Gold
Sep 29th, 2010 |
By Byron King |
Category: Economics, Featured, Gold
Since ancient times, gold has been a safe haven for investors worried about market volatility and political uncertainty. Even the rise of paper currencies hasn’t managed to kill the idea of gold in people’s minds. That’s because gold is no one’s liability — currencies come and go, but gold remains ...
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Tags: boom bust cycle, Gold, inflation, spurring economic activity
Posted in Economics, Featured, Gold |
3 comments
Sep 27th, 2010 |
By Doug Casey |
Category: Featured, Gold, Personal Investing
The Gold Report: Doug, at a recent conference you said that the U.S. ought to default on its national debt now. Why that rather than letting it play out?
Doug Casey: Several other things almost equally radical should be done besides defaulting on the debt. I recognize that an outright default ...
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Tags: default on national debt, Gold, Greater Depression, inflation
Posted in Featured, Gold, Personal Investing |
3 comments
Sep 22nd, 2010 |
By James Turk |
Category: Featured, Gold
There is too much money being printed. No rocket science is needed to reach that conclusion. The markets are giving us a clear message.
For example, gold is trading at a record high, while silver has reached a 30-year high. Those new high prices are happening for a reason. The precious ...
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Tags: commodity prices, hyperinflation, inflation
Posted in Featured, Gold |
4 comments
Aug 30th, 2010 |
By Chris Mayer |
Category: Featured, Gold, International
Africa has had many false dawns. So there are good reasons to be skeptical of yet another rising sun, full of promise. But this dawn has been a long time in the making and has different foundations than before. Already, we’re seeing some amazing changes.
These changes began as Africa opened ...
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Tags: gold in Africa, investing in Africa
Posted in Featured, Gold, International |
4 comments
Aug 16th, 2010 |
By Dan Denning |
Category: Featured, Gold
If Goldman Sachs is publicly bullish on gold, is that a good thing or bad thing for gold bulls?
Wall Street's notorious trading house published a report on gold last week setting a price target of US$1,300 in the next six months. The report cited several factors. But before we get ...
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Tags: deflation, Gold, gold bubble, inflation
Posted in Featured, Gold |
7 comments
Jun 3rd, 2010 |
By Adrian Ash |
Category: Featured, Gold
Knowing how governments will respond to deflation, the case for inflation-proof gold looks increasingly clear to cautious wealth...
Useless for pretty much everything except storing wealth (its economic value is social, not industrial), gold acts as inflation-proof money when investors need it most — right in the middle of an ...
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Tags: deflation, dollars, Gold, inflation
Posted in Featured, Gold |
13 comments
May 28th, 2010 |
By Chris Mayer |
Category: Featured, Gold
When the proverbial fecal matter hit the fan during the week of May 3, one asset shined above all others. It was the humble yellow metal, gold, doing its part in times of panic and crisis. It held up. On May 7, gold closed above $1,200 for the first time ...
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Tags: gold price, monetary base, QB Partners
Posted in Featured, Gold |
16 comments
Apr 27th, 2010 |
By Trace Mayer |
Category: Currencies, Featured, Gold
I had a conference to attend in Southern California last week but the true capstone was a Sunday evening dinner with several readers. Although ‘gold bugs’ may be perceived in their writing as cranky I have found them to be among the most considerate and cultured company. Perhaps it stems ...
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Tags: euro, fiat currency, Gold
Posted in Currencies, Featured, Gold |
8 comments
Apr 13th, 2010 |
By Trace Mayer |
Category: Featured, Gold
In the last six months many important events have transpired. The credit crisis intensified with CIT, Dubai and looming sovereign defaults. Commercial real estate is still frozen and about $600B needs to be refinanced during 2010. Massive fraud is being revealed on a grand scale such as with the 2,000+ ...
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Tags: GATA, Goldman Sachs, inflation, Jeffrey Christian
Posted in Featured, Gold |
30 comments
Apr 1st, 2010 |
By Adrian Ash |
Category: Featured, Gold, International
Wanted to buy China’s growth story but didn’t know how...?
The WORLD GOLD COUNCIL’S excellent new 74-page report on Chinese gold demand – Gold in the Year of the Tiger – contains many graphics, tables and charts.
Time-pressed investors should focus on just two...
“Gold has a low-to-negative correlation with mainstream financial assets,” ...
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Tags: China, Gold, yuan
Posted in Featured, Gold, International |
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