Uncommon Wisdom

Hunting for Golden Elephants

Sean Brodrick — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:30:06 +0000

Chile is prime hunting ground for “elephants” — large, undiscovered deposits of all sorts of minerals — copper, lead, gold, silver and more ...

More on gold, the dollar, the Dow!

Larry Edelson — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:30:08 +0000

Gold pushing $1,150 an ounce. Dollar still in trouble. Dow headed to 10,800 ...

How Hard Is it to Buy Foreign Stocks?

Tony Sagami — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:30:40 +0000

That's one of the most common questions I hear and one that shows how intimidated many U.S. investors are by investing in foreign stocks. What's sad is that it is easy, simple, and inexpensive to invest in ...

Investigating a Promising Gold Explorer

Sean Brodrick — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:30:47 +0000

I just got back from Chile and Argentina, and wanted to share a bit of video from the trip where I looked at some projects being developed by Exeter Resources. Here, I talk to geologist Eric Roth as he explains ...

Hard Money Wins Out!

Larry Edelson — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:30:45 +0000

They called it "a relic of the past." They described its last major bull market surge as an "anomaly." They said it was a dinosaur of an investment, never to return to the arena of modern finance. Even The Wall ...

Last Week Indonesia … This Week Thailand

Tony Sagami — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:30:29 +0000

After spending $15 million of Thailand's money in a failed attempt to prop up the U.S. dollar, the Thai Minister of Finance warned this week that "the dollar is more likely than not to decline in value." ...

3 Ways to Play Argentina’s Boom

Sean Brodrick — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:30:15 +0000

In the most recent (third) quarter, Argentina’s economy grew 8.7% compared with a year earlier. In fact, Argentina’s $328 billion economy is on track to record its fifth straight year of annual growth ...

Wow! Gold on fire!

Larry Edelson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:30:38 +0000

Gold is on fire, busting loose, slicing up through the $1,100 level. Dollar very ill. Stocks, acting like gold ...

Trade Wars: Will the Empire Strike Back?

Tony Sagami — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:30:05 +0000

At some point, our combative trade policy and ballooning national debt will (1) send interest rates higher as the Chinese become more and more reluctant to lend us money and (2) also drive the Chinese ...

All Aboard For Profits

Sean Brodrick — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:30:42 +0000

Warren Buffett paid $100 a share for Burlington Northern. But if you look overseas, you can find a great railroad trading for one-fourth that price ...