Thursday, July 11, 2013

Difference with a Distinction

I saw an interview today where Jim Rogers took the position that gold is in the midst of a complicated bottoming process that will probably take it down to somewhere between $900 and $1,000.  Maybe he's right.  At the same time, he is not selling and thinks that gold's bull market is far from over.

I contrast his view with others who think gold is headed lower, whether it's $900, $800 or $600 per ounce, but take that position on the premise that gold holds no merit.  Rogers is able to contextualize and seems to get the bigger trends right -- these folks just don't like gold.  And, unlike Rogers, should probably just be ignored.

Broken Money

The subtitle is Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better , and the author is Lyn Alden (2023). I feel like I hav...