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Germany Under Pressure To Create Money

By John Browne (May 09, 2013)

Currently, central banks around the world are walking in lock step down a dangerous path of money creation. Led by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan, economic... more

Gold Recovers Amidst Uncertainty

By John Browne (May 03, 2013)

The selloff in gold that captured the world's attention in mid-April has revealed some truths about how the market trades and the sentiments of many of the investors... more

Cypriot Chaos Assists EU Centralization

By John Browne (Apr 09, 2013)

Remarks by members of the European Union's elite suggesting that banking deposit seizures may become standard practice appear to have heightened the risk of a European... more

Spending Patterns Paint Half Truth

By John Browne (Mar 27, 2013)

On March 13th, the Commerce Department announced a 1.1 percent increase in food and services retail sales, doubling a prior Dow Jones survey of economists that forecast an... more

Singapore A Wise Owl Among Currency Snakes

By John Browne (Mar 01, 2013)

As China enters the "Year of the Snake," Singapore stands as a beacon of sound currency in a world gone mad. China's renminbi remains pegged to the US... more

Investing In a World of Make Believe

By John Browne (Feb 10, 2013)

In recent years, a high degree of economic, financial, and political uncertainty has resulted in acute volatility in stocks, real estate, commodities and precious metals.... more

EU Financial Tax Portends Loss of Market Leadership

By John Browne (Jan 30, 2013)

Although it was barely noticed by the American press, on January 22nd, EU finance ministers approved a new "Financial Transactions Tax" (FTT) that has implications for... more

German Gold Claw Back Causes Concern

By John Browne (Jan 23, 2013)

Last week the Bundesbank (the German central bank) surprised markets around the world by announcing that it will repatriate a sizable portion of its gold bullion reserves... more

France and the UK Could Be the Lynchpins of Europe

By John Browne (Jan 19, 2013)

Over the past two months, Europe's problems seem to have disappeared from the headlines. However, the new French Socialist government is pushing ahead with policies that... more

Now It's Time for the Entitlement Cliff

By John Browne (Jan 01, 2013)

As the clock winds down on 2012, the Fiscal Cliff is all anyone seems capable of discussing. Right now it appears that some sort of narrow deal has just emerged that will... more