Fox Business writer Michael Estrin wrote an article yesterday for the Personal Finance section, The Lowdown on Buying and Selling Silver, in which he quoted me saying how silver, like gold, is known as money and can be used as a hedge against economic uncertainty. Below is the section I was quoted (at the end of the article). An Invaluable Hedge While many …
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11
2011
Pop Goes The Gold Bubble?
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: Budget deficit, buy gold, buy silver, debt, Deflation, gold bubble, gold prices 2011, Gold Prices falling, Inflation, Obama, Seeking Alpha, U.S. economy
I always get a kick out of these articles that young writers put out when they try and tackle a subject such as gold and claim it’s in a “bubble.” To date, I have not seen one of them address the banking system mess our country is in (as well as the banks of Europe and soon most everywhere else). …
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7
2011
Bank CDs vs. Gold – Which Will Offer Better Return Moving Forward?
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: bank cd's, better return, buy gold, certificates of deposit, gold versus cd, gold verus fiat money, is your bank safe
Many seniors today are still under the assumption that CDs at the bank are safe. Well, they are still safe today depending on which bank you hold your funds with, but the interest rates the last few years should have seniors asking the question, can I do better with my money elsewhere? Seniors could have fared better the last 10 years with …
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5
2011
The Monopoly game has been around since 1934. Ironically, the game of Monopoly came out at a time when the year before multiple banks had already failed and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had declared a nationwide bank holiday to keep people from withdrawing their cash from the banks and hoarding it. How convenient was it then for the banking elite …
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30
2011
I read an article recently from a well respected gold analyst Doug Casey where he made the following statement about the potential confiscation of gold; “The Saint-Gaudens is a collectible – and that can be very important, if and when the government starts confiscating bullion. That’s because such historic artifacts are not considered the same way modern bullion coins are …
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26
2011
My Response To Clients Worried About Gold And Silver Prices Falling
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: banking crisis, derivatives, gold bubble, Gold price falling, Silver bubble, silver price falling
The following is an actual email I sent to a client of mine who was worried about the recent fall in gold and silver prices. I have written extensively on my website about the reasoning to own physical gold and silver and I had directed this client to read again what I wrote in Chapter 4 of my book …
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20
2011
The video below is living proof that CNBC journalists don’t understand gold. While some in the video have gone on to other jobs or have passed on, they have been part of a trend at CNBC of continued ignorance along with other financial advisors as to how gold fits into a diversified portfolio. Most of this ignorance comes from their adherence to …
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20
2011
Are Gold Dealers Still Lying To Their Customers To Make A Higher Commission? – Don’t Ask Glenn Beck or Sean Hannity
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: Anthony Weiner, Buy Gold and Silver Safely, Conservatives, Glenn Beck, Gold dealer, Goldline, NY Times, Peter Goodman, rip-off, Sean Hannity
It has been a year now since Congress was investigating certain gold dealers as to the tactics they use in convincing gold and silver investors to purchase certain types of coins that allow the gold dealer to charge 30% or more on the transaction. This would mean the investor would have to earn 40% on their purchase just to break …
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7
2011
Inflation/Deflation And Gold
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: bankig crisis, buy gold, Deflation, Inflation, Japan Deflation, Roy Jastram, Seeking Alpha, The Golden Constant, U.S. Treasuries
From time to time I will participate in the conversation on various blogs when I see someone who I know has some intelligence write something about gold’s price history that might influence people not to invest in the precious metal, when there are a multitude of reasons to invest in gold. One of the typical objections that people will throw out …
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6
2011
What the heck is going on these days with the banks? More and more issues are arising with our nations banks causing concern for the investing public. On August 17, 2009 I wrote an article entitled The Banking Crisis is Far From Over. I wanted to make people aware of what was really going on in the banking industry as …
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