During times of global uncertainty, buy more gold.

When should you be buying more gold? Some people make this decision very complicated, listening to analysts on a daily basis, scrutinizing technical charts, and so on. That’s not how I make my own buying decisions. First off, I’m not a trader or speculator in gold. I’m an owner of gold. I buy physical gold …

Wondering what to give your loved ones this holiday season? Give gold.

Here in North America we have no tradition of giving gold as a gift. That’s a pity – for the reasons I describe below. And it’s not the case in many other parts of the world. Of all countries, India stands out for the way in which families protect and distribute wealth through gifts of …

How to buy physical gold at the lowest price, and keep it safe and available.

When we think of buying physical gold, we naturally think of holding the gold in our hands and then storing it in a safe place at home, or at our bank. There is something almost irresistible about actually owning and touching the gold you buy. But that need to hold your gold in your hand …

Why owners of physical gold think like insurance agents.

If you are a gold trader, you’ll be watching the Comex gold futures contract numbers, and you’ll start fidgeting and worrying every time gold prices go up or down by a dollar or two. If you buy gold mutual funds or ETFs, you won’t be as fidgety as the trader, but you’ll still be watching …

Owning gold makes us less vulnerable to centralized dependency.

John Aziz of azizonomics.com recently wrote a post about how the centralization of the global economy puts us all at risk. Here is a quote from his post: “Centralisation concentrates decision-making. Centralisation acts as a transmission mechanism to transmit and amplify the effects of centralised decisions throughout a system. This means that when bad decisions …