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precious metals ’
Nov 18th, 2009 |
By Keith Fitz-Gerald |
Category: Featured, Financial News
Money Morning’s Keith Fitz-Gerald brings us a sobering look at investing in gold. If there is a moral to the story, it’s that nothing is what it seems anymore – not even gold.
Tags: Accounting Firm, Capital Asset, capital gains tax, Capital Gains Tax Rate, Comex Gold Trust, E Ham, Fitz Gerald, Internal Revenue Service, investing in gold, Ishares Comex Gold, Ishares Comex Gold Trust, iShares Silver Trust, Long Term Capital Gains, Long Term Capital Gains Tax, Long Term Capital Gains Tax Rate, Maximum Tax Rate, Mutual Fund Investments, precious metals, Spdr, Tax Bite
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Nov 16th, 2009 |
By James Stafford |
Category: Financial News, Submissions
Are you sold on gold? The precious metal outperformed every major equity index in the world in 2008. The question is, can gold—and other precious metals—keep on flying? Or would buying today be buying high and selling low?
Precious metals have always been intriguing to investors because they tend to hold their value. In times of geopolitical crisis or currency devaluation, for example, the value of paper money might fluctuate, but a hard asset will always be worth something. As a result, historically, precious metals have been considered a “safe haven” in times of economic and financial instability.
That brings us to why gold is on a tear today. It declined in 2008 and early 2009 as panicked investors rushed into cash…
Tags: Amou, Commodity Supply, Currency Devaluation, Equity Index, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Financial Instability, Financial Markets, Gold Investors, Gold Metals, Gold Prices, Gold Supplies, Lack Of Confidence, Paper Money, Precious Metal, precious metals, Principal Factors, Safe Haven, Sidelines, Supply And Demand
Posted in Financial News, Submissions |
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Oct 9th, 2009 |
By Byron King |
Category: Emerging Markets
Let’s take a quick look at what’s happening in Brazil, over and above the 2016 Olympics being awarded to Rio de Janeiro.
Tags: Brazil, Byron King, Emerging Markets, energy, gold, Gold Prices, invest in Brazil, invest in gold, invest in oil, invest in silver, precious metals, resources, silver, US dollar, US economy, US oil reserves
Posted in Emerging Markets |
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Oct 6th, 2009 |
By Doug Hornig |
Category: Stock Market Investing
Rare earth elements (REEs) have been the mystery metals of the mining world for years. Now, suddenly, everyone’s heard about them.
Tags: Arafura Resources, carbon, copper, Doug Hornig, gold, invest in metals, Ipo, iron, mining stocks, nickel, precious metals, resources, silicon, Zinc
Posted in Stock Market Investing |
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Sep 29th, 2009 |
By Contrarian Profits |
Category: Politics & Economics, Top Story
David Rosenberg, chief economist for Gluskin-Sheff, is a contrarian with a superior intellect than our own. That’s why we hang on most every word he says.
Tags: Bailout, Banking Sector, Budget Deficit, Canadian Economy, Canadian GDP, Commodity Exports, David Rosenberg, National Debt, precious metals, Secular Bull Market
Posted in Politics & Economics, Top Story |
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Sep 15th, 2009 |
By Doug Hornig |
Category: Gold Market
That’s a question that Westerners have been asking for, oh, several millennia now. Or at least since Marco Polo aimed his ponies down the old Silk Road in 1271.
Tags: Comex, Doug Hornig, invest in gold, invest in silver, investing in China, precious metals, Teck Corp.
Posted in Gold Market |
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Sep 11th, 2009 |
By Contrarian Profits |
Category: Gold Market, Top Story
In the spirit of not suffering from confirmation bias, in today’s Notes we will try to make the bearish case against gold. So before you storm Notes HQ in Buenos Aires craving blood, hear us out. Many of our staff here love gold and have long term holdings.
Tags: Exchange Traded Fund, Gold Bugs, Gold Rush, Gold Stocks, precious metals, Price Of Gold
Posted in Gold Market, Top Story |
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Sep 11th, 2009 |
By Contrarian Profits |
Category: Financial News, Gold Market
Gold prices extended gains above $1,010 an ounce in Europe on Friday as the dollar index’s <.DXY> tumble to one-year lows fuelled interest in the precious metal as an alternative asset.
Tags: Gold Prices, precious metals
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Sep 3rd, 2009 |
By Andrew Snyder |
Category: Gold Market
As the equities market gyrates, gold bugs are getting their vindication. Better late then never, I suppose.
Tags: Andrew Snyder, gold, Gold Prices, palladium, precious metals
Posted in Gold Market |
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Sep 3rd, 2009 |
By Contrarian Profits |
Category: Financial News, Gold Market
Gold prices rallied today, Thursday, to their highest level since February on strong investment demand amid caution ahead of key U.S. non-farm payrolls data on Friday (London GMT).
Tags: Bullion Gold, Dollar Index, Dxy, Economic Outlook, Gold Prices, precious metals, Spot Gold, Striking Workers
Posted in Financial News, Gold Market |
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