Finding Gold in the Mainstream The New York Times dedicated a chunk of last Sunday’s paper to gold as a mainstream investment. In other words, gold is […] Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | June 21, 2010 | 10:21 am
Vietnam and Gold Many Asian countries have strong affinity for gold, with Vietnam apparently at the top of the list. On a per-capita-income basis, Vietnam […] Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | June 21, 2010 | 8:43 am
How a Drilling Ban Hurts the Little Guys While the world waits for oil to stop gushing from the ocean floor, a large group of Americans are waiting to go […] Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | June 18, 2010 | 10:15 am
Afghan Riches: Not So Fast The New York Times recently ran a story claiming that $1 trillion worth of mineral wealth lay under the soils of Afghanistan, […] Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | June 17, 2010 | 8:05 am
Foreign Investors Get Keys to the Kingdom For the first time ever, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is opening its doors to foreign investors in an effort to gain […] Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | June 14, 2010 | 8:38 am
An Asian Market to Watch The snapback in global markets has been universal as China’s dealt with overheating issues, the EU’s debt woes have grown larger and […] Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | June 14, 2010 | 8:37 am
Believing in Gold Gold touched an intraday high of $1,254 in U.S. dollar terms today but its appreciation in Europe’s major currencies has been the […] Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | June 9, 2010 | 7:18 am
Bouncing back after May? May was a brutal month for stocks. The 7.9 percent decline in the Dow ranks as the sixth worst in history but […] Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | June 8, 2010 | 9:19 am
Urbanization a Key to Consumption Urban populations are growing in Asia and may hold the key to the region’s future economic growth. The global urban population is […] Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | June 4, 2010 | 12:06 pm
Is the Dollar a Zombie? The title of this entry is the same as the theme for the spring meeting of the Committee for Monetary Research and […] Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | June 3, 2010 | 10:07 am
Chart of the Week – SWFs and Oil Prices Over the past few decades, Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have become the preferred way for oil-rich nations to diversify their economies away […] Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | June 3, 2010 | 9:27 am
Cars Driving Oil Demand The federal government expects global energy use to rise by nearly 50 percent in the next quarter-century, with the bulk of that […] Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | June 1, 2010 | 10:29 am
