When the Euro was imploding earlier this year the dollar was the main beneficiary. With all the problems coming from countries like Greece, Portugal, Italy and Spain, the dollar was flew past 80 on the index and the Euro was in fact approaching its mid-2009 lows in the 118/119 range, an area I thought it would reach. But a funny …
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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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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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28
2011
When There Is Blood On The Streets Buy Gold Part 2
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: Bernanke, buy gold, Deflation, dollar cost averaging, EURO, Federal Reserve, U.S. Dollar Index
Continued from Part 1 Most reading this might not realize that the Fed secretly gave banks and other countries $7.7 trillion during the 2008 financial crisis. The Federal Reserve and the big banks fought for more than two years to keep details of the largest bailout in U.S. history a secret. Now, the rest of the world can see …
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28
2011
When There Is Blood On The Streets Buy Gold Part 1
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: Bernanke, buy gold, Deflation, dollar cost averaging, EURO, Federal Reserve, U.S. Dollar Index
Are those that bought gold and silver panicking yet? I would hope not. My advice to dollar cost average into a position is paying off as my prediction of a stronger dollar is coming to fruition. But there are some investors who bought gold or silver the past few months that might be panicking. There is a possibility the blood …
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18
2011
Whether it’s Bernanke and Geithner, today or Greenspan and Snow of years past, the Fed will always do what they do best, interfere in the markets. But how effective are they? Author’s Note: Seeking Alpha, a financial website, did not allow this article to be posted on their site. They claim they are not biased against gold, but their editors …
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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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12
2011
Fox Business Quoted Me in Article – The Lowdown on Buying and Selling Silver
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: buy gold, Buy Gold and Silver Safely, buy silver, Doug Eberhardt, Fox Business, Michael Estrin, Personal Finance, precious metal diversification, silver or gold
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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