Frank Holmes Quotes (16 Quotes)

The biggest reason for optimism about investment in all commodities is population growth. Half of the world's 6 billion people live in economies growing at 6 percent a year, but there have been no major gold, oil or copper discoveries.

The secular bull market in commodities remains intact. We are proud that our passion, models and process have guided us to be a leader in performance again.

With 3 billion people consuming 20 million barrels of oil per day . . . it is more likely that gold will rise before oil falls, because oil won't fall much.

What's happening is they're going from dancing to rave music, with 1000 beats per minute, to waltzing in China.

Based on historic ratios between gold and oil, gold should now be over 500 an ounce,

Most 401(k) plans give employees limited investment choices such as domestic equity and fixed income products. Following MIT's lead, we believe other retirement platforms will broaden their offerings, as they understand the importance of how these asset classes work as part of a diversified portfolio.

Once reconstruction really gets under way in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, we're expecting to see a surge in appliance manufacturers by mid-October, ... That could give some of the durable goods names a better profile.

Having lost touch with Parks for more than 25 years, Holmes drafted a letter to his old associate and gave it to a mutual friend, singer-songwriter Steve Young, to deliver. I got a phone call from Van Dyke, ... 'Surf's up' he said.

I made up a new original, ... I am an artist.

He first met Wilson at the Hollywood apartment Van Dyke and his brother Carson Parks shared. They were in the thick of Hollywood, ... I used to meet all sorts of rock people there -- Frank Zappa, Danny Hutton, Stephen Stills. People were always coming and going. It was a pretty exciting place to visit. One day, there was Brian Wilson.

There are many components here that are driving gold, and they sort of rotate around. It's not linear.

It's cheaper to go out and a buy another company.

We operate in a very intensely regulated world, including the mutual funds we manage and our company, which is publicly traded. Jerry Rubinstein has unique technical knowledge and skills he is a CPA and an attorney. Furthermore, Rubinstein has tremendous entrepreneurial experience in the capital markets with leadership roles in several industries, ranging from oil and banking to the music industry.

While I was doing my thesis, I got the job, ... I thought that was a good way to leave art school. It was a boost. Then it went away. I just forgot about it.

A China crash would be huge.

With all the demands on my time as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, I am happy that Jerry Rubinstein has accepted the leadership role as chairman of the board of directors of U.S. Global Investors, Inc..