Don’t be confused by all the games the Treasury and the Federal Reserve are playing. Educate yourself as to what money is and what really backs the U.S. dollar. Educate yourself about investing in gold.
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2
2009
Confused About Gold and the Dollar? Understand Their Relationship Before You Invest
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold, Inflation, Interest rates, Investing, U.S. Dollar
Tags: Bonds, Dollar, Gold, Gold Investing, Inflation, Stocks
It’s not known for sure where the concept that an ounce of gold could always buy a nice businessman’s suit came from, but the analogy is used today by many who want to paint a positive picture for gold. The premise of the story is used to reveal the fact that the dollar has lost 95%-98% of its purchasing power …
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18
2009
May
11
2009
Is Warren Buffet Right About Inflation?
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: Bailout, Dollar, Economics, Gold, Inflation, Taxes, Warren Buffet
Oct
28
2008
Iceland vs. USA Economic Analysis
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: Economic crisis, Economics, iceland, Interest rates, U.S. economy
Iceland is in the midst of a crisis and raised interest rates today from 12% to 18%. The Iceland currency, the Krona, which has already lost half its value since January, and has been closed to trading, opened trading today and according to CNBC lost half its current value “boom, just like that.” But if you look at the economic …
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22
2008
I truly believe a year from now we’ll have many of the answers we’ve all been waiting for. I choose a year from now because once this Presidential political distraction is over with, and we’ve had another year of the continued crack up from the sub-prime mess and more bank failures, and more fed intervention (GM, Ford, possibly the airlines, …
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15
2008
Getting ready to watch the last debate with the topic of “economics,” which should be good for a laugh. Just wanted to share my thoughts on what the Fed is up to…. Putting yourself into the Feds shoes, I mean literally diving into the crown of Bernanke’s head and becoming “The Fed,” you have to answer “what do we need …
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18
2008
The Fed Is Relevant…. For Now…. However…..
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: Bailout, Bernanke, Dollar, Federal Reserve, Gold, Investing, Money, Stocks
Is the Fed relevant or do they cause more harm than good? The answer is “yes,” they are relevant, as long as people still think the Fed is relevant. The real question that needs to be answered however, is how much longer can the Fed keep playing this game and pulling the wool over the People’s eyes? The Fed uses …
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18
2008
Did you hear the other government rumor about gold?
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: Bernanke, Dollar, Economy, Federal Reserve, Gold, Inflation, Money, Stocks
Did you hear the other government rumor? Alchemist finds a way to produce unlimited amounts of new gold at essentially no cost. I’m just waiting for that one…. (Bernanke even made reference to it with a parable in his 2002 speech.) Here’s what he also said in that 2002 speech; “Like gold, U.S. dollars have value only to the extent …
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7
2008
If It Smells Like A Recession…
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: Dollar, Economics, Economy, Federal Reserve, GDP, Interest rates, Investing, Money, Recession, Stocks
The “only” thing that has kept this economy going is the housing run-up caused by the Fed’s manipulation of interest rates lower causing consumers to find new money via equity from their homes and now the only thing keeping it going is massive infusion of the money supply by the Fed which is propping up the stock market…again.
How long can the game continue is the only question….
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