Melman on Gold & Silver

January 2018 by Leonard Melman

While gold’s chart has recently confirmed its short-term negative trend, the intermediate trend remains neutral while gold’s long-term chart is beginning to show some positive indications.

Turning Hobby Mining into Business Mining

March 2013
The first thing a person should do is seriously consider whether they want to go mining as a hobby or a business, and the tax implications of the choice.

Melman on Gold & Silver

June 2011
If the government can totally ignore the reality of exceeding the national debt limit, we can only wonder what all the current fuss relating to extending that limit is all about.

Melman on Gold & Silver

July 2012
On a personal level, I have been part of the business, brokerage and financial columnist worlds for 45 years, since the mid-1960s, and in all those years, I have never seen a collection of negative news items similar to what has been published during the past month. In short, taken together they may very well be describing the end of the economic world systems as we know them.

Melman on Gold & Silver

July 2016
The “battle lines” are being clearly drawn. By the time you receive this issue both party conventions will take place within just a few weeks and there will be only four months until the final vote.

Melman on Gold & Silver

April 2014
The idea of decisive action in 2014 will be at the heart of my presentation at the ICMJ Gold Prospecting and Mining Summit of April 5-6 in Placerville. I look forward to meeting you all then.

Melman on Gold & Silver

August 2016
It is hard to imagine any month during the thirty years I have been writing this column which had more bombshell headlines than the past thirty days.

Then and Now: Is Gold Really Money?

October 2011
The gold from 80 years ago still holds all of its value—it’s the Dollar that has been damaged.

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