Many investors try and say silver is a bad investment because the stock market has outperformed silver depending of course on your starting date. But this comparison of the two is a false pretense as silver is money and the stock market is investing in companies that try to earn a profit each year. But let’s analyze this a bit …
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15
2019
Signs of a Recession?
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: bears, blame, book, capitulate, China, cycle, Exter's Pyramid, index, margin debt, markets, overvalued, profit, Raoul Pal, Recession, S&P 500, tariff, Treasuries, Trump, valuations, yield curve
I am presently working on my book; Profit In Up Or Down Markets, and have many pieces of the puzzle that show a recession is on the horizon. This post will give you an idea of what’s coming and some of you who are in stocks have some decisions to make. The reasons to own gold and keep buying the …
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7
2014
Why I See Lower Gold and Silver Prices Over the Next 3 to 4 Months
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: 10 year, commodities, Dollar, Forbes, Gold, lower, prices, Rickards, S&P 500, silver, Treasuries, vix
I had called the gold short term bottom perfectly on April 23rd when gold was at $1,285. After a run up in gold to $1,316 today, and with the dollar bottoming, along with Yellen’s comment’s, the perception on where gold might go next doesn’t look good for a further move higher over the short term. While anything can happen, this …
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5
2014
The Awful Truth about Mutual Fund Managers and Hedge Fund Managers Performance
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: 12b-1, Annuities, commission, fees, Gold, hedge funds, index, invest, load, managers, mutual funds, no-load, performance, returns, S&P 500, silver, variable
The following is an excerpt from my forthcoming book, “Illusions of Wealth” with an update on my thoughts about gold and silver to follow. The Awful Truth about Mutual Fund Managers and Hedge Fund Managers Performance Why are you invested in actively managed mutual funds? Many of you who invest in Mutual Funds were probably told to buy them because …
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11
2012
Thoughts On Gold Price Manipulation
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: clock, debt, dimon, Federal Reserve, GLD, Gold, J.P. Morgan Chase, manipulation, price, S&P 500, silver, Stock Market
Something doesn’t add up. On the one hand we have sales of gold American Eagle coins soaring as well as inflows into the 14 U.S. listed precious-metal ETFs like GLD, rising by more than $282 million last week. Yet from the graph below we see the price of gold in the last month and year time-frame has actually turned …
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5
2012
The U.S. economy is on the cusp of something big. The questions on everyone’s mind are as follows; 1. Who will be our next President and how will that affect the stock market? 2. Will gold and silver be viewed as a safe haven or fall in price like they did in 2008 if the recession deepens? 3. Will the Fed …
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