When it comes to your investments, diversification hasn’t worked. The “Buy and hold” strategy has become “buy and hope.” The one asset that could have helped stabilize your portfolio isn’t ever recommended by CNBC or your financial adviser. That asset is gold.
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24
2009
What Really Backs the U.S. Dollar?
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Education Blog, Gold
Tags: Economy, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve Note, GDP, Gold, Money, Treasury, U.S. Dollar
Jun
2
2009
Confused About Gold and the Dollar? Understand Their Relationship Before You Invest
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold, Inflation, Interest rates, Investing, U.S. Dollar
Tags: Bonds, Dollar, Gold, Gold Investing, Inflation, Stocks
It’s not known for sure where the concept that an ounce of gold could always buy a nice businessman’s suit came from, but the analogy is used today by many who want to paint a positive picture for gold. The premise of the story is used to reveal the fact that the dollar has lost 95%-98% of its purchasing power …
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18
2009
May
11
2009
Is Warren Buffet Right About Inflation?
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: Bailout, Dollar, Economics, Gold, Inflation, Taxes, Warren Buffet
Sep
18
2008
The Fed Is Relevant…. For Now…. However…..
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: Bailout, Bernanke, Dollar, Federal Reserve, Gold, Investing, Money, Stocks
Is the Fed relevant or do they cause more harm than good? The answer is “yes,” they are relevant, as long as people still think the Fed is relevant. The real question that needs to be answered however, is how much longer can the Fed keep playing this game and pulling the wool over the People’s eyes? The Fed uses …
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18
2008
Did you hear the other government rumor about gold?
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: Bernanke, Dollar, Economy, Federal Reserve, Gold, Inflation, Money, Stocks
Did you hear the other government rumor? Alchemist finds a way to produce unlimited amounts of new gold at essentially no cost. I’m just waiting for that one…. (Bernanke even made reference to it with a parable in his 2002 speech.) Here’s what he also said in that 2002 speech; “Like gold, U.S. dollars have value only to the extent …
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