Gold Confiscation: Straws in the Wind
David GallandIn the emails that our readers at Casey Research send our way, questions and concerns about the possibility of gold confiscation rank high.
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In the emails that our readers at Casey Research send our way, questions and concerns about the possibility of gold confiscation rank high.
One can only hope that the “Don’t shoot the messenger” adage is still popular in the international community.
If you had a previously incurable genetic condition and scientists came up with a treatment for it, you’d jump at the chance to take advantage. That’s a no-brainer. But what if you had the opportunity to invest in a company deeply involved in just su
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The International Energy Association (IEA) has spoken. What the world needs now is a clean energy technology revolution.
The latest data on global gold trends, Q2 2010, just popped into my email box from the World Gold Council.
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Stop the presses. The United States is no longer the world’s biggest consumer of energy.
As Doug Casey said recently, we expect things to come unglued soon. With the ongoing madness in Europe, it seems to me that things are starting to look visibly less well glued already.
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David Galland, Managing Director of Casey Research, interviews… David Galland.
Earlier this year, the Obama administration announced large new federal loan guarantees for the nuclear energy industry – totaling about $54 billion, or more than triple the current level of funding. Philosophically, we abhor government subsidies to