Got 111.5 tons of gold? If you have, the European Parliament will take it.
If you have ever wondered how close world governments are to recognizing gold as money, look no further than Europe. In a May 25 press release, the European Parliament stated: “The Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament has approved gold to be used as collateral confirming its status as a high-quality …
The Queen’s stockbroker predicts gold at $12,000 an ounce. I hope he’s wrong.
Cazenove is a British stockbroker and investment bank, founded in 1823 by Philip Cazenove. Although the firm won’t confirm or deny its relations to the Royal Family, it is said by many that the company handles investments and wealth management for Queen Elizabeth II. What has this got to do with gold? Well, Robin …
Who is buying gold? The Chinese are. And I’m not talking about the Chinese government.
As with any other commodity, the price of gold rises and falls according to supply and demand. And if you want to see where the demand is right now, look no further than the 1,336,718,000 inhabitants of China. Yes, that’s about one and a third billion people. According to the head of the country’s …
The next big financial crash may happen for the same reasons that airplanes crash. (And if it does, you’ll be thankful you own gold.)
Can you really compare a global financial crash with an airplane crash? I think you can. Modern commercial aircraft are high-tech flying machines, flown most of the time by their onboard computer systems. But sometimes, as was the case with the Air France flight off the coast of Brazil, these planes crash. In …
John Paulson predicts gold prices will go as high as $4,000 an ounce
Who is John Paulson? He is the founder and president of Paulson & Company. He made billion of dollars for his hedge fund by betting against the U.S. housing market. Some of his key investments were shorts against U.S. and European banks with exposure to toxic mortgages. He had had successes before that. But …
7 Fascinating facts about gold – and why they matter.
Before we get into why they matters, and actually influence gold prices globally, here are seven interesting facts about gold. 1. There are only 165,000 metric tonnes of gold in existence above ground. Gold is rare. If every single ounce of this gold were placed next to each other, the resulting cube of pure gold …
Who is buying gold? The Central Bank of Mexico.
The Banco de Mexico bought 93.3 tonnes of gold bullion in February and March, according to data released by the International Monetary Fund. It had previously held 6.9 tonnes. “We want to get the best risk-return balance in our investments,” Said Agustin Carstens, governor of Bank de Mexico. “Given the performance gold has had …
Central banks are buying gold again. And you should too.
Is there anything unusual about central banks buying gold? Historically, if you go back far enough, no. In fact, the gold that central banks used to store in their vaults was the physical security they held for the paper money they printed and put into circulation. But for almost a generation now, central banks …