3/24/08

Dear Reader , It used to be of no little pride in the small New England town where Casey Research is headquartered that school went forward, no matter the weather. Hail, 8-foot-high snow drifts, ice rain and, should they have occurred hereabouts (which...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2008 2:52 PM by David Galland

Filed under: Economy, Credit Crisis, Subprime Loans, Inflation, Recession, Dollar, Depression, Housing Crisis

The Room 3/17/08

Dear Reader , You don't need me to tell you, but the $1,000 mark is the latest to fall beneath gold's mighty rise. Even so, as a benchmark, the number $1,000 is meaningless. It represents no new high in the inflation-adjusted prices that count...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2008 4:33 PM by David Galland

Filed under: Economy, Credit Crisis, Inflation, Gold, Recession, Dollar

The Room 3/10/08

Dear Fellow Global Adventurers , This past week I came across worthy comments from Dr. Marc Faber of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report in which he comments that, by continuing to cut interest rates, Bernanke will eventually "destroy the U.S. dollar...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2008 11:16 AM by David Galland

Filed under: Economy, Natural Gas, Interest Rates, International Speculator, Inflation, Government, Gold, China

The Room 3/3/08

Dear Readers, It's getting to the point where even the most determined optimist is having a hard time finding a good reason to roll out of bed. Among just the smattering of news that crossed the lens this week... Producer prices rose 7.4 percent in...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2008 11:52 AM by David Galland

Filed under: Economy, Interest Rates, Credit Crisis, commodities, Inflation, Oil, Gold, Visa, Ben Bernanke, Recession, Dollar

The Room 2/18/08

Dear Reader, Foolishly, I now realize, I closed last week's column by announcing that I would endeavor to write today's entire missive without a single mention of... okay, well, just this once... government. Some readers have suggested that I...

Published Mon, Feb 02 2008 8:00 AM by David Galland

Filed under: Economy, Credit Crisis, Politics, commodities, Coal, Inflation

The Room 2/11/08

Dear Readers, Good morning! And welcome to this edition of The Room! If that salutation suggests a certain snap in my step, well, you'd be right. After all, one can't let one's attitude be overly colored by the gloom and pessimism now stalking...

Published Mon, Feb 02 2008 3:00 PM by David Galland

Filed under: Health Care, Housing Bubble, Hillary Clinton, Economy, Natural Gas, Interest Rates, International Speculator, Futures Market, Presidential Race, Credit Crisis, Politics, Subprime Loans

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