free money “To do nothing teaches to do ill.” Ancient Proverb No doubt you are familiar with the old saw, “Money is the root of all evil.” I always considered that to be bunk. However, if we add [...]
THE LONG VIEW We have been through a lot of markets together over the years, and I have learned not to get too rattled by a sharp pullback. Silver and gold have both cooled off from their highs [...]
fatal crash I recently wrote about a man with the worst driving record imaginable. In the past few years, he has been arrested 5 times for driving without a license, once while going 104 mph in a [...]
SILVER IS HEAVY In 1977, my company had secured the endorsement of Howard Ruff, whose newsletter “The Ruff Times” eventually grew to 150,000 subscribers. He also wrote a #1 best-selling book, How [...]
rome and socialism A few years ago, I was fortunate enough to visit Rome and stand in the ruins of the Forum. Nothing else quite conveys the grandeur and greatness of Roman civilization. A recent [...]
AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM JIM COOK After more than five decades in the precious metals business (250,000 clients served and over three billion dollars in gold and silver sold and delivered), [...]
MEMO TO SILVER HOLDERS The gold market has been bouncing around like a tennis ball at Wimbledon. Ted Butler would often say that they will knock down gold to get to silver. I had a hard time [...]
jpm Ted Butler often said to me that JPMorgan was the biggest factor in the silver market. Ted claimed they were responsible for every significant change in silver. We know today, they likely [...]
to sell or not to sell I received a letter recently from a long-time client who reminded me that I promised to tell him and others when I sold my silver. Back in 1980, I sold my silver for almost [...]
CHURCHILL’S INSIGHT When I was a young man, I read Winston Churchill’s History of the English-Speaking Peoples and his 5-book history of World War II. Recently, I decided to read his World [...]
