Axel Merk archives 10/04/2018 Italy and the Euro – Unplugged 04/14/2018 How I Own My Gold 03/22/2018 Politics & Investing 06/06/2017 Invest in Yourself 04/12/2017 What Could Possibly Go Wrong? 03/26/2017 What’s next for the Dollar, Gold & Stocks? 02/11/2017 U.S. Exorbitant Privilege At Risk?! 01/27/2017 Tweetonomics: Implications of @realDonaldTrump 11/17/2016 Gold: What's Next? 10/07/2016 The End of Dollar Dominance? 09/14/2016 Failure of Inflation Targeting? 07/14/2016 The Case for Absolute Return 06/19/2016 The Good, Bad & Ugly 04/30/2016 Gold More Productive Than Cash?! 03/17/2016 Dollar Outlook: Peak Dollar? 01/14/2016 Stay the Course! Which One? 12/03/2015 Merk 2016 Outlook: Markets, Dollar, Gold 10/14/2015 Gold for Bear Market? 09/30/2015 All Bad at 0%? 09/17/2015 Lowdown on Rate Hikes 09/03/2015 Chinese Yuan Revolution? 06/03/2015 Outlook on Dollar, Currencies & Gold 03/05/2015 Is Japan Zimbabwe? 02/26/2015 Is Gold Risk Free? 12/05/2014 What's Next for the Dollar and Gold? 11/12/2014 Switzerland: Vote Yes on Gold Initiative 10/09/2014 Convincingly Irrational 09/12/2014 What's Next for the Dollar and Gold? 08/14/2014 Global Policy Divergence - Really? 07/24/2014 Instability the New Normal? 06/18/2014 Outlook on the Dollar, Currencies & Markets: Look Out Below! 04/30/2014 Has the Dollar Lost its Safe Haven Status? 03/30/2014 The Case For Gold 03/20/2014 Fishing for Gold? 03/08/2014 The Dollar's Long Term Decline 02/26/2014 How to Profit from the Yellen Fed 02/15/2014 No Honeymoon for Janet Yellen 12/11/2013 30%+ Gold in a Diversified Portfolio? 12/04/2013 Is the Fed increasingly monetizing government debt? 11/13/2013 Why I Sell the Dollar: From Dollar Strength to Dollar Weakness 11/07/2013 Why Invest in Currencies? 10/31/2013 Bernanke vs. Yellen: A Spooky Outlook? 10/17/2013 Yellen to the Rescue? 10/02/2013 The most predictable economic crisis? 09/12/2013 It's 2020: A Look Back at the 2013 "Recovery 08/28/2013 Emerging Markets: Stop Crying, Grow Up! 08/01/2013 Concerned about the Dollar? How to Manage Dollar Risk 06/27/2013 Why I own Gold 06/18/2013 Taper Talk: Bonds at Risk – Where to Hide? 05/22/2013 Crash Proof Your Portfolio 05/09/2013 Currency Wars: Winners and Losers 05/01/2013 Rising Dollar Myth 04/17/2013 Merk Gold and Currency Outlook 04/02/2013 Japan: Monetary Madness in Times of Unsustainable Deficits? 03/30/2013 Gold, a Hedge Against Financial Repression? 02/27/2013 Buyer’s Remorse at the Fed: Investor Implications 02/21/2013 U.S. to “Win” Currency Wars? 02/13/2013 Currency Wars Are Evil 01/29/2013 Is the Fed Doping the Greenback? 01/16/2013 Trillion Dollar Battle: Print, Baby, Print! 01/08/2013 Merk 2013 Dollar & Currency Outlook 12/19/2012 Hidden Treasury Risks? 12/05/2012 Dollar Cliff? 12/04/2012 Is the Yen Doomed? 11/07/2012 ECB & Fed: Worlds Apart 10/24/2012 Monetary Cliff? 09/26/2012 Bernanke Put: Beware of Easy Money 09/21/2012 Fed to Debase Dollar? 08/29/2012 Bernanke: To Print or Not to Print…? 08/24/2012 Gold: Escape from Slavery 07/31/2012 Gold at ECB: Accident or Strategy? 07/25/2012 Currencies: From Nullifying to Negative 07/17/2012 Eurozone Needs Process, Not Money 07/11/2012 Gold to Outshine Dollar? 07/05/2012 Merkel is Summit Winner! 06/28/2012 United States of Europe has Arrived 06/21/2012 Growth Versus Austerity: A U.S. Dollar Perspective 06/07/2012 What’s next for the U.S. Dollar? QE3? 05/31/2012 U.S. Dollar and Euro - Review and Outlook 05/02/2012 Bernanke: Be Humble! 04/10/2012 Recovery – Who are We Kidding? 