Articles Tagged "today gold"

Bail us out, or else….

By Dave Brown – Exclusive to Gold Investing News On Tuesday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke advocated rapid legislative approval of the plan for the Treasury to spend up to US$700 billion to obtain distressed assets from the banks. Questions about the oversight of the bailout- whether the proposal [...]

WEEKEND WRAPUP

By Dave Brown – Exclusive to Gold Investing News For investors, the beginning of September saw negative news flow coming in, largely by way of physical storms originating in the Atlantic Ocean, leaving behind a wake of destruction in the Gulf Region. This week, however, saw a different type of storm originating closer to Atlantic [...]

Flight to safety

  By Dave Brown – Exclusive to Gold Investing News The financial markets have found themselves under tremendous downside pressure this week in the wake of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, and the crisis at AIG. Central banks have infused US$200 billion in order to alleviate some of the volatility. Leading the way, the European [...]

WEEKEND WRAPUP

By Dave Brown – Exclusive to Gold Investing News With most of Wall Street getting hammered this week by the consequences of the Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae episode, the continuing subprime mortgage legacy and Texas being pounded by Hurricane Ike, the epicenter for the gold industry was Denver, Colorado. Politicians gave way to industrialists [...]