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By Philip Klapwijk
Executive Chairman, GFMS

Over the last month the U.S. dollar has made a new record low on a trade-weighted basis against other currencies. As we will show, this is just the most recent phase in a long-run, secular decline. Although this fall has been punctuated by periods of strength, such as from 1981-85, the evidence is clear that the American currency has tended to weaken over the last forty years. Our contention is further weakness is probable in the future, even though this will be interrupted by occasional "bear market rallies" as we have seen in the past.

By Robert J. Fazio
Executive Vice President, Goldline

On September 15, 2009, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announced that the recession was over and we are "technically" in a recovery. If that news surprises you, you're not alone. By nearly all indications, our economy continues to flounder and will likely to do so for the near future.

By Scott Carter
Executive Vice President, Goldline

Growing concerns that the United States dollar will lose its status as the world's reserve currency has helped drive gold prices to new record highs. As Philip Klapwijk noted in his article, "The Decline of the Dollar?" one possible usurper to the dollar is the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Special Drawing Rights (SDRs).

By Mark Albarian
President & CEO, Goldline

For years, analysts and experts such as Jim Sinclair, Richard Russell, the Aden Sisters, and Peter Schiff have been cautioning investors about our economy and advocating that people diversify with gold. And for years, such experts were often marginalized by conventional pundits and the media as "gold bugs" whose opinions were unworthy of serious consideration.