Table of Contents

Preface: It’s Time to Own Gold ix

Acknowledgments xxv

INTRODUCTION: The Tie that Binds 1
Jon Nadler

PART I BROKERS/MONEY MANAGERS 11

CHAPTER 1: Gold Remains the Standard 15
Eric Sprott

CHAPTER 2: Long-Term Fundamentals Still Good for Gold 21
An Interview with Adrian Day

CHAPTER 3: A Good Investment Strategy, Buy Gold 31
Peter D. Schiff

CHAPTER 4: The Bear Market Is Your Friend—Four Ways to Win 37
Rick Rule

CHAPTER 5: The Tale of Taels—A Hard Lesson in Hard Money 47
Michael Checkan

PART II INVESTMENT NEWSLETTER WRITERS 53

CHAPTER 6: The Greater Depression 57
Doug Casey

CHAPTER 7: Bet Against a False Premise 75
Bill Bonner

CHAPTER 8: Undervalued Companies and Gold 85
John Pugsley

CHAPTER 9: Gold Déjà Vu 93
Richard Maybury

CHAPTER 10: The Trial of Gold 97
David Galland

CHAPTER 11: Bullion and Beyond 113
Addison Wiggin

CHAPTER 12: Gold Is Truly Precious 131
Pam and Mary Anne Aden

PART III: COIN AND BULLION BROKERS/ DEALERS 139

CHAPTER 13: Rare Coins and Gold Bullion 143
Van Simmons

CHAPTER 14: Rare Coin Canards 151
Dana Samuelson and Dr. Bill Musgrave

CHAPTER 15: The Internet Gold and Currency Provider 159
James Turk

CHAPTER 16: Gold, Fiat Currency, and Integrity 167
Franklin Sanders

PART IV THE MINERS 179

CHAPTER 17: Silver—“Poor Man’s Gold” 181
Bob Quartermain

CHAPTER 18: Analyzing a Gold Mining Stock 191
Louis James

CHAPTER 19: Let’s Talk a Bit about Gold and Gold Exploration 199
Brent Cook

CHAPTER 20: Money Is Gold, and Gold Is a Noble Metal 205
Morgan Poliquin

PART V GAME-CHANGING EDUCATORS 213

CHAPTER 21: What the Price of Gold Is Telling Us 215
Ron Paul

CHAPTER 22: The Gold Price 229
Paul van Eeden

CHAPTER 23: Becoming a Twenty-First-Century Gold Guerrilla 247
Kenneth W. Royce

Conclusion: Indian Peasants 255

Author’s Note 259

About the Author 261

About the Contributors 263

Index 275

About the Author

Jim Gibbons has been studying and learning from sage investors regarding gold's role in the world economy for over thirty years. For the last twelve years, he's also been raising geoduck clams for export to China. Prior to becoming a shellfish farmer, he built and developed his own country inn (The Heron in La Conner), wrote screenplays for ten years, and, much earlier in his life, worked for the National Bank of Alaska, IBM, Merrill Lynch, and Control Data.