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THE CASE FOR USD 1,300/oz GOLD

by John Lee, CFA
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05/27/2008
In October 2007, when gold was USD 750/oz and a US Dollar fetched 7.5 Chinese Renminbi Yuan (RMB), I published an article titled “Gold and RMB – Last Shoe to Drop for the dollar”, in which I said:
For a US family that spends $300 to $500 a month on Chinese [...]

Mining is risky. Investing is even riskier. And the worst of all is to risk mine! How to avoid the high-flying confidence trickster

A warning for travellers working for mining companies:  don’t do important work on your computer in the plane.  Yesterday I sat for three hours on a plane from Denver to DC.  One row up and across the aisle was a middle-aged man and his computer screen in full, loud view.  All the flight he worked on [...]

Money, inflation, deflation, and gold

Money, inflation, deflation, and gold
by John Lee, CFA
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05/02/2008
Money serves as a medium of exchange and store of value. Price provides an important clearing mechanism in a society. Here we are going to explore the interesting dynamics between money and price.
In a free market, when the quantity of money is fixed, the fact that the [...]

South Park, Colorado Mining: Lack of Foresight

The mining industry of Colorado has come to a grand brink in South Park. For those who are unfamiliar, South Park, Colorado is not just a cartoon with foul mouthed kids. It’s an actual place within a region rich in wilderness, beauty, wildlife, and natural resources. The name “South Park” refers to a sequence of [...]

Old Camp Stove

Sinaloa, March? Friday? 2008  I ran away from my company, from corporate, from data and computers, sections and 43-101 reports. I wanted to log core and that is what I am doing.  I’m not saying where or for whom or what the type of mineralization it is, but I am in Mexico. Every morning I [...]

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I hate the holidays. To be more precise, I hate the end of holidays - and therefore it would be easier if they never happened. I do not function well without structure, and I’m frankly fairly pathetic at creating my own structure from a completely blank slate. Most of the Christmas break was spent in [...]