Nine Shocking New Predictions for 2010-2012

Posted by Matt in March 3rd, 2010 | 1 comment

Published in Favorites, Forecasts, All Time Highs, Bond Prices, Budget Deficit, Commodities, Dollar Index, Double Dip Recession, Economy, Enormous Implications, Federal Deficits, Fortunes, Global Collapse, Global Investors, Gold, Martin D Weiss, Martin Weiss, Massive Wealth, Ounce, Shock Waves, Sovereign Debt, Specter, Stocks, Tension, Trillion, Turmoil, Waves Of Fear, Wealth Shift, Zigzag Pattern

Prediction #1: Starting this year, most U.S. stocks are likely to fall in a zigzag pattern for nearly three long years!
Prediction #2: Gold will skyrocket far higher than $2,000 per ounce by the end of 2011.
Prediction #3: The U.S. Dollar Index will begin to sink in 2010 and will not hit bottom until early 2012.
Prediction [...]

‘Buy farmland and gold,’ advises Dr Doom – Times Online

Posted by Matt in February 27th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Financial, Bearish Market, Buy Gold, Buy Stock, Dirty War, Doom Online, Dr Doom, Dr Online, Farmland, Financial Meltdown, Fund Managers, Gold, Investors, Marc Faber, Pundit, Stock Market Crash, Tokyo

The world’s most powerful investors have been advised to buy farmland, stock up on gold and prepare for a “dirty war” by Marc Faber, the notoriously bearish market pundit, who predicted the 1987 stock market crash.
The bleak warning of social and financial meltdown, delivered today in Tokyo at a gathering of 700 pension and sovereign [...]

China Tightens Grip on Rare Earth Elements – The Independent

Posted by Matt in January 2nd, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Carbon Technologies, Catalytic Converters, China, Decade, Decades, Fossil Fuels, Global Demand, Gold, Independent, Iphones, Lanthanum, Leading Article, Leading Articles, Missile Guidance Systems, Nuclear Power, Optic Cables, Power Rods, Rare Earth Elements, Scarcity, Swath

Though rare earth elements are not, geologically speaking, all that rare, they are still largely unknown to the general public. That, however, could be about to change. The likes of lanthanum and holmium could soon be names as familiar to us as gold and oil. The explanation is scarcity.
Global demand for these materials is booming, [...]

Forecast 2010: Global threat assessment 2010

Posted by Matt in December 29th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Forecasts, China, Economy, Global Conditions, Global Threat, Gold, Middle East, Money, Probability, Term Debt, Threat Assessment, Treasury, Trillion, Us Government

The year 2009 was not an easy time. Do not expect global conditions to be much better in 2010. In fact, there is a high probability that things economically and politically will become even more problematic.
Focus will be on the US economy and there is very little indication that the situation is going to improve [...]

Rosenberg: Gold Going To $2600 Thanks To China

Posted by Matt in December 1st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Financial, China Gold, David Rosenberg, Gluskin Sheff, Gold, Newsletter

Gold has finally surpassed the $1200/oz mark.
But it may be going much higher. China is going to increase its holdings signficantly, according to Breakfast With Dave, Gluskin Sheff’s analyst newsletter with David Rosenberg.
So significantly, in fact, that gold could hit $2623/oz in the near future.
Rosenberg: Gold Going To $2600 Thanks To China

Gold sparkles in ‘perfect storm’

Posted by Matt in November 29th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Financial, Gold

Gold prices have rocketed to record heights close to $US1,200 an ounce as a “perfect storm” of market conditions propels demand for the precious metal, analysts said.
Gold, whose two main drivers are jewellery and investment buyers, hit a record $US1,195.13 an ounce on the London Bullion Market on Thursday.
Gold sparkles in ‘perfect storm’

Central Bank Buying Spurs a Gold Rush – BusinessWeek

Posted by Matt in November 28th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Economy, India, Russia, Businessweek, Buying Gold, Central Banks, Diversification, Festive Holiday Season, Gift Givers, Gold, Gold Demand, Gold Rush, India, Ounce, Precious Metal, Russia, S Central, Spurs

India’s and Russia’s central banks helped push gold to nearly $1,200 an ounce, although their buys amount to minor diversification. Is this a gold bubble?
It’s typical in India for gold demand to escalate during the country’s festive holiday season, which extends from September into January. But it’s not only gift-givers that are scooping up the [...]

China, gold, and the civilization shift – Telegraph Blogs

Posted by Matt in November 26th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Financial, Aaa Club, Bloc, Blogs, Buying Gold, China Gold, civilization, Commodity, Debtors, Economic Powers, Fiat, Fiat Currencies, Gdp, Gold, Gold Story, India, Large Scale, Middle East, Morgan Stanley, Russia, Telegraph, Threshold

Mr Jen is an expert on sovereign wealth funds from his days at Morgan Stanley. The gold story — essentially — is that the rising economic powers of Asia, the Middle East, and the commodity bloc are rejecting Western fiat currencies. China, India, and Russia have all been buying gold on a large scale over [...]

We’re running out of gold: miners

Posted by Matt in November 25th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Financial, Chamber Of Mines, Gold, Gold Miners, Mineral Deposits, Running, Second Quarter, South Africa, Vanguard

Almost everywhere, mineral deposits are being exhausted and new deposits are not being found fast enough to replace them, these experts explain.
South Africa, which was once at the vanguard of world production, saw a 9.3-percent drop in production year-over-year in the second quarter, according to its Chamber of Mines.
We’re running out of gold: miners

How to Invest in Gold ETFs | ETF | Financial Articles & Investing News | TheStreet.com

Posted by Matt in November 25th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Financial, Deflation, Diversification, Etf Funds, Financial Articles, Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Gold, Gold Etf, Gold Etfs, Gold Investing, Gold Shares, How To Invest In Gold, Inflation Concerns, Investing News, Investment Time, Market Vectors Gold Miners, New Highs, Portfolios, Precious Metal, Thestreet Com, Time Frame, Vectors Gold Miners

s this precious metal continues to test new highs, investors are flocking to ETFs like Market Vectors Gold Miners(GDX Quote) and SPDR Gold Shares(GLD Quote).
Investors add gold ETF funds to their portfolios for a variety of reasons: diversification, concerns about inflation, concerns about deflation and fear of financial crisis. Before adding a gold ETF to [...]