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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 …

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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. …

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As gold prices rise, watch out for fake gold bars with tungsten cores, and other scams.

As the price of gold begins to inch its way up, a whole new flood of buyers start looking for gold. (Weird thing…few people buy gold when the price is going down or stagnant. They prefer to buy when the price is higher!) Anyway, as these occasional or “amateur” buyers start looking for dealers, …

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In times of emergency you need the gold coins with the highest liquidity.

Many of us who buy gold bullion coins are motivated by the desire not only to diversify our investments, but also to build up an alternative stash of “money” for times of emergency. Gold is the kind of money you can spend when chaos strikes, whether the dollar has plummeted in value, the banks …

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Why geopolitical change is a strong buying signal for gold.

If you just glance at the headlines, the world seems much as it was last year and the year before. A few wars, some trade disputes, ups and downs in the economies of various countries. Same old same old. But if you look a little closer, you’ll see the first cracks appearing in what will …

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What you can learn from Ukraine’s plan to spend $1 billion on gold.

As I sit down and write this post, Ukraine is on the brink of war. It’s unclear whether this will be a civil war, or will involve Russian troops crossing the border and invading Ukraine itself. But one thing is clear: the government of Ukraine is doing what every other country has done under similar …

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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 …

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Why physical gold is probably worth a lot more than you think.

It would be reasonable to think that the price of gold is determined solely by the supply and demand of the physical product – gold bullion. But that is not the case. Most of the “gold” traded each day is paper gold, not physical gold. This paper gold is traded in the form of ETFs, …

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Owning gold – a small downside with a huge upside.

When you invest money there is usually a reasonable upside and a huge downside. Just ask anyone who invested their savings in Enron or with Bernie Madoff. Yes, those are extreme examples. But there are thousands of other cases where honest people invested their savings in the hope of a reasonable growth in their savings, …

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Why you should buy physical gold, not paper gold.

The quick answer to why you should own physical gold is that you can’t trust the banks or your government. Eric Sprout, the billionaire precious metals trader, recently conducted an audit of how much gold the U.S. government has been buying and selling over the last few decades. Here is his conclusion: “We used this …

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