If you feel your confidence slipping, you’re not alone. Here are a couple of excerpts from commentary on a recent New York Time/CBS News poll: “Americans are more pessimistic about the nation’s economic outlook and overall direction.” “Amid rising gas prices, stubborn unemployment and a cacophonous debate in Washington over the federal government’s ability …
With the price of gold rising to record levels, and with those levels being broken on a regular basis, many people are wondering whether we are due for a major correction. Well, there are always corrections after an extended rise in gold prices. Investors sell to take profits, and then buy again at the low …
Study the mainstream media and you’ll find several financial journalist who are declaring that the recent rise in gold prices means we are now in a dangerous “gold bubble”. The implication is that the bubble will soon burst, gold prices will plummet, and we’ll all lose a ton of money. But if you pause, …
Looking at the cover of this recent issue of Newsweek, you might get the impression that the world as we know it is coming to an end. There is no doubt that the last few months have been extraordinary. Massive earthquakes, tsunamis, nuclear accidents, revolution and civil war in the Middle East and in North …
Don’t get me wrong. I’m not suggesting you follow in Qaddafi’s footsteps. He’s a dictator, and deserves to be pushed out. But there is one lesson we can learn from him. He knows and has always known that things can go badly wrong for him. That comes with the territory when you’re an unpopular despot. …
It’s a dream that comes true for almost nobody – finding a giant gold nugget. Well, here is a truly huge nugget, worth over $400,000. I think I would be happy to find one worth just a tenth of that price.
As you have probably noticed, since the crash of 2008, tens of thousands of cash-for-gold businesses have sprung up all over the country. You’ll find them in most malls, and online. In fact, last time I went to my local dry cleaners, they had put a cash-for-gold sign in their window. It makes sense, …