There are some out there who are pro-gold, who use fear tactics like “the end of the world is coming and you better own gold.” You won’t find those types of claims in my articles. However, being that some think the end of the world is coming tomorrow (it’s not), readers may want to know what would happen before any …
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19
2011
The math (according to MeasuringWorth.com): Dow 1/4/1971 – 830 Gold 1/4/1971 – $35 Dow today: $12,516 Gold today: $1,497 Dow percentage gain for that time-frame; approximately 1,500% Gold percentage gain for that time-frame; approximately 3,500% Gold outshines the Dow by a significant percentage to date, from the time that Nixon separated the relationship of gold and Federal Reserve Notes. Of …
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18
2011
Everyone once in awhile I’ll run across someone who thinks they know it all and will say something like, “The DOW has outperformed gold since the year 1900 and has not been a good store of value.” There are blatant problems with this kind of statement as the following comments will show. The Price Of Gold Was Fixed From 1913 …
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17
2011
Is Silver Money? And Why You Should Own It
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: Article 1 Section 10, buy silver, Constitution, higher inflation, higher taxes, is silver money, silver is money, silver money
Recently I had a discussion on the Seeking Alpha financial website with someone who claimed that “silver is not money.” I took issue with what he said and made this reply to him. I have left out names. Is Silver Money? First and foremost, it seems to me you are ignoring the historical reference of money and silver being used …
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12
2011
Buying The Dip In Silver and More Conversations With CFA’s And Bubble Forecasters
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: buy silver, CFA, manipulation, mass psychology, quantitative easing, Seeking Alpha, Silver bubble, Silver buying the dip
Is silver a bubble? Or did we just experience a blow-off top from the highs a few weeks ago? This article is derived from a conversation I had recently in replying to an article on the financial website Seeking Alpha written by CFA, Michael A. Gayed called Silver: From First to Worst. I always enjoy my conversations with Michael as …
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10
2011
CFA Claims 3 Myths That Will Pop the Gold Bubble But Does Not Reply To My Critique
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: buy gold dip, CFA, gold bubble, Japanese example, Seeking Alpha
With the recent fall in gold and silver prices, those who have always hated gold and silver seem to come out of the woodwork in claiming the top is in. One advisor who continually wants to criticize gold as a viable investment, who also writes articles for a financial website, Seeking Alpha, is CFA Charles Lewis Sizemore. I have written …
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5
2011
2011 Gold and Silver Prices Falling Nothing To Panic About – Decline’s Always Occur
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: 2011 gold price, buy gold, buy silver, dollar bounce, gold decline, gold falling, silver crash, silver falling
The Quick Answer As To Why Gold and Silver Prices Are Falling (for those of us who just want a quick synopsis and don’t have time or care about the details) For those that want quick answers as to what is going on with the price of gold and especially silver right now, know this; I have zero people calling …
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22
2011
Morningstar Joins The Anti-Gold Crowd
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: anti-gold, bad advice, bias, buy gold, gold bubble, money magazine, Morningstar, mutual funds, real wealth
Morningstar, a company that specializes in the analysis of Mutual Funds, has come out with an article that is critical of the long term outlook for gold. Please see: Why We See Gold Going Lower Long-Term When you see companies that specialize in plugging non-gold alternatives, one has to take their advice for what it is; biased. I commented on …
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21
2011
NY Times Says The Precious Metals Bubble Looks Set To Be Pricked
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: congress, Gold Bubble 2011, Higher Interest Rates, NY Times, U.S. Dollar
Sooner or later one of the magazine’s, financial guru’s, CNBC correspondents and others who say gold is a bubble will claim victory. Not everything goes straight up. Thus far however, they have all been wrong. The NY Times is the latest to join the crowd calling gold a bubble. Every time someone does, I am right there to refute their …
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15
2011
4 Reasons There Will Be Future QE And A Higher Price For Gold and Silver
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, buy gold, buy silver, GDP, medicare, QE, quantitative easing, U.S. Treasuries, Unemployment
There has been talk of late that the Fed could put end to quantitative easing (QE) early. This article will address the probability of future QE and list four problem areas where the Fed may have to return to their hat and see just how many quantitative easing rabbit’s are left in it that can fool the investing public into …
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