Don's Blog
Select from the list the article of your interest. These columns are the opinions of Don Stott, the founder of Colorado Gold. They are not meant to be seen as the opinions or directives of Colorado Gold, Inc.
What Hath Biden Done?
I write this quickly, since until I found a way to get on the internet, I was lost. My internet supplier has cut me off till he gets his fiber-optic cable run into my house, and he says it may take till July 2nd. ...
Just Read the Paper to See
Today is “FLAG DAY.” Please fly your flag and be proud to be an American! I admit it. I read the Journal (Wall Street) pretty thoroughly, and I don’t own a share of stock. Why? ...
They Are Coming After Your Gas
Yesterday, June 6th, was the 77th anniversary of the largest amphibious landing in history. “D Day” June 6th, 1944, when the Allies landed at Normandy France to turn the tide of WW II. Over 22,000 died in...
Jobs
(5/4/2002- 19 years ago) I can still think and write, but I am placing all my old columns in bound volumes, and I keep running across good ones, and will repeat them as I see fit. “In the field of economics, there are...
Vallars
2/13/2008 (13 years ago!) “Vallars” are a historical fact. In 1931, after the stock market had crashed and everyone was broke, depressed, and Roosevelt hadn’t been elected with his million...
The National Anthem
This is a column I wrote in July, 2008, 13 years ago, and it needs to be said again. “On July 4th, everyone plays patriotic music, and it is one of my favorite holidays. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir always does a...
Basics
A client of one of my kids e-mailed me and said that I should write a column about which gold and silver to buy and what about numismatics? Here goes. The ‘Spot price’ of anything is the price the...
More Valuable?
It’s all so common. People might say, as an example: “I bought gold @ $900, and now look! It’s $1900! I’ve made a thousand dollars an ounce.” True, you have made $1,000...
Ethanol
I well remember when ethanol was first forced into gasoline back in the 1970s, and all the articles written and published about the harmful effects it has on engines, hoses, exhausts, and even the air quality. That died...
A Fire Story
I wrote this the day before I fell and broke 4 bones in my pelvis! I’ll try to resume my column! - Don This is...
No column for at least two weeks
Don is out of the hospital and rehabing his injured pelvis. Thank you all so much for your thoughts and...
Inflation Explained
Statistics are from a column I wrote January 8, 2002 I must have done a bit of research back in 2002, but here was the cost of gold in reichsmarks in those years after WWI. Glad you didn’t save in...
Inflation Explained
Statistics are from a column I wrote January 8, 2002 I must have done a bit of research back in 2002, but here was the cost of gold in reichsmarks in those years after WWI. Glad you didn’t save in...
How Did We Get Here?
I have written close to 2,000 columns. I have been sifting through many of them from 2010. Here’s one, dated April 15, 2010, edited a bit. Hope you like it. (Note that the national debt 11 years ago,...
Bitcoin (again!)
On August 18, 2008, the name “Bitcoin” was registered. When I wrote about it last, there were over 1,000 ‘crypto’ (meaning fake) coins of all names and promises being produced, probably in many...
Why Gold and Silver?
Interesting piece from a little know mining journal – Why Gold and Silver? March 01, 2021 Dave Kranzler Mining Stock Journal To paraphrase JP Morgan’s (the man) 1912 testimony to Congress:...
Value
What is “value?” My dictionary has 13 definitions, but I’ll take the first one: “A fair or proper equivalent in money, commodities, etc., especially for something sold or exchanged.” Gold and silver...
Sent to me by a friend...
Yes I can write, but the following just needs to be forwarded. I have a list of about 80 I send stuff such as this daily. If you’re a customer of Colorado Gold, I’d be glad to add your name to the...
Sadly Serious by Newt Gingrich
"A smart friend of mine who is a moderate liberal asked why I was not recognizing Joe Biden’s victory. The friend made the case that Biden had gotten more votes, and historically we recognize the person with the...
It Didn't Happen All at Once
What didn’t happen all at once? Actually, the same thing happened and still happens all around the world, but not all at once. What? The decline and eventual going to absolute zero, of the value of...
