dhkenrick, Author at Owning Gold

Owning gold isn’t about making investment profits, it’s about mitigating risk.

In my last post I talked about how the price of gold could very well go up significantly this year. Goodness knows, there is a ton of uncertainty out there. Here’s just a partial list of the things that give investors and risk assessment managers the shivers… – The market meltdown in China – The …

Share11

11 Shares

The bittersweet prospect of gold prices jumping to the moon.

2016 has gotten off to a rocky start. Global equity markets are on shaky ground, triggered by chaos and huge declines in the Chinese markets. The “war factor” is hitting the red zone, with ongoing conflicts in Syria and Iraq, and some nasty and potentially very dangerous posturing between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Not to …

Share18

18 Shares

Is the U.S. planning to pay down its debt with gold?

Central banks around the world continue to buy gold bullion. As I noted in a previous post, the world’s central banks purchased a total of 447 tons of gold in 2014 alone. That was the second biggest year for buying gold in the last 50 years. And it represented a 17% increase on purchasing in …

Share6

6 Shares

Gold seems to have lost its narrative.

Whether you are talking about commodities, stocks, bonds or anything else you care to invest in, their prices are impacted by narrative. And by narrative, I mean the stories people tell. For example, without the bold, upbeat and optimistic narratives coming out of the world’s central banks right now, the state of the global economy …

Share1

1 Shares

Umbrellas cost more when it’s raining. And so does gold.

Buy an umbrella before it rains, and gold before the next recession

Nobody thinks about buying an umbrella when the sun is shining and the sky is blue, without a cloud in sight. If we were totally rational beings, that would be odd. Because we know for a fact that it’s going to rain one day. And we know if we don’t have an umbrella before the …

Share7

7 Shares

Why Central Banks are buying more gold than ever.

In 2104 the world’s central banks purchased a total of 447 tons of gold. That’s the second biggest year for buying gold in the last 50 years. And it represented a 17% increase on purchasing in 2013. So what was all that about? After all, the price of gold has been falling over the last …

Share7

7 Shares

When evaluating gold, forget the markets and look to the Central Banks.

bank of England, the British central bank.

If you are a trader or speculator in gold, by all means listen to the markets. Your task as a speculator is to make money from the ups and downs in the short-term price of gold. However, if your primary aim is to own gold as a hard asset, you are playing a longer-term game. …

0 Shares