I'm sorry that I can't explain it. Try this -- a line moving from the origin upward and to the right should have a 15% rate of return when drawn...
Regarding 1, partial banking doesn't inhibit anything. If the currency can be backed by gold or US Treasuries or other assets, as is currently...
You are correct, of course. The one thing that bothers me is that kids today aren't really being educated to be able to independently support...
The Luddite argument was disproven long ago.
The point is that any rising number series can be made to look exponential by manipulating the X axis. So the long accepted standard for...
Perhaps it is because this is a thread about WalMart and not Fox News? Also, this is a private forum and the normal rules of free speech do not...
That might be a decision you regret. Live the life you dream of and make it work. Don't let others frighten you into anything else. Regarding...
I think a more accurate way to describe inflation is "an increase in the supply of money that exceeds the increase in demand for money." So if...
My issue isn't with the trend. It is with the presentation, Kitco or other. The slope of the curve is misleading because the chart is not drawn...
My understanding [which may be wrong] is that central banks can choose to hold gold the same way they might own US Treasuries or Yen or Euros as...
I believe that under one or more of the regulations of the IMF or World Bank, member countries are rohibited from backing their currency with...
I agree. The same could be said of coins. The Mint could turn out coins with the same specifications as a morgan or peace dollar, but make it a...
I still don't know the source of your peak gas comments since I never heard that before. I believe I first became aware of peak oil after reading...
The proper way to draw an investment chart is to draw it so that a line bisecting the x and y axis represents a 15% return. Otherwise, it can be...
I follow energy pretty closely, and you are the only person I've ever heard talk about peak natural gas. It is easy to say that there is a lot...
World oil production stopped growing in 2005 if you strip out natural gas liquids [that can't be turned into gasoline]. So oil production may...
I don't know the precise conditions. But the large physical buying combined with the large short position in futures looks like an explosive...
I don't consider the chart above to be parabolic. I think it's just compressed, which makes it look parabolic. Before the silver bull market is...
I was thinking more about the supply side. Mines have a limited life, and without new exploration production will eventually go to zero. So the...
Neither are used as money. Neither is a medium of exchange in any country. Neither is a unit of account in any country. Gold is still counted...
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