Very good observations. I would just add that the general public isn't in gold yet, nor are most institutional investors so I think there is...
Mining is inherently a bad business [i.e., capital intensive, no control over pricing]. And yet there are established companies producing large...
The world is more integrated now. I think you underestimate the ability of the federal government to control. It was accomplished in East...
To a value investor, it may be a signal to buy. To a technician, it may be a signal to short. To folks who don't know anything about investing,...
Good example. The fear of arrest and the fear that anybody might turn you in for a reward will effectively stop virtually all buyers and sellers.
I currently do not own any bank stock, but I'm looking at the group. I don't want to leave fatima with the idea that there is no risk, but the...
Let's look at it another way that may be more understandable. BAC had $94billion in positive cash flow from operations over the past 12 months....
They absolutely can, and have. I think what you are doing is assuming that no loan will ever again be repaid in the history of the world, and...
That is the core of the problem that worries folks. But the banks record loan loss reserves netted out of their loan balances to account for...
Your numbers are incorrect. That isn't how it works. Think about a simplistic example. If you go into a bank and borrow $10,000, the bank...
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bs?s=BAC
I don't find anything about the amounts to be absurdly large. Check out the balance sheets of a few large banks and combine them. Citigroup...
BAC has $706billion in cash and short term investments on their balance sheet.
If you check out the balance sheets of banks such as BAC, WFC and C, you will notice that they have enormous cash balances and strong capital...
I think that is a dream. While there might be pockets of dissent, for the most part there will be a total economic lockdown of the nation. But a...
I presume the $1T assumed that $10 would be lent for every $1 received, but that would be a system-wide effect and is not possible for one company...
This is a simple but very good question. It is highly unlikely that anyone will be able to walk into a supermarket and buy food with 90% silver...
I always do. ;)
I'm saying that someone who makes a living accumulating assets to invest in PMs for which he extracts a fee may not be the best one to listen to...
The bias at CoinTalk may be toward physical gold because this forum attracts coin collectors. It also SEEMS easier to just buy GLD instead of GG...
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