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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The Building Storm: Gold, the Dollar and Inflation
By: David Galland
Managing Editor - The Casey Report
Casey Research
One could hardly fail to notice that gold investors have suffered a little more than a “bit of pain” over the past month. More like a good kicking as gold moved down by about 20% from its recent high of [...]

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Senator Jim Bunning, former Phillies pitcher, is a guy I previously didn’t even know was in elected office. I know now.
Reportedly he has spoken his mind to none other than Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke at Big Ben’s appearance on the Hill recently:
“Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I know we have a lot of ground [...]

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Scorched Earth Economy
By David Galland
Managing Editor, The Casey Report
Here at Casey Research we have been on the record as bearish on the outlook for the economy for some years now. Lest you think that is loose boasting, I can offer proof in Doug Casey’s August 2005 article, the dramatically titled “Profiting from the End of [...]

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The Casey Files:
The Bursting Commodities Bubble
David Galland
Managing Director
Casey Research
BIG GOLD
A steadily growing drumbeat is sounding throughout financial mediadom; a major commodities blowout is in the cards. The most widely quoted reason is a U.S. recession that will sympathetically pop the commodity bubble.
It seems to me that these views are intertwined with a changed perception [...]

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Political Stupidity
By David Galland
Managing Director
Casey Research - Casey Energy Speculator
A few weeks ago we witnessed a political act of such unimaginable stupidity, it is hard to not choke at the mention of it.
A cursory review of the details is worth a minute of your time. This compliments of The Oil & Gas Journal…
WASHINGTON, DC, May [...]

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Views from Vancouver
By David Galland, Casey Research
With the downturn in the precious metals markets making even the most stalwart investors question their instincts; it’s good to have some advice from the field about what is really going on out there. Here today David Galland, of Casey Research (publishers of Casey’s International Speculator) offers some insights [...]

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Gold, What Gold?
By David Galland, Casey Research
Wonder what’s happening with the gold market lately? So has David Galland, of Casey Research. (publishers of Casey’s International Speculator) Here he offers some insights into the current state of the precious metal… and the companies that mine it.
One of the most intriguing aspects of the current [...]

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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 quickly and decisively overrun, are seeing disaster in this correction and dropping their gold as they [...]

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