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It was October 2006, one year before the subprime mortgage crisis hit the nation (and most of the world). TV’s financial pundits were still giddy with excitement over the seemingly never-ending increase in home values, and most Americans thought the good times were here to stay.

In the same month, Doug Casey wrote:

Pretty darn insightful. But despite all appearances to the contrary, Doug’s insights do not depend on prophetic powers. What Doug does is the real deal – a combination of good old-fashioned hard work, a profound knowledge of history and economic principles, and an unfailing instinct for lucrative investments.

Whether you are bullish, bearish, or somewhere in between, the odds are that when Warren Buffett talks... you will be listening.

A real life E.F. Hutton, the grandfatherly Buffet is still the best brand in the business.

But then again, there aren't many investors in the world that can turn $1200 from a paper route into one of the greatest fortunes of all time. In that regard, Buffett's reputation came the old fashioned way: he earned it.

The reasons behind this iconic image, however, are two-fold, since Buffett is not exactly your run-of-the-mill billionaire.

Instead, he's an American everyman that not only exudes common sense, but dines primarily on hamburgers, chips, and Cherry Coke.

But buried beneath that cuddly, down-home exterior is something else entirely: the cold and calculating mind of man who is quick to make decisions and has a serious nose for money — a market shark if there ever was one.

And the larger truth is that if you really want to know something about the road ahead, it pays to listen to someone that has been there before.

That's true now more than ever as investors wrestle with the ghosts of the Great Depression and ponder the possibility of a double-dip recession.

Warren Buffett's Annual Letter to Shareholders

$50.61 for an ounce of gold might seem outlandish, but for the next 48-72 hours, it's a reality...

All thanks to one of North America's greatest gold secrets.

It all goes back to the summer of 1860, when a single discovery made by a man known as Captain E.D. Pierce triggered a rush that put Central Idaho on the map.

The early success stories that came out of this region were the sorts of fairy tales that poor prospectors told their children at bedtime:

• Like the one about a miner named Peter 'Baboon' Bablanie, who harvested over 1,200 ounces all by himself — a haul worth $1.35 million in today's dollars...
• Or the mine that produced $140,000 of gold — worth $3.3 million today — in a single day's work.

Of course, these early successes were short-lived.

In fact, due to rising production costs and falling prices, most mining operations in Idaho were out of the gold business entirely by the mid-20th century...

...Turning instead to silver and other metals for safe, reliable returns.

That all changed — in a big way — when the economic world was flipped on its head.

But as gold recently touched and even exceeded $1,200/ounce, mass demand triggered a gold rush of a magnitude unheard of for a century and a half.

And just like the first time, the prospectors were quick to jump on the opportunity.

Only this time, instead of pickaxes and tin pans, they took to the foothills with high explosives and ground-penetrating radar.

One such prospector — a 3-year-old mining company worth around $27 million — laid claim to a site which everyone had assumed was depleted back in the 1950s.

Turns out, everyone was wrong...