Stephen Harmston, an Oxford University graduate, is an economist at Bannock Consulting which specialises in business research and economic consultancy. He has written reports for a broad range of public and private sector clients.
"Gold is a wonderful thing! Whoever possesses it is lord of all he wants. By means of gold one can even get souls into Paradise." Columbus letter from Jamaica, 1503 (Cited by Karl Max, Das Capital, Vol 1)
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our readers. For anyone celebrating we hope you have a wonderful day and we thank you for your support this past year. Big news this week – gold hit $2,030 in intra-day trading on Tue, it didn’t hang on but it did close the day with a hefty $20 gain […]
The double figure pop up in gold on Tuesday was more to do with weakening of the US dollar, than rampant gold demand itself. The significant drop in the fiat currency was largely thanks to the release of October’s CPI report. Echoing that of the previous month, the report showed weaker growth and lower than […]
I have heard it said that technical analysis is “Astrology for Men”, the inference being that it’s got about as much use as arguing something will happen to the markets because the stars say it will. Keen to dispel this myth, I decided to chat with chart expert Patrick Karim so we could explain exactly […]
Gold Helps Me Sleep at Night
The King and Queen will be Gold and Silver
Jim Rogers Interview
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our readers. For anyone celebrating we hope you have a wonderful day and we thank you for your support this past year. Big news this week – gold hit $2,030 in intra-day trading on Tue, it didn’t hang on but it did close the day with a hefty $20 gain […]
The double figure pop up in gold on Tuesday was more to do with weakening of the US dollar, than rampant gold demand itself. The significant drop in the fiat currency was largely thanks to the release of October’s CPI report. Echoing that of the previous month, the report showed weaker growth and lower than […]
I have heard it said that technical analysis is “Astrology for Men”, the inference being that it’s got about as much use as arguing something will happen to the markets because the stars say it will. Keen to dispel this myth, I decided to chat with chart expert Patrick Karim so we could explain exactly […]
Gold Helps Me Sleep at Night
The King and Queen will be Gold and Silver
Jim Rogers Interview