Addison Wiggin
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The Basic Problem With the Fed
We had to wait five years. But it turns out our suspicion that the Federal Reserve is clueless, at best, is true. We know because we read it in The New York Times. Welcome... Read »
Chinese Gold Buying Moves Markets
Gold is knocking at the door of $1,800 for the first time in six weeks. Alas, thus far today, the solitary traveler has been refused entry. The spot price has oscillated... Read »
Rare Earth: Unstoppable Bull Market
In the midst of the longest commodity boom since 1997 (see below), the hottest commodities right now are, alas, without a corresponding ETF. Nor can sophisticated... Read »
Is America Finally Ready for Ron Paul?
On Oct. 30, 2007, we got in a tussle with a reader. Can you imagine? On that day, it was because we weren’t stumping for Ron Paul as conscientiously as Lew Rockwell. This... Read »
Visual Evidence to Disprove the “Gold Bubble” Theory
Precious metals are proving resilient after yesterday’s beat-down. Gold is back up to $1,461. Silver spent a few nanoseconds below $40 yesterday and as of this... Read »
When Gold Becomes Money Again
On the night our documentary I.O.U.S.A. made its nationwide premiere in August 2008, the film was followed up by a live panel discussion, broadcast via satellite.... Read »
Crisis? What Crisis?
Loyalists and rebels in Libya are fighting it out over the town of Brega. That’s one of five export terminals in the east of the country. Two US warships loom... Read »
World’s Top Oil Exporters
Tunisia? Nah, not so much. Egypt? Meh. Bahrain? Almost. It took Libya to really get a rise out of the markets. Or a fall, depending on what asset class you’re... Read »
Uncle Sam Is the Housing Market
When it comes to clinging to an outmoded paradigm in the face of public anger and all evidence to the contrary… Hosni Mubarak has nothing on the US Treasury.... Read »
Fed to Monetize MOST of the U.S. Debt
We begin today with a confession. We have grievously erred. Ironically, it was a government agency (gasp, nooo!) that highlighted our error. We were trying to get... Read »