04/04/2012 Fed - Actions Speak Louder Than Words 03/28/2012 Bernanke's Problem with the Gold Standard 03/20/2012 Falling Treasuries: A Currency Perspective 03/15/2012 Hope for the Best, Plan for the Worst 03/08/2012 Fed Flying Blind 02/29/2012 Currencies: Crisis & Opportunity 02/03/2012 Do Tax & Regulatory Policies Pose a Threat to the Dollar? 01/19/2012 Chinese Dragon To Unshackle Renminbi? 01/06/2012 U.S. Dollar & Currencies: Review and Outlook 12/01/2011 Guide to Save the Euro 11/22/2011 Greece: High Flying Drachma 11/04/2011 Eurozone Governments’ Destinies are in their Own Hands 10/31/2011 Euro Bailouts: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly 10/27/2011 OWS: A Threat to the Dollar? 10/20/2011 U.S. Dollar and Euro 10/12/2011 The Euro is Dead. Long Live the Euro 10/04/2011 Operation Twist a Primer for QE3? 09/21/2011 Liquidity Crisis? A Currency Perspective 09/09/2011 Merk sells Euro to buy Aussie Dollar 08/25/2011 Much Ado About Debt: Dollar vs. Euro 08/08/2011 Don't Shoot the Messenger 07/20/2011 Making the US Dollar Safer: Return ON Your Money 07/13/2011 Making the US Dollar Safer... 07/07/2011 Politics of Default: Roadmap to Debunk the Dollar 06/22/2011 Euro: Safer than the U.S. Dollar? 06/09/2011 Bernanke - It's Complicated! 05/25/2011 Debt Ceiling Jeopardizes Dollar’s Reserve Status 05/04/2011 The Dollar: It’s Payback Time 04/28/2011 Fed Wants Even Higher Inflation 04/14/2011 U.S. Dollar – Review and Outlook 04/06/2011 Does a Weak Dollar Cause Inflation? 03/07/2011 Fed and ECB - A World Apart 03/02/2011 Disasters Rocking U.S. Dollar? 02/16/2011 Politics of Inflation 01/07/2011 2011: Year of the Yellow Brick Road 12/15/2010 Fed - Inflation, Inflation, Inflation 12/09/2010 Debunking Bernanke’s Myth 12/03/2010 Pragmatic ECB Squares the Circle - Whatever it Takes 11/12/2010 The Dollar: Every Man For Himself 10/12/2010 Fed’s Bizarre Tactics Target Weaker Dollar 09/22/2010 Ben im Glück 09/08/2010 Sustainable Tax Policy: Expensing Investments 08/24/2010 USD Threatened by Fannie & Freddie 08/12/2010 Credit Easing Goodbye - Quantitative Easing Ahoy! 07/29/2010 U.S. Dollar Stress Next? 07/21/2010 Switzerland Under Siege 07/09/2010 ECB Urges Bank Recapitalizations 06/21/2010 [from Apr 2010] Implications of Chinese Yuan Appreciation 06/17/2010 U.S. Fights Global Hangover: Getting Drunk in the Process? 06/11/2010 ECB Inflexibly Flexible - A Turning Point for the Euro? 05/27/2010 Euro, Australian dollar, Japanese yen Update 05/10/2010 Europe's Bazooka 04/27/2010 Implications of Chinese yuan Appreciation 04/16/2010 U.S. Dollar - Grave Concerns Remain 04/09/2010 Life/Euro Beyond Greece - Crystal Clear 03/19/2010 Eurozone Needs Markets Not Bailouts 03/15/2010 Strong Yuan in China's Interest 03/03/2010 Greece - From Hard Money to Fool's Gold 02/10/2010 Euro - Anchor of Stability? 02/03/2010 What’s next for the Dollar? 01/19/2010 Yen’s Kamikaze Flight Trajectory 01/15/2010 ECB - Greece No California 12/16/2009 Buying a House - A Risky Proposition? 12/03/2009 Dollar Implications of Dubai Jitters 11/18/2009 Strong Dollar Policy: What? 11/05/2009 Who Cares About the Dollar? 10/27/2009 Abolishing Risk Destroys America & Your Wealth 10/20/2009 Recognizing a Bubble – Dynamics of Free Money 10/02/2009 Japanese Politics and the Yen 08/27/2009 Bernanke: Central Bankers' Bob the Builder? 08/13/2009 Fed a Rudderless Ship? 07/22/2009 Credit Crunch Part Deux 06/25/2009 Inflation or Hyperinflation? 06/18/2009 Regulatory Overhaul=Summers Job Creation Program? 