21 November 2008

Is the Gold Bull Over? The Price of Gold From Various Global Perspectives


A similar question to ask would be, has the US dollar topped out yet as measured against a basket of currencies such as the DX Index?

It is important to note that this is the price of gold in US dollars.




According to this chart we are still in a downtrend, bouncing off the bottom of the decline. Americans tend to forget this since the US is such a large, almost homogenous country with its own currency and language, but with a growing element of Spanish.

Most Americans do not own passports and do not have any experience with a foreign currency excepting visits to Canada and Mexico.

Let's take a look at the price of gold in a few other world currencies.








It is a challenge to describe the color of the sky, of the trees, to people who have been wearing rose coloured glasses since birth.

"But what creates the most intense surprise
His soul looks out through renovated eyes."

John Keats, Ode to Apollo

20 November 2008

The US Stock Markets Have Now Declined More than 50% - Intermediate Target Hit Today




Remember this chart from October?



Here's another view of the big picture.



Alwaleed bin Talal Increases Stake in Citi


Alwaleed Plans to Increase His Stake in Citigroup Back to 5%
By Steve Dickson

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal plans to increase his stake in Citigroup Inc. to 5 percent after the U.S. bank lost almost a quarter of its value yesterday.

``Prince Alwaleed began buying Citi shares, as he strongly believes that they are dramatically undervalued,'' he said today in a statement.

In addition to his princely duties, the multi-talented Alwaleed is also the gossip columnist and rock critic for the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano under the pen name Guido Sarducci.