Sep
11
2014

The Dollar Has Not Crashed Like Gold Bulls Thought It Would

It is easy to convince people of all the problems with the U.S. economy. We do have over $17.7 Trillion of national debt and a Federal Reserve with a suspect balance sheet compared to its pre-2008 financial crisis balance sheet. We also have budget deficits for the next decade to deal with and unfunded liabilities in the 10’s of trillions. …

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Sep
2
2014

Adding Current Thoughts Section To Home Page

I have added a Current Thoughts section to the Home Page to help investors with short, medium and long term forecasts. I will be using the ETFs symbol GLD and SLV as my proxy for physical gold and silver. By using these ETFs as a proxy for gold and silver I am by no means recommending an investment in them. don’t …

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Dec
21
2013

Why Gold and Silver Will Break to New Lows and Tax Moves to Capitalize Upon

We have seen the perfect storm come down on gold and silver this past week with the Fed taper, Congress agreement on the budget for two years and higher than expected GDP, but there is another reason why gold and silver prices are falling. This stems from the year-end tax moves that the big players in the precious metals market; Hedge …

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Nov
14
2012

Turning Paper Into Gold Part 1

I have seen many more investors coming to us, saying they are selling their gold (GLD) and silver (SLV) ETFs and wanting to buy physical gold and silver. What would be there reasoning to do so? One reason is that gold and silver ETFs should be viewed as trading vehicles and not counted as real wealth ownership. Here is what …

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Apr
16
2012

Is The Gold Community A Cult?

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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