There are many reasons to buy gold and silver as insurance for one’s exposure to currency risk, but of the two major monetary metals, which one makes more sense to buy today, gold or silver? This article will analyze whether there should be a switch from gold to silver based on the current gold/silver ratio and other reasoning. Note: While …
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22
2012
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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8
2012
Is This The Bottom For Gold And Silver Prices?
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: bottom for gold and silver, debt, EURO, Federal Reserve, Gold prediction, Greece, Interest rates, QE3, quantitative easing, silver, Spain, treasury bubble, U.S. banks, U.S. Dollar, U.S. Treasuries
While we are taking the brunt of the bad European news now, and gold and silver prices are taking a beating, the good news will be coming at some point between now and November as we gear up for the coming election. As long as the stock market continues to falter, Obama will indeed play the QE3 card. Since the …
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11
2012
2012 Predictions For Gold, Silver, Stock Market, Economy and Elections
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: 2012 economy prediction, 2012 gold predictions, 2012 presidential election prediction, 2012 silver predictions, 2012 stock market prediction, EURO, Federal Reserve, Ron Paul, U.S. Dollar, U.S. economy
Recap of 2010 and 2011 While some well known trend forecasters like Gerald Celente were predicting