I will go out on a limb, as I always do, and predict something most won’t expect to come tomorrow’s Federal Reserve decision on whether to implement QE3 or not. I don’t think they will. My reasoning is based more on credibility than it is on anything else. The Fed has to maintain the perception that they are in control. …
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16
2012
While Europeans leave the Euro and Euro bonds in droves for the safety and serenity of U.S. Treasuries, forcing the interest rates here in the U.S. on the 10 year to near record lows, currently at 1.45%, many, including myself, talk about the coming Treasury bubble once interest rates reverse course. But it’s not just the U.S. Treasury that is …
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11
2012
The Gold Price Is Doing Better Than You Think
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: banking crisis, Credit Contraction, debt, Deflation, DJIA, Dollar, EURO, Fed & Congress, Federal Reserve, Gold, gold predictions, gold price, Inflation, Obama, Romney, U.S. Treasuries, Wars
I begin today’s analysis on the gold markets with a chart that I created trying to connect what I believe to be the important issues facing the price of gold the last 32 years. Anyone who tries to predict the future price of gold needs to understand that all of these issues are all related. From analyzing this chart, you …
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28
2012
Deflation, The Banking Crisis And Why Gold Will Rebound
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: Bernanke, debt, Deflation, Gold, health care, Inflation, Obama, politics, quantitative easing, Romney, We the Serfs
For years now I have been listening to the inflation/deflation debate and unlike many of the gold dealers, I have been in the deflationary camp as I wrote about in my book Buy Gold and Silver Safely. The following articles can all be found at the Buy Gold and Silver Safely website. They detail my views as to why I …
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30
2012
The price of gold and silver has moved higher for 11 straight years and you’re not yet invested? Why is that? Will you wait for the price to reach record highs before you invest, or is now the time to buy? There are many reasons why you are not invested in these metals and most of them reveal how …
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8
2012
Is This The Bottom For Gold And Silver Prices?
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: bottom for gold and silver, debt, EURO, Federal Reserve, Gold prediction, Greece, Interest rates, QE3, quantitative easing, silver, Spain, treasury bubble, U.S. banks, U.S. Dollar, U.S. Treasuries
While we are taking the brunt of the bad European news now, and gold and silver prices are taking a beating, the good news will be coming at some point between now and November as we gear up for the coming election. As long as the stock market continues to falter, Obama will indeed play the QE3 card. Since the …
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16
2012
Is The Gold Community A Cult?
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: banking crisis, debt, Diversification, dollar collapse, election, ETF, Federal Reserve, GLD, Gold, gold cult, government, HSBC, Inflation, J.P. Mogran, Obama, Romney, SLV, sub-investment derivatives
I recently was involved in a discussion centered around the gold community and their constant talk of manipulation and price suppression. There are some of us in the gold community who understand gold’s place in a diversified portfolio (insurance), have been recommending dollar cost averaging into a position for their clients rather than “all in” like most others who fear …
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31
2012
Goldline Pays $4.5 Million To Santa Monica Attorney and Cannot Use Word “Confiscate” Any Longer – Victory for Buyers of Gold and Silver Bullion
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: Confiscation, Glenn Beck, Gold Dealer Ripoff, Goldline, Goldline International, lawsuit, Santa Monica city attorney, Sean Hannity
A victory for those of us who sell only bullion gold and silver coins at low mark ups! Click for larger image and source I have been warning investors about the gold dealers out there who charge 30% or more commission for European gold coins and other rare coins while giving the impression to investors that these coins are non-confiscatable. …
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28
2012
Remember When A Silver Dime Bought You Two Candy Bars? Why You Need To Buy 90% Silver Bags and American Silver Eagles At Just 1% Over Cost Today
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: 1% over cost, 1964 Roosevelt Dime, 90% silver bags, buy silver, Inflation
I remember as a kid buying candy bars for a nickel. When they raised the price to a dime, I said I would never buy a candy bar again. Of course that promise to myself didn’t last long, but today, a candy bar costs 20 times as much as it did in 1964 when a silver dime could buy you …
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24
2012
Euro and Yen Make Up 71.2% Of Dollar Index Which Is Why I Am Dollar Bullish
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: dollar index, ECB, EURO, European banks, European Stress Test, Japanese Banks, YEN
How many times do you hear someone who sells gold and silver be dollar bullish? Probably not very often. But when you look at what the Dollar Index represents, a basket of other currencies, it’s quite easy to be dollar bullish right now. This doesn’t mean that the dollar is any stronger as far as it’s purchasing power mind you. …
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