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Buying gold coins and bars continues to be a smart move.

2010 turned out to be a pretty good year for buying gold, and other precious metals. The Dow was up just 11% over the year. Gold was up 29%. Silver was up 81.6% Platinum was up 20%. Palladium was up over 100%. In other words, all precious metals did significantly better than the Dow. Of …

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Disappointed by gold’s recent performance? Don’t be.

Since December 7th, gold prices seem to have been spluttering up and down, with a bit of a downward trend. Buyers with a delicate constitution might be fretting right now, and biting their fingernails. But they shouldn’t be. Gold has had another stellar performance this year, increasing in value by 27%. Do you have any …

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How you feel about daily gold prices depends on your vision of where the world economy is headed.

Daily gold prices go up and down. It’s true of gold, of other commodities, and of stocks and bonds. The key to gold ownership is to ignore these ups and downs. Also, ignore the larger corrections, which can see the price of gold fall by several percentage points. These price changes and corrections give traditional …

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Current gold prices, and the time of year, signify a good time to buy.

If you are planning to buy some more gold coins or gold bars soon, you might want to do so before the end of the year. Current gold prices are down from where they were, and you can catch a good price on any downward move between now and the last day of the month. …

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Should you buy gold coins or gold bars?

That’s a reasonable question. All other things being equal, you should buy gold bars. In other words, if you are thinking about buying a one ounce gold coin, buy a one ounce gold bar instead. Why? Because you’ll pay less for it. For some reason, the minting cost for bars seem to be less than …

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Gold owners are smarter than many investors.

People who own gold and people who invest in the stock market have fundamentally different goals. Gold owners are protecting a proportion of their wealth in a form that is physical, in their possession, and will always hold value. Investors put money into stocks and bonds in the hope of making big profits. But here …

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Why, exactly, do you want to buy gold?

A lot of people buying gold don’t have a clear idea WHY they are buying. In part, you can blame all the media coverage of gold over the last few months. This always happens when prices rise. And the more media coverage there is, the more people run out and buy gold. But why? What’s …

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Look at gold as being your fallback money currency.

Gold has seen a lot of ups and downs over the last week or so, and has dropped a fair bit from its recent highs. That said, many believe – myself included – that the long-term picture for gold is still positive. I say that for a number of reasons. In particular, right now, I …

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As prices fall, it’s time to buy more gold.

As you may have seen, gold prices have taken quite a beating recently. Bad news if you want to sell some gold, but good news if you want to buy some more. But what if prices keep falling? Shouldn’t you wait? Well, when you think that way, you’ll just tie yourself up in knots. The …

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Is there a conspiracy to control and suppress the price of gold?

Good question. A fascinating question too. If you want to learn all about the belief that the price of gold is manipulated, head over to Gata.org. At Gata.org they believe absolutely that the price of gold is artificially suppressed, and has been for many years. Read other commentators and they’ll dismiss the idea out of …

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