http://www.dollarcollapse.com/inp/ DollarCollapse.com - Articles DollarCollapse.Com - RSS en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:12:15 GMT http://www.dollarcollapse.com/inp/view.asp?ID=115 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Charles Goyette is a veteran radio guy, a libertarian who supported Ron Paul before it was fashionable. Now he's written his first book, The Dollar Meltdown, and from beginning to end it's a pleasant surprise. Goyette writes as smoothly as he speaks ... http://www.dollarcollapse.com/inp/view.asp?ID=114 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Let's start with an important piece of financial wisdom: Short-term trends are almost impossible to play consistently. This is based on both common sense (lots of smart people are trying to do the same thing so unless you have inside information you ... http://www.dollarcollapse.com/inp/view.asp?ID=113 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT A couple of seemingly unrelated articles in Friday's Wall Street Journal illustrate how life is getting more complicated for the super-rich. First, it seems that the UBS debacle was not just a U.S./Swiss disagreement. Far from it. Now that the IRS ha ... http://www.dollarcollapse.com/inp/view.asp?ID=112 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT U.S. stocks are up again today, bringing the S&P 500's bounce off the bottom to 63%. All those buy-and-hold 401(K) investors (and the advisors who told them to hang in) are breathing a sigh of relief and hoping that 'normal' times are here again. http://www.dollarcollapse.com/inp/view.asp?ID=111 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Yesterday's Wall Street Journal ran a great -- though sad-- article on effects of the credit bust on working class people. A few excerpts: The 'Democratization of Credit' Is Over -- Now It's Payback Time Karen King http://www.dollarcollapse.com/inp/view.asp?ID=110 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Ron Paul has a bestseller. That sounds so nice I'll say it twice. Ron Paul has a bestseller. His new book, End the Fed, is number 30 on Amazon as this is written -- with 167 mostly glowing reviews -- and his reception last week on Jon Stewart's Daily Show http://www.dollarcollapse.com/inp/view.asp?ID=109 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT It's been obvious for some time that America's trading partners were uncomfortable with the arrangement that called for them to keep accumulating dollars no matter how aggressively it was being debased. But it hasn't been obvious how they extricate ... http://www.dollarcollapse.com/inp/view.asp?ID=108 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT A few months ago I interviewed Erika Nolan, executive director of the Sovereign Society, a consultancy that specializes in asset protection, for a magazine article on offshore investing http://www.dollarcollapse.com/inp/view.asp?ID=107 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT In addition to his day job as a strategic planner with an Ivy League university, James Quinn has, in the past year, become one of the Web's handful of must-read bloggers. Nearly everything he publishes ends up in the DollarCollapse 'Best of the Web http://www.dollarcollapse.com/inp/view.asp?ID=106 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT The precious metals juniors have had a nice pop in the past few months. But according to David Morgan, veteran silver analyst and publisher of The Morgan Report, the real fun is just beginning. We spoke recently about why the sector has a bright fut ... http://www.dollarcollapse.com/inp/view.asp?ID=105 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT Last week I had dinner with two friends, one of whom is what the mainstream would call a conspiracy nut. Over the course of a couple of hours and a bunch of margaritas he walked us through everything from the government's http://www.dollarcollapse.com/inp/view.asp?ID=104 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT Yesterday's Wall Street Journal ran an article on Washington's ongoing attempt to discover where its citizens keep their money. Here's a quote that illustrates the complexity of the cat-and-mouse game http://www.dollarcollapse.com/inp/view.asp?ID=103 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT Given all the euphoria after the unemployment number was released on Friday, one would think that the economic contraction had ended. Unfortunately, the euphoria was misguided. The reality is that unemployment continues to worsen. Nonfarm payroll ... http://www.dollarcollapse.com/inp/view.asp?ID=102 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT Last week FOFOA posted a long article on the coming devaluation of the dollar and how it might take place. He thinks it will be sprung on us without warning -- sooner rather than later: http://www.dollarcollapse.com/inp/view.asp?ID=101 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Transcript of GoldMoney's James Turk's response to questions/comments from Principally Correct, a visitor to DollarCollapse.com: http://www.dollarcollapse.com/inp/view.asp?ID=100 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Watching the markets tank yesterday, supposedly because of a pessimistic World Bank (!) report, got me to thinking about Elliott Wave analyst Robert Prechter's belief that news doesn't move markets. Instead, he says, it is our reaction to the news th ... http://www.dollarcollapse.com/inp/view.asp?ID=99 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Facts have a different feel when they're personal. And speaking personally, anecdotal evidence that Americans are seriously spooked is starting to pile up. In the past few months: http://www.dollarcollapse.com/inp/view.asp?ID=98 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT I was getting ready to post an update on GoldMoney's new service that allows customers to take delivery of their gold and silver in smaller, more practical bars. But Run To Gold's Trace Mayer got there first, with an article that also does a nice job ... http://www.dollarcollapse.com/inp/view.asp?ID=97 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Discover Magazine runs a monthly back-page feature called "20 Things You Didn't Know About..." that usually lives up to its title. A while back the subject was money, and some of the factoids were worth noting. See 6, 7, and 8. http://www.dollarcollapse.com/inp/view.asp?ID=96 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Gold is making another run at $1,000, silver is up even more in percentage terms, and the financial markets are showering the established miners with cash: In February Newmont raised $1.7 billion, while Yamana, Agnico-Eagle http://www.dollarcollapse.com/inp/view.asp?ID=95 Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT Last week the Wall Street Journal published an article that (assuming it wasn't a clever satire) perfectly illustrates the train wreck that's in store for clients of mainstream money managers (and apparently also for Journal subscribers). http://www.dollarcollapse.com/inp/view.asp?ID=94 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT People believe they have little to lose, they're eager to hang those they believe responsible for their problems, and they'll listen to radical or violent proposals. We're now just entering what will likely be the worst economic trough since the Indu ... http://www.dollarcollapse.com/inp/view.asp?ID=93 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT EVERYTHING is mispriced for what is unfolding. Stocks, Bonds, currencies, natural resources, precious metals, real estate are ALL set for massive VOLATILITY and 'volatility is opportunity' for the prepared investor. Markets are going to ZOOM http://www.dollarcollapse.com/inp/view.asp?ID=92 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT The other day at lunch with a friend, we began talking about my Fear Index. He suggested that I give it a new name in order to more accurately convey the important message it offers. Namely, it numerically measures the soundness of the dollar. Others ... http://www.dollarcollapse.com/inp/view.asp?ID=91 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT After its worst year living memory, the stock market is due for a bit of relief. Whether it turns out to be a dead cat bounce or cyclical bottom remains to be seen. But some heavyweight bears are now placing their bets on the long side. Among them: