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Why gold price experts are almost always wrong.

And why, when they are right, it’s just dumb luck. Let me explain. First of all, analysts who want to appear on TV, and financial journalists, need to have something to say. You can’t be a guest on TV or have a financial column if you don’t have something to say each day. And they …

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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 …

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Ben Bernanke can’t print gold. Thank goodness.

As you know, Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, recently outlined his plan for ongoing quantitative easing with QE3. Basically the Fed will keep printing money, pass it down the line to the banks, and then hope it will stimulate some positive economic activity on Main Street. Will it work? Probably not. But we’ll …

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Gold bullion or cash – which provides the best safety net?

Gold bullion and cash both have a long history when it comes to creating a safety net for a rainy day. We have all heard stories of people hiding cash in their mattresses, or in cookie tins in their attics and basements. Another group of people have long favored stashes of gold coins, and have …

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Why are the world’s Central Banks buying more gold?

Action on the gold market has been a little flat over recent months, to say the least. The price has moved up and down on a regular basis since the beginning of the year, but not dramatically up or dramatically down. So what is going on? Well a number of factors have contributed to gold’s …

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In the absence of hype, gold finds its price — for now.

Watching gold prices can drive you crazy. When prices are on the rise, every pundit and expert on the planet jumps out and has their say. And what they predict for the next few weeks is almost always based on what has happened over the last few weeks. That’s always an easy way to …

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Herds of foolish people buy gold when the price is rising fast. Wise individuals buy during corrections.

People behave in curious ways. And human behavior when buying gold is no exception. But before we focus on gold, let’s take a look at when and why people buy just about anything. Look back to the tech bubble of the late 90s. Smart investors jumped in early. Amateur investors kept on buying as technology …

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If gold prices are meant to be going up, how come they are going down?

This third week of September has been nothing short of tumultuous. Gold prices have taken a huge beating. On the face of it, the decline in gold prices appears to make little sense. It’s not as if the economic outlook in North America or Europe is getting any better. Greece is in a mess, several …

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Leaked documents reveal China is buying gold to weaken the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency.

Once again, Wikileaks gives us an insight into areas most politicians would prefer stay hidden. Here is an excerpt from a cable published by Wikileaks, and sent from the US Embassy in Beijing in April, 2009: 3. CHINA’S GOLD RESERVES “China increases its gold reserves in order to kill two birds with one stone” “The …

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Mike Maloney explains why gold prices could hit $15,000 an ounce or more.

Mike Maloney is the founder of GoldSilver.com and, in addition to selling gold and silver, he is a big educator and advocate, particularly when it comes to gold. In this video he looks at the rise in the US of the monetary base, combined with total revolving credit. What’s that about? It’s a measure of …

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