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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23
2012
While writing my next article on the Euro and European bank mess, I received a solicitation email from a friendly competitor of mine, Peter Schiff (see ad below). In this email Peter was offering 1/2 ounce gold American Eagle coins at just a 5.75% premium over spot. I wanted to see where his pricing was compared to ours and it …
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14
2011
Physical Gold or Silver – Which Metal Is A Better Investment Today?
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: $1, 000 ounce silver bar, 1% over spot, 90% silver bags, buy gold, buy silver, DOW, gold american eagle, silver american eagle, silver or gold, stocks or gold
Recently I was quoted in an article for Fox Business called; The Lowdown on Buying and Selling Silver. In this article I was quoted as recommending a 75% allocation to physical gold and a 25% allocation to physical silver for investors who are looking to insure their U.S. dollar risk of their porfolios. This diversification I first recommended when I wrote my book …
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28
2010