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Sep

2011

Video Proof CNBC Hates Gold

By: Doug Eberhardt Category: Gold Tags: Bob Pisani, CFA, cfp, CNBC, dave ramsey, dennis gartman, George Soros, gold haters, ignorance of gold, journalist bias against gold, modern portfolio theory, money magazine, MSN Money, Nouriel Roubini, NY Times, Wall Street Journal

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 …

Many Financial Advisors Still Ignorant of Gold’s Place In A Diversified Portfolio Part 1

By: Doug Eberhardt Category: Gold Tags: CFA, cfp, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve Balance Sheet, financial advisor, Gold Investments, modern portfolio theory, Price of Gold, Prudent Man Rule, quantitative easing, Risk Free Asset, U.S. Treasuries

What the financial services industry did was take the stable asset of gold and tried to replace it with the U.S. dollar. The financial advisors were led to believe that the U.S. dollar is a “risk free” asset, when throughout history, only gold has never gone to zero in value.

Why Does Harvard Economics Professor Call Gold a High Risk, Highly Volatile Investment?

By: Doug Eberhardt Category: Gold Tags: central bank selling agreement, cfp, cpi, Diversification, EURO, Federal Reserve, Gold, gold hedge, Gold Investments, Government Spending, harvard ecnonomics professor, Inflation, martin feldstein, national bureau of economic research, Recession, U.S. Dollar

In my continued exposure of those who write articles that misrepresent gold I’ve run across an article written recently by former Ronald Reagan chief economic adviser and current Harvard Economics Professor, Martin Feldstein called “Is Gold a Good Hedge?”

I will dissect Feldstein’s article that is full of what I believe to be deliberate misinformation to confuse readers as to what gold truly represents in today’s economic and investment climate.