http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Graham+Dyer Finances Graham Dyer Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=181312&ca=Finances I get more emails, letters and phone calls about gold than anything else. An almost religious fervor seems to go along with being a gold bug. My bearish view on gold usually comes as a shock to worshipers. Yet year after year the precious yellow metal refuses to reach for the stars like it is suppos... Finances Graham Dyer Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=181314&ca=Finances Get ready for a shock if you don’t already know. Every day countless millions of transactions are facilitated with money. Why do we need money? How does it get into “circulation?” Who puts it there? Who creates money? And on what basis? Is it the government? If not, why not? Who is it? And how do th... Finances Graham Dyer Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=158701&ca=Finances Ask an economist or realtor this question and he or she will reel off a long list of economic “fundamentals” like: • Supply and demand • Interest rates • Immigration • Unemployment • Economic conditions • Cost to rebuild • Availability of land • Location! Location! Location! Okay, then, in Californi... Finances Graham Dyer Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=179225&ca=Finances Surely “they” wouldn’t let the worst happen, would they? The “subprime” debacle in the last few weeks seemed to come from nowhere to suddenly infuse panic into financial markets from stocks to mortgages to hedge funds to banks to precious metals to consumer spending. Of course, as I have explained i...