Category Archives: Gold Investment Advice
Gold Investment News
What are the best sources of gold investment news? First of all, most people investing in gold and silver tend to spend too much time on short-term fluctuations in the market. In the Internet age the investment community is inundated with the latest rumors and innuendo. Unfortunately, what this means is that most gold investors … Continue reading
Has the Gold Price Stabilized?
Gold outperformed almost every commodity in 2011 yet the end of year sell off has left many gold investors nervous. First of all, the out-performance of gold was due to the fact that the world is looking for an alternate currency. Every central bank from the Swiss National bank to the Indian central bank is … Continue reading
Central Banks Not Selling Gold
Today gold was crushed by over 2%. The reason for the sell off were rumors that German gold would “mobilized” to fund a bank recapitalization. Clearly, there is a lot of behind the scenes posturing at European banks that are in dire need of capital. Over the past two weeks there have been several stories … Continue reading
When to Buy Gold?
One of the questions that I am frequently asked is when the best time to purchase gold and gold stocks. Most asset classes, gold included, have both short-term and long-term cycles. In other words, the long-term price trend of gold may be up but the gold price may decline 20 or 25% short period of … Continue reading
Gold Allocation
Once you have decided that you want to invest in gold you must make two key decisions. First of all, you must decide how much of your portfolio you want to invest in gold. Secondly, you must decide what type of gold vehicle you would like to use. You must decide whether or not you … Continue reading
Jim Grant on Why Gold is Not a Bubble
Jim Grant of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer is one of the better macro thinkers in the investment world today. He was interviewed by Barrons where he explained why gold is not a bubble. A bubble is a bull market in which the user of the word “bubble” has not fully participated. You can think of … Continue reading
Do the Chinese Want a Gold Backed Currency?
As we’ve previously reported, China should start accumulating more gold. The reasons are that none of the paper currencies are particularly stable and that includes the Euro, Yen and of course the U.S. dollar. Interestingly, over the last few days a WikiLeaks cable confirmed our suspicion that the Chinese were big gold buyers. More importantly, … Continue reading
What is the Value of Gold
One of the great mysteries of modern finance is how to properly put a price tag on gold. It has been around for thousands of years as a store of value but value investors often cringe because gold has no intrinsic value. Even brilliant value investors like Warren Buffett have been criticized for not understanding … Continue reading
Using Gold to Hedge Inflation
The common wisdom in the investment community is that gold is an inflation hedge. In periods where investors expect inflation to surge, the thinking is gold will outperform. However, there is little empirical data to suggest that gold is an inflation hedge. First of all gold has decoupled from the CPI index in recent years. … Continue reading
Gold Investment Companies
One way to diversify gold stock holdings is via the use of gold investment companies. Gold investment companies are usually ETF’s or mutual funds that hold a basket of gold stocks with different weightings. Rather than opening an gold investment account many people prefer to simply buy the most popular gold ETF. The SPDR Gold … Continue reading