First, here’s a chart showing the growth in the silver ETF. I included this chart in a special report on silver that I sent to my premium service subscribers this week … Here are some other notes, thoughts and links, somewhat scattershot as I am scatterbrained today …
Programming note: I’ll be appearing on DEX.TV [...]
From the monthly archives:
May 2008
That’s what this post claims (more photos than words). If so, we may just be seeing the beginning of the next leg up in fuel prices.
There’s an interesting story in the Wall Street Journal today … Oil Exporters Are Unable to Keep Up With Demand Fresh data from the U.S. Department of Energy show the amount of petroleum products shipped by the world’s top oil exporters fell 2.5% last year, despite a 57% increase in prices, a trend that [...]
Riverwired points to an interview on CNBC with “Management Information Services Senior Energy Advisor” Robert Hirsch, who warns that gasoline could hit $12 to $15 a gallon.
He based his prediction on an interview given by Charles T. Maxwell in February. Maxwell, who is apparently known as “The Dean of Oil Analysts,” said the crisis will start [...]
I’m going home today — hooray! Mexico was very interesting, but I’ll be happy to be home with my wife and kids, who I’ve missed terribly.
The blogging gods have decided I can’t post pictures today (”Take that, skin sack,” says the evil machine). So here are some things that might interest you …
Gold [...]
In my May 13 post, I said that U.S. stocks have been in a Giant Stealth Bear market since the year 2000, losing more than 75% of their value in real terms! How can that be you ask since the DJIA is trading roughly 1,000 points shy of its record high? Where are the US [...]
In my May 13 post, I said that U.S. stocks have been in a Giant Stealth Bear market since the year 2000, losing more than 75% of their value in real terms! How can that be you ask since the DJIA is trading roughly 1,000 points shy of its record high? Where are the US [...]
Sunday, we flew across the Sierra Madres to Guanacevi, where Endeavour Silver has a mine project. I’ve been to Guanacevi before (the stock is in our Red-Hot Canadian Small-Caps portfolio). While there have been many changes, one thing that hasn’t changed is Guanacevi International Airport. We still land in a horse pasture. Last time, we [...]
We hear from Bloombergthat both the United Arab Emirates and Qatar could abandon their currency pegs to the U.S. dollar in favor of a basket of currencies within months, and Saudi Arabia may follow the move late next year. They would all be following the lead of Kuwait, which last year broke from its neighbors [...]
Man, what a long day Saturday was. I visited two mines and then took a long ride in a small plane (so that today, I can look at another mine). Here are some photos … First, we tromped into a mine …Next, I’ll show you one of the wider passages of this old mine. Remember, [...]

