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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Bad news travels in clogs; good news in stockinged feet
28 January 2011 Guest Blogger – Roger Nightingale Welsh Proverb—and there seems, sometimes, to be so much of it! It’s not been a good week for Britain. On the economics front, there was a conjunction in the fourth quarter of … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Comment
Tagged economic analysis, economic comment, economic newsletter, GDP, QE, savings, spending cuts, unemployment
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New issue of Gold Investment Digest and updated Investment Statistics
World Gold Council – 26 January 2011 Key findings from the latest Gold Investment Digest show that: The gold price rose by 29% in 2010. By comparison the S&P Goldman Sachs Commodities Index (S&P GSCI) rose by 20%, the S&P … Continue reading
Posted in Gold market news, Gold mining & supply
Tagged gold, gold bars, Gold coins, gold demand, gold investment, gold price, gold supply, investment
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Pain is inevitable; suffering optional
19 January 2011 Guest blogger – Roger Nightingale Early diagnosis and appropriate therapy would have minimised both. But our leaders missed the warning signs! The UK economy isn’t performing well. Demand is weak, but supply even weaker. The resulting imbalance … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Comment
Tagged economic analysis, economic comment, economic newsletter, Financial crisis, GDP, QE, spending cuts, unemployment
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What an economy gains on swings in one period, it often loses on roundabouts in the next.
21 January 2011 Guest blogger – Roger Nightingale Joseph knew how to balance current surpluses against future deficits. Not so Brown. If he’d been in charge, the Pharaoh and his people would all have starved! At a time when most … Continue reading
A glut of gloomy news reinforces the case for gold
20 January 2010 In the past few days economic figures have reminded us of the rocky economic road ahead and the continued need for some wealth insurance. The best way of achieving this portfolio protection is owning some physical gold. … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Comment, Gold coins
Tagged economic analysis, economic comment, Financial crisis, gold, Gold coins, inflation, interest rates, MPC, tax free gold, unemployment
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Judge a tree by its fruit, not its leaves; a cake by its eating, not its cooking.
14 January 2011 Guest blogger – Roger Nighingale Euripides—and a monetary system by its results not its assumptions! When Europe first opted for a Common Monetary Policy, it was assumed that the eco-nomies of the members would converge rapidly and … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Comment
Tagged ECB, economic analysis, economic comment, economic newsletter, spending cuts
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Good judgment is more the result of luck than knowledge or intelligence.
12 January 2011 Guest blogger – Roger Nightingale If so, many of the world’s monetary authorities must be remarkably unlucky! The behaviour of commercial banks, said the Prime Minister last week, has been outrageous; their abuse of taxpayer generosity shameful. … Continue reading
Posted in Diary announcements
Tagged BOE, economic analysis, economic comment, economic newsletter, Euro, inflation, interest rates, MPC
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Tesco gold buying is a great indication for us all
12 January 2011 Tesco have recently announced that they are entering the lucrative and sometimes unscrupulous scrap gold market. You will now be able to take your unwanted gold jewellery into selected stores and be able to sell that gold … Continue reading
Posted in Gold bars, Gold coins, Gold market news
Tagged gold, gold bars, Gold coins, gold dealers, gold price, scrap gold, Tesco
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Today’s disappointment sometimes inspires tomorrow’s hope.
26 January 2011 Guest Blogger – Roger Nightingale Evan Esar—but not always; occasionally the disappointment goes on and on! Investors were prepared for a disappointment; but not, it seems, sufficiently prepared. When details of Britain’s economics performance in fourth quarter … Continue reading →