The triumph of the invisible hand
by“By virtue of exchange, one man’s prosperity is beneficial to all others.” Frédéric Bastiat. It remains one of the most powerful metaphors in…
Markets
Our survey said
by“It is because the public are a mass – inert, obtuse and passive – that they need to be shaken up from time to…
Kings of the wild frontier
bySimple but not easy – The title of Richard Oldfield’s book about value investing. It has a young, highly educated population. 60% of its…
They Broke the Silver Fix
byEditor’s Note: Keith is testifying today before the Arizona Senate Financial Institutions Committee on a gold legal tender bill, which he also helped draft. There is…
Oil a load of nonsense
by“The media select, they interpret, they emotionalize and they create facts.. The media not only reduce reality by lowering information density. They focus reality…
Bear necessities
by“At first sign of crisis, the ignorant don’t panic because they don’t know what’s going on. Then later they panic precisely because they don’t…
James Turk, John Butler, and Alasdair Macleod on the outlook for 2016
byOn Wednesday, 13th January, James Turk interviewed Cobden Centre contributors John Butler, head of GoldMoney’s wealth services, and Alasdair Macleod, head of GoldMoney’s research,…
Life finds a way
by“The snag for them is that it happened on Monday. And all the official pronouncements in the State media were: “Well, it’s a blip….
History repeats
by“The proper behaviour all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year’s Eve, when you get so drunk…
Honey, I broke the markets
by“Donald Trump looks like the villain in a movie where the hero is a dog.” – The internet. Which four letter word still has…