2001 Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz was on CNBC last week and he appears to agree with billionaire Warren Buffett that this economic downturn, certainly a recession, will be the worst since the Great Depression.
Primary causes are cited as zero savings rate among Americans that is certain to go up, sky high energy costs and [...]

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Inflation or Deflation?

An interview with Bud Conrad, Casey Research chief economist
The following interview, conducted by Louis James, a senior analyst and editor with Casey Research, appeared in the March 08’ edition of Casey’s International Speculator.
Louis James (LJ): The first question we think most readers will want to know about is this: if the [...]

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So Is Now The Time to Buy Gold or Sell It?
Dr. Gary North is an Austrian Economist, and student of the great Ludwig Von Mises.
Gary North claims a perfect timing call when 2 weeks ago he suggested selling Gold (although keep your core holdings of physical Gold). His argument is that the Fed is actually [...]

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Jim Rogers agrees with Ron Paul: “Abolish the Fed”
Jim Rogers, legendary investor extraordinaire, not only says we will have a recession anyway in spite of the Federal Reserve’s huge rate cut and buying garbage mortgages from troubled banks, but that they are doing more harm to America’s 300 million citizens than good.
Ron Paul said it [...]

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Financial Planning in a Recessive Economy
Speculation abounds in the news today; recession is imminent, dark days for the economy is ahead. This should not affect your financial planning, however, and there are a number of ways in which you can ensure that the state of the national economy has a minimum effect on your [...]

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Will Gold Crash in a Recession?

By
Bud Conrad and David Galland, Editors
BIG GOLD from Casey Research
From the 1990s until today, Americans have maintained their life style by borrowing.
As the American consumer is about to find out, the bill for that life style is coming due.
 
So where will that lead the U.S. economy? Simply stated, surveying the [...]

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