Hell, Meet Handbasket
By Doug Hornig, Editor
Casey Research - BIG GOLD
Currently, we find ourselves in a mess that many are calling the most serious economic crisis since the Great Depression. If not worse. A mile-high mountain of paper profits has been set ablaze and reduced to ashes, choking investors who put their faith in houses, stocks, [...]

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The Trial of Gold
By David Galland, Managing Director
Casey Research - The Casey Report
They filed into the docket, faces bright and smiley despite the shackles around their arms. The leader of the gang, Mr. Gold, was pushed forward into the defendant’s chair. The rest, including Ms. Silver as well as the members of the resource share [...]

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Whither Gold?
By David Galland
BIG GOLD - Casey Research
As we take a longer view on the precious metals here at Casey Research, I’m not much for commenting on current market gyrations or the various subthemes that regularly emerge in the blogs.
That said, because I know the topic of gold’s latest moves is of interest to many [...]

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What I Tell Myself When Gold Sells Off
By Jeff Clark
BIG GOLD - Casey Research
Psychologists say decisions aren’t made simply on what you hear from others but also on what you hear in your own inner dialog. With investing, that can be the kiss of death if you let either fear or euphoria dominate the conversation.
So [...]

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Dennis Gartman is calling for strength to be sold in the gold market as he feels that gold is in bear mode.
Don’t get me wrong, I have great respect for Dennis if for no other reason than his ability to get up so early EACH and EVERY morning! But Dennis, would you like to make [...]

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Why the Mania Phase in Gold May Be Upon Us
By Jeff Clark
Editor of BIG GOLD
Casey Research
That’s right: the long-awaited Mania stage in gold may be nigh. How can I make such a claim? After all, some have been screaming “It’s here! It’s here!” for months or even years. So I propose that instead of simply [...]

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The latest issue of Big Gold was just released minutes ago.
Titled “1001 Reasons to Own Gold” this is an issue you simply MUST read.
After the introduction, this issue begins with a discussion of the fundamentals of gold, including mine production and other supply issues. Scrap recovery is discussed, since that is often tossed out by [...]

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There have been a lot of rumors about the Perth Mint Certificate program. These rumors have indicated some owners having trouble converting unallocated to allocated or perhaps taking delivery of their holdings.
This is one of the topics discusses at the private briefing I attended in the Bahamas a short time ago.
If you want some of [...]

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The May 2008 edition of Big Gold was just released and I have to say the timing is perfect for several of the topics covered.
Take a peek at what’s inside this issue and see if you don’t agree with me about it being timely:

What’s up with Politicians? Around the globe several premier mining jurisdictions have [...]

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Earlier this month, China National Gold - China’s largest state owned gold producing company - bought out Ivanhoe Mines’ entire ownership of Jinshan Gold Mines (T.JIN).
Is this good news or bad news?
On the plus side, this is an obvious endorsement of the company by China itself. In the early days of Jinshan Gold Mines, we [...]

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