Bad Day for the WSJ

by | Jul 19, 2010 | Howard Katz

A recurrent theme in my articles has been that our current economic system is intended to steal your wealth and that a vast amount of information being taught as economics is intended to justify this stealing and to trick you into falling for its program. As with any...

The Chart is True

by | Jul 12, 2010 | Howard Katz

Above is the CRB index, monthly basis, for the past 15 years showing the beginning of the (second) upswing of the commodity pendulum. (This is the real CRB index, the one which was started in 1955 and weighs the different commodities equally, not one of the modern...

What’s Next For Gold?

by | Jul 6, 2010 | Howard Katz

This past week was a scary time for gold bugs. But do not be afraid. I am going to look into the future and tell you what is next in the gold market. Last week we studied the art of speculation and concluded that speculation was a zero-sum game. For every dollar...

The Art of Speculation

by | Jun 29, 2010 | Howard Katz

After the great gold bug victory of the 1970s, the economic establishment had been humiliated and disgraced. This was because none of them knew any economics. They all had gotten their fancy titles and positions by apologizing for the bankers’ privilege to create...

Charting Gold

by | Jun 21, 2010 | Howard Katz

Each commodity and each economic good has its own characteristics, and before you trade any market seriously, you should stick your toe in the water, so to speak, (meaning to trade at a level you can afford). In this way, you can acquire knowledge of the...

The Trend is Your Friend

by | Jun 7, 2010 | Howard Katz

Playing the markets is not an easy occupation. One normally thinks that it involves buying at the bottom and selling at the top. But in fact, one must make a new decision every trading day. We had a good illustration of this on Friday, June 4 when gold plunged sharply...

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