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Rob McEwen sees $5,000 gold

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Rob McEwen, who can almost be called a living legend in the gold mining industry, says gold prices may reach $5,000 an ounce – and as soon as 2012 but maybe not until 2014.  McEwen sees loss of faith in the dollar being the reason for gold’s coming rise.
“Money supply has expanded so rapidly [...]

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Fed + Treasury = Inflation

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A long-time client, and successful commodities trader I add, sent the below:
The following comments come from a Merrill Lynch publication today.
“To repeat our Mantra:
1) Whatever MUST happen, WILL happen.
2) In a debt crisis, inflation is the ONLY solution.
3) The FED + US Treasury can create inflation.
4) As such, there WILL be Inflation.
In this light, [...]

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Ron Paul Reception

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Bill and Mickie Haynes to hold reception for Congressman Ron Paul on his visit to Arizona December 4-5, 2009.

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IMF sells 200 tons of gold to India

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In a move that the gold market did not anticipate, the IMF sold 200 tons of gold directly to India’s central. It was widely known–commented on on this blog February 12, 2008–that the IMF would be a gold seller.
Several years ago, the IMF let known its intentions to sell 400 tons of gold and [...]

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2009-dated US Mint Buffalo Gold coins being shipped

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Friday, CMIGS began shipping the year’s first 2009-dated US Mint Buffalo Gold Coins. Before the release, there was speculation that the mintage would be low because the Mint did not produce them until late in the year.
However, as of this writing, the Mint’s web site shows that 86,000 Buffalo Gold Coins have already been [...]

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US Mint to release Gold Buffaloes

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U.S. Mint announces release of 2009-dated American Buffalo gold coins. Fractional-ounce American Eagle gold coins to be released in December.

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Fractional Krugerrands available

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For the first time in twenty-five years, fractional-ounce Krugerrands are being imported into the U.S. in large quantities

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What Has Government Done to Our Money? Book Review

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What Has Government Done to Our Money? and The Case for a 100 Percent Gold Dollar
By Murray N. Rothbard
Ludwig von Mises Institute  2005
190 pages.
Murray Rothbard was the distinguished professor of economics at the University of Nevada, and dean of the Austrian School.  He authored 17 books, including the one under review here – What [...]

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The ABCs of Gold Investing Book Review

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The ABCs of Gold Investing: How to Protect and Build Your Wealth With Gold
By Michael J. Kosares
Addicus Books 2005
175 pages. $14.95
The first step on the road of communicating in a given language is learning the alphabet. Letters in the alphabet represent sounds. Combining the sounds appropriately results in the formation [...]

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Junior Mining Investor Book Review

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Junior Mining Investor: 14 Natural Resource Experts Show You How to Invest Profitably in Emerging Gold, Silver, Platinum, Base Metals, and Uranium Mining and Exploration Stocks
By Kevin Corcoran
Corcoran Publishing 2007
202 pages. $22.95
The term ‘junior’ comes from the Latin word juvenior, meaning ‘young.’ And as used in the title of Kevin Corcoran’s book [...]