06/17/2009 US Dollar: the Good, the Bad & the Ugly 06/11/2009 WANTED: Money for Uncle Sam 06/11/2009 Fed Hit by Subpoena Fasten Your Seatbelt 06/04/2009 Bernanke's Math - Does It Add Up? 06/02/2009 Geithner & China: Who Are You Fooling? 05/07/2009 Market-Based Stress Test May Relieve Anxiety 04/30/2009 Pearls before Swine... 04/21/2009 (Un)Intended Consequences: Uncertainty, Inflation, Inflexibility 04/01/2009 Bailout Economics: Politics of Self Destruction 03/19/2009 Reflation Investing – Which Currencies Benefit? 03/10/2009 Depression Investing Which Currencies to Hide in? 03/03/2009 Toxic Securities - Wanted: Market Based Prices 02/25/2009 The Euro: Are There Any Hard Currencies Left? 02/12/2009 Confidence More Important Than Gold 01/28/2009 China & the U.S. Play Chicken... 01/14/2009 Live Free Or Die: Capitalism At Risk 12/17/2008 Fed Fights to Weaken Dollar 12/10/2008 China: Carpe Diem! 12/02/2008 Monetizing the Debt 11/20/2008 The Road to Financial Ruin... 11/11/2008 Bretton Woods II - A Roadmap 10/09/2008 Recapitalizations - Rate Cuts - Yen... 10/08/2008 World Crisis: Where are the Safe Havens? 09/25/2008 Recapitalize Financial Institutions Rather than Bail Out Debt 08/13/2008 The Case For and Against the Dollar 06/17/2008 Europe's Ivory Tower Politics 06/10/2008 Road to Hell? Bernanke Jeopardizes Dollar 04/30/2008 Federal Reserve May Want Inflation 03/25/2008 What's Up with Asian Currencies? 02/28/2008 Ambac Bailout May Cause Crisis 01/30/2008 The Failure of Inflation Targeting 12/18/2007 Leadership Emerges To Resolve Subprime Crisis 12/13/2007 Hard & Asian Currencies in 2008... 09/26/2007 The Fed’s interest rate cut does not help Americans 09/06/2007 If you want a Subprime Bailout, do it Properly! 06/25/2007 Banks Fight to Postpone Day of Reckoning 05/18/2007 Strong Dollar in U.S. Interest 04/30/2007 Ron Paul is Not a Myth 04/26/2007 Dollar Myths 03/27/2007 Fed Jeopardizes Dollar as it Neglects its Mandate 02/22/2007 Bernanke the Dove 02/06/2007 How the Fed Lost Control of Money Supply 11/14/2006 A Lower Trade Deficit Unlikely to Save Dollar 11/06/2006 Dollar May Fall After Election 10/06/2006 Bernanke Passes The Buck 09/21/2006 Fallout from the Bursting Housing Bubble 07/20/2006 Bernanke’s Transient Hopes 06/15/2006 Will Bernanke Save the Dollar? 06/08/2006 Will Paulson Save the Dollar? 05/24/2006 The Current Account Deficit Matters 04/26/2006 China: Embrace the Competition 03/16/2006 Protectionism May Hurt Dollar 02/18/2006 Bernanke Fallacy 02/07/2006 Psychology of a Falling Dollar 01/13/2006 Retiring with Bernanke - Are You Prepared? 12/16/2005 Will Bernanke Create Hyperinflation? 11/22/2005 Bernanke: Go, Get the Helicopters! 11/11/2005 Globalization and the Dollar 10/25/2005 Bernanke - On the Road to Disaster? 10/25/2005 The Dollar, Gold & Stagflation - Greenspan's Conundrum 10/10/2005 Is a Dollar Crisis Looming? 09/13/2005 Is the US Economy Shock-Resistant? 08/18/2005 Fed May Not Stop Inflation 08/12/2005 China’s Basket of Currencies Impacts Trading... 08/04/2005 The Modern Command Economy: the 30-Yr Bond is Returning 07/27/2005 A Snowball in the Making: China's Basket of Currencies 06/30/2005 China: U.S. Dollar may not be Worth the Paper it is Printed on 06/20/2005 Is the European Union in Crisis?" 06/18/2005 Gold up as the current account deficit continues its rise 06/09/2005 Trade Deficit - Be careful what you wish for 06/02/2005 The Fed opts for growth, ignoring imbalances & inflation 05/17/2005 Merk Investments Launches Merk Hard Currency Fund