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"Gold"

Jun

3

2011

Increase In Bank Sub-investment Grade Derivatives Reveal A Need For Gold Insurance

By: Doug Eberhardt Category: Gold Tags: bank failures, bank of america, Bank sub-investment grade derivatives, Credit Contraction, Deflation, FASB, FDIC, Federal Reserve, foreclosure, Gold, J.P. Morgan, mark to market, occ, TARP, too big to fail

The financial crisis started with banks getting burned in the derivatives market. Then TARP was manipulated to help banks get cash. Next came the Federal Accounting Standards Board (FASB) allowing banks to mark to model (fantasy) their real estate assets (cheat). And now we have come full circle once again as banks own more sub-investment grade derivatives today than at …

Mar

29

2011

Does Real Estate Or Gold Have A Bright Future?

By: Doug Eberhardt Category: Gold Tags: 2009 Recovery Act, Consumer Confidence Index, Gold, Real Estate, U.S. Economic Outlook, Unemployment

Every once in awhile, I keep tabs on what’s going on with real estate. I have friends and clients who will ask me my thoughts and I try to analyze what’s going on in real estate with a non-biased approach, say as opposed to your typical real estate agent. I approach gold and silver the same way, sometimes giving …

Mar

25

2011

Failed European Bank Stress Tests Offer Even More Reasons To Own Physical Gold and Silver

By: Doug Eberhardt Category: Gold Tags: ECB, European Bank Stress Test, Federeal Reserve, Gold, PIIGS, Portugal, Portuguese banks, silver, Spanish banks

One by one, country by country, the Eurozone’s PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain) are succumbing to the excesses of the credit expansion era that saw out of control government spending and banks lending to businesses and consumers who now can’t pay the loans back. At the same time, the traditional way banks make profit has also disappeared as …

Jan

20

2011

Why Gold Is a Better Currency Indicator Than the U.S. Dollar Index

By: Doug Eberhardt Category: Gold Tags: CNBC, Currencies, Dollar vs Gold, Gold, Seeking Alpha, U.S. Dollar Index

This article will explain the U.S. Dollar Index and then make conclusions on how it is not a true indicator of U.S. dollar strength or weakness, and show how the price of gold is.

Jan

4

2011

Bernanke’s Psychological Warfare On Gold and Silver

By: Doug Eberhardt Category: Gold Tags: austerity, Banks, Bernanke, Budget deficit, congress, debt, Economic stability, Federal Reserve, Gold, Government Spending, Inflation, medicare, silver, Stock Market, underfunded pensions, Unemployment

Despite what the Fed and media say, underlying fragility of the data hasn’t changed and in fact, is getting worse.

Dec

23

2010

$4 Trillion Bank Sub-Investment Grade Derivatives Now More Than Financial Crisis Peak Part 2

By: Doug Eberhardt Category: Gold Tags: Bailout, bank of america, banking crisis, Banks, citibank, Citigroup, Credit Derivatives, derivatives, FDIC, foreclosure, Gold, HSBC, J.P. Morgan Bank, mark to market, mark to model, sub-investment grade derivatives, Wells Fargo

Part 2 of this article analyzes the top 5 banks future problems with the over $4 trillion sub-investment grade derivatives maturing in the next 5 years, an amount that is greater than at the peak of the financial crisis.

Dec

23

2010

$4 Trillion Bank Sub-Investment Grade Derivatives Now More Than Financial Crisis Peak Part 1

By: Doug Eberhardt Category: Gold Tags: Bailout, bank of america, banking crisis, Banks, citibank, Citigroup, Credit Derivatives, derivatives, FDIC, foreclosure, Gold, HSBC, J.P. Morgan Bank, mark to market, mark to model, sub-investment grade derivatives, Wells Fargo

This article analyzes the top 5 banks future problems with the over $4 trillion sub-investment grade derivatives maturing in the next 5 years, an amount that is greater than at the peak of the financial crisis. Part 1

Oct

28

2010

Don’t Buy European Gold or Rare Coins – Gold Dealer Ripoff And Media Bias Exposed

By: Doug Eberhardt Category: Gold Tags: Buy Gold and Silver Safely, Christian Science Monitor, deflationary credit contraction, French Roosters or British Sovereigns, GATA, Glenn Beck, Gold, gold coin ripoff, gold confication, Gold dealer, Gold Dealer Ripoff, Goldline, Inflation, LA Times, lew rockwell, media bias, Rare Coins, Seeking Alpha, silver, silver confiscation, Swiss francs, Treasuries

How do you know if you are getting ripped off from your gold dealer?

Oct

19

2010

Bernanke Worried About Deflation As His QE2 Rhetoric Continues

By: Doug Eberhardt Category: Gold Tags: Bernanke, commodities, Deflation, Federal Reserve, Gold, Inflation

Bernanke talking inflation, but it is deflation he is worried about. Don’t be fooled.

Oct

7

2010

Bernanke Has Everyone Fooled With "Talk" Of More Fed Quantitative Easing

By: Doug Eberhardt Category: Gold Tags: Bernanke, Buy Gold and Silver Safely, Credit Contraction, Deflation, dennis gartman, Federal Reserve, Gold, Inflation, Peter Schiff, QE2, quantitative easing

The interesting thing to me is people still believe Bernanke at his word. But what would be the consequence of even more quantitative easing? It would be disastrous to the economy and the U.S. dollar. So why not accomplish what he wants to occur without doing anything?

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