Essentially countries want lower currencies priced against other currencies in order to stimulate exports. Of course if your exports are cheaper for other countries, then stuff is also more expensive for your own people, but that’s irrelevant, right? Well, what happens when EVERYONE is devaluing against eachother trying to all stimulate exports? Well, you have all currencies losing value.

The price of gold corrected 10% over the last few days. Here are the reasons why the run is not over.
1. First, a correction like we just got is actually very healthy. I would be more concerned if we didn’t have a correction and continued going up higher and higher. Corrections are needed to shake out weak hands and leverage and help to create a sustained bull run over longer than mere days and weeks.
2. The fundamentals that have supported this run are firmly in place. In fact, they are …

Markets are getting pretty volatile and many are expecting the Fed to step in. Of course, quantitative easing will do nothing but spike inflation so it’s a lose / lose. I’d hate to be Bernanke right now. How out of control does the price of gold get if they announce QE3? We could get to $2,000 / oz rapidly if so. Uncharted territory indeed.

As gold approaches $1700, it’s safe to say that I’ve made a quality multi-year bet on the price of gold. I first got into gold in the $700 range, added to my position greatly during the 2008 crash and have essentially held on until now. Interestingly, the hard work is essentially just beginning.
Knowing when to exit a big winning position is tougher than buying a position in many cases. Gold is definitely an example of this.
This is much different than dividend stocks that I intend to hold for years and …

Amazing action in the markets right now. The Dow ended the day today down 260ish and meanwhile gold spiked above $1650/oz. Put them together and you have a crashing dow/gold ratio. I’ve been saying for years that this is going to head lower. You have to watch the price of gold in the new era of printing money. It shows whether or not the bull run in stocks is legitimate or just a easy money result. I’d say that it’s showing to be the latter. The Dow/Gold ratio is approaching …

On the issue of a gold standard, you have opinions all over the map. It’s impossible. It’s inevitable. Who knows? One thing is for certain, the role of gold is increasing and the role of the US dollar (and likely the Euro) is decreasing. The Euro & Dollar – essentially the two pillars of the current global financial system – are unraveling as the West finds itself in too much debt. The third pillar, the Japanese yen… same deal.
Earlier this week, Ron Paul asked Ben Bernanke (video here) why …

Must read information for people who invest in precious metals, especially if you own the gold and silver ETFs such as GLD and SLV.

In the last few years, plenty of people have jumped onto the gold bandwagon. Unfortunately, some have gotten a little “too” pro gold — to the extent that plenty of people have gone completely bankrupt in the last few years making insane bets and bad calls when it comes to both gold and silver investing.