Japan's post-bubble depression is a warning to us

Japan is finding shaking off its post-bubble depression harder than anyone would ever have thought. This is a glimpse of what lies beyond our own credit bubble.

You could knowless than even the British government about trading gold and foreign currencies for profit, but you'd still have to reckon the money of this mystery country a 'buy':

- Its jobless rate just hit a 9-year low of 3.8%, and there's plenty more growth to come. The ratio of jobs to jobseekers rose yet again last month.

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Adrian has written all things gold related from if it’s worth buying, what the real price of gold should be and what’s the point of gold for MoneyWeek. He has also written for other leading money titles on his gold expertise including Business Insider, Forbes, City A.M, Yahoo Finance and What Investment Magazine. Now Adrian is head of the research desk at BullionVault, a physical market for gold and silver for private investors online.