Gold: Asset of the Century --  12.23.09 -- BY CRAIG R. SMITH & DAVID BRADSHAW -- Gold's recent 11% price drop is a perfect example of a healthy bull market correction, like we saw in 2006 and 2008. India, China and many others view this as a buying opportunity ... |
CASH FOR GOLD: Are You Kidding? --  10.20.09 -- By Fred Goldstein, Sr. Broker SATC -- For the better part of a year Americans have been besieged with television, radio and print ads imploring us to sell our gold coins and jewelry for cash. Aside from helping a poor soul in need of immediate cash, the concept is flawed and needs to be exposed. The ads usually say... |
What would you do? --  9.22.09 -- Analysis of the last (and next) financial crisis -- By Craig R. Smith -- If you had been able to foresee the sub-prime mortgage crisis and what it would do to the economy, what would you have done differently? With Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities coming due at the end of 2009... |
Morally-Correct Money for the 21st Century --  9.4.09 -- BY CRAIG R. SMITH & DAVID BRADSHAW -- Our original, morally-correct money system was wisely established by our Founding Fathers over 200 years ago. Millions of Americans are rediscovering that system today as credit, stock and housing market bubbles have popped in the new millennium. Through it all one asset class has shined the brightest this year and every year since 1999... |
The Grand Illusion --  8.7.09 -- By James M. Carrillo, Sr. Broker SATC -- Perplexed about the markets today? How can stocks sustain a rally? Wasn’t this supposed to be the end of the world? Did Obama save us? Is the Fed a magician? What gives? The talking heads tell us one thing, but common sense, the numbers and the trends tell us... |
The Next Five Years --  7.24.09 -- By Kenneth J. Gerbino -- To get any kind of predictive capability of the economy, stock market and precious metals one has to understand how four major causes effect different markets. The abuses of these causes are now at an acute stage, therefore the effects will be severe. My predictions are based on... |
Fed prints, Obama spends, Americans pay --  6.29.09 -- By David Fischer, Sr. Broker, SATC, co-host Gold News Daily -- Would you solely rely on a currency when it's government can't balance their checkbook? You cannot stop this financial train wreck, but you can hop of the train! Has your portfolio grown 20% plus year after year for 8 years now? Gold has... |
HYPERINFLATION ALERT! --  5.18.09 -- By Dr. Fred Goldstein, Sr. Broker, SATC -- Consider what the U.S. is presently doing to create hyperinflation. Our politicians and leaders have resorted to Keynesian economics in tandem with a "too big to fail" agenda. Creating more debt to bail out banks, brokerages, insurance companies and mortgages is at best a temporary fix that inevitably trickles down to hurt all dollar savers. Swiss America is offering a viable economic solution... |
Defusing a $100 Trillion Healthcare Time Bomb --  5.15.09 -- By David Bradshaw, Editor, RMP -- Now is the time to explore free market solutions to fix our broken Medicare and Social Security system... "Forcing Employers to Pay for Heath Care Will Kill Jobs" -Craig Smith live on FOX Cavuto. “It sounds to me like the government is about to mandate participation in the biggest Ponzi scheme since The Social Security Act of 1935! ... |
Finally, YOUR Bailout Arrives! --  5-4-09 -- 25% growth since gov't change, more ahead -- On November 11, 2008, one week after Barack Obama was elected our 44th president, gold hit a 1-year low of $709/oz. and prices have not looked back ever since. Gold has quietly become We the People's personal financial bailout. Americans who understand the economic truth that gold is ultimate money have already experienced 25% growth over the last six months... |
INFLATION INOCULATION --  5.7.09 -- Six steps of wealth preservation, Chinese-style -- By David M. Bradshaw... China is now the world's bank of last resort while gold becomes their asset of first choice. Why? This collection of April news stories underscores what China, the #1 dollar holder, is doing to protect from a dollar decline and rapid rise in the cost of living. As the Chinese proverb says; “Dig the well before you are thirsty”... |
RARE COIN ALERT! --  3.24.09 -- By James M. Carrillo, Sr. Portfolio Adviser SATC -- This is a Red Alert to all gold buyers to start looking into and buying rarity now. Why? Because of the Fed's decision to print, print, print trillions of dollars. This action will create INFLATION like we've never seen! We've been recommending lower grade to mid-grade common date $20 gold Liberties and St. Gaudens... |
Fresh lipstick for the biggest porker in history --  3.19.09 -- By Craig R. Smith and David M. Bradshaw -- The Obama Administration wants Americans to believe their plan for economic recovery will magically work, simply by presenting carefully worded statements by respected authorities over and over again. Welcome to Orwell's 1984, 25 years later... |
Gold & Obamanomics ~ 5-Year Investment Scorecard --  3-6-09 -- "Money Moment", Harvest TV -- Swiss America CEO Craig R. Smith is now a weekly guest on Harvest TV every Friday via satellite for a new "Money Moment" segment. Mr. Smith comments on the state of the economy and answers questions about investing... |
Economic Realities of Obama-nomics --  1.28.09 -- Swiss America CEO Craig R. Smith was invited onto The Savage Nation radio show to discuss Obama's new Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and the latest Obama-nomic stimulus plan. With U.S. total debt now topping $100 trillion, Mr. Smith is convinced that the government numbers do not add up. "Just do the math!" ... |
The Lag Between Cause and Effect --  1.12.09 -- What to expect in 2009 and beyond ~ By James M. Carrillo, Sr. Broker, SATC -- Many people are wondering why gold isn't exploding upwards while others believe gold has topped out and is set to decline. The truth is most likely someplace in between the two as the battle between bulls and bears rages on... |
2009: A YEAR OF CHANGE --  12.29.08 -- To restore economic sanity let's learn from 2008 mistakes -- By David Bradshaw, Editor, RMP -- Last year we dubbed 2008 as "The Year of Surprises". Big economic changes are coming in 2009 fueled by; a new President, a global recession, conflicts in the Mid-East, massive government bailouts, more market volatility and a weaker dollar. The outlook for gold remains the same: UP! |
Golden Compass Still Pointing North --  12.16.08 -- By David Bradshaw -- Editor, RMP -- Back in 2001 Swiss America announced the beginning of a new bull market in U.S. gold coins based on market trends, diversification principles and common sense. Every year since the momentum has been building, with gold prices piercing $1,000 an ounce in 2008. The big question now: Is gold's 8-year uptrend your friend yet? |
Citigroup says gold could rise above $2,000 in 2009 --  12-4-08 -- By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, London Telegraph -- The bank said the damage caused by the financial excesses of the last quarter century was forcing the world's authorities to take steps that had never been tried before. This gamble was likely to end in one of two extreme ways: with either a resurgence of inflation; or ... |
The Great Deflation of 2009? --  11.19.08 -- Craig Smith covers one of nine key financial mega-shifts ahead ... U.S. consumer prices plunged by the steepest amount since 1947, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. Prices fell 1% in October, with energy prices plunging 8.6%, yet food prices rose 0.3%. The dollar and stocks fell on the first whiff of consumer deflation, while gold prices steadied. Should we expect more deflation in 2009?... |
Symbolism Triumphs Over Substance... Now What? --  11.05.08 -- By Craig R. Smith, CEO Swiss America -- Obama's victory is not be the first time in our history America trusted a Democrat to deliver the nation from the depths of economic despair. In 1933, FDR was elected to lead us through a very trying time in America, and lead he did – right down the path of the New Deal... |
Greatest Scam in History --  10.28.08 -- By James Carrillo, Sr. Broker, Swiss America -- INTRODUCTION: Surviving & Thriving The Coming Financial Storm ... When history looks back on the early 21st century financial markets it will reveal the greatest coup ever. The U.S. will be the greatest financial super power in the world, built on the destruction of world markets. The next phase is the mass creation of currency... |
Trading vs. Holding --  10.23.08 -- By Dr. Fred Goldstein -- It has been nothing short of financial suicide to play the highly leveraged futures and options markets during such volatile financial markets. Portfolios and 401ks have shrunken dramatically over the last few months. Although money 'experts' are now scoffing at ‘buy and hold’ strategies, I strongly disagree... |
Free Market vs. Bailouts --  10.16.08 -- By Craig R. Smith -- Disturbing news about retail sales coupled with a very disjointed speech but Fed Chairman Bernanke provided the platform for large losses on Wall Street again today. Recession fears appear to be trumping bailout hopes. The world governments went into battle mode to save the world and put a band aid on a gaping wound. A wound that cannot be healed in this way... |
Little Treasures, Big Secret --  10.10.08 -- By Dr. Fred Goldstein -- Many years ago I called attention to the classic U.S. silver proof type coin market, calling them "little treasures". Today there's another area of the coin market which I believe is undiscovered by the general public and undervalued. While Swiss America clients have acquired these treasures over the years, many new investors are just learning... |
AN ECONOMIC WORLDVIEW WAR --  10.6.08 -- Markets between fear and panic despite bailout -- By David Bradshaw, Editor, RMP -- "We face extreme danger. Unless there is immediate intervention on every front by all the major powers acting in concert, we risk a disintegration of global finance within days. Nobody will be spared, unless they own gold," reports Telegraph ... |
The $64 Billion, Trillion Question --  9.24.08 -- By Dr. Fred Goldstein, Sr. Broker, Swiss America -- We have come full circle since 1980 when we experienced another financial crisis. Inflation was double-digits and foreigners were losing confidence in the US dollar. Fed chairman Paul Volcker boldly raised interest rates to 20% to squelch inflation and restore confidence. Today investors are once again looking to the gov't... |
Confidence crisis sparks golden flight to safety! --  9.17.08 -- By David Bradshaw, Editor RMP -- U.S. stocks were slammed hard as the government's rescue of AIG failed to stop financial hemorrhaging and as credit tightened. Meanwhile, gold prices soared 11% (near $865/oz). Wall Street is facing a valuation crisis as punishment... |
$750 gold: buy of the year! --  9.11.08 -- Gold: not just another commodity, Gold: finally a bottom! -- By Craig R. Smith, CEO Swiss America -- Gold's bull market is about ready to enter the next stage. Prices have rewound to Oct. 2007 levels, creating an extreme buying opportunity based on... |
Stagflation Alert! --  8.28.08 -- U.S. standard-of-living bubble bursting! Rise above the rising cost of living -- By Craig R. Smith -- A little known economic malaise from the 1970s is now back; “stagflation”: stagnant growth with rising inflation. Stagflation is a weapon of mass destruction. America’s debt trap will soon snap shut on millions, but... |
