by RKL | Jan 6, 2010 | Essays
Welcoming the world’s central bankers to their annual summer conclave at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, last week, Fed chairman Alan Greenspan delivered a remarkable speech. In unusually clear language, he acknowledged the existence of a bubble in the financial markets,...
by RKL | Nov 20, 2009 | speeches
Remarks of Robert K. Landis finews.ch Gold Conference Zurich, Switzerland, November 17, 2009 It is an honor and a pleasure to be here among so many good friends and great minds. I feel a special affinity for Zurich. It was the home of my friend and inspiration Ferdi...
by RKL | Oct 16, 2007 | Essays
Much have I traveled in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen. –John Keats, On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer The world changed on Wednesday, June 20, 2007. This was the day when Merrill Lynch, as creditor, attempted to auction...
by RKL | Nov 12, 2005 | Essays
The ghastly images of destruction and chaos streaming out of areas hit by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita held a grim fascination for gold bugs. And why not: what a mother lode of potent metaphor. The hurricanes as a black swan, the long-feared non-linear event that may...
by RKL | Apr 29, 2005 | Essays
By happy coincidence, two articles on a subject near and dear to our heart recently appeared within a day of each other. The first was Steve Saville’s Gold and Deflation (April 19, 2005). The second was Fred Sheehan’s “Gold and the...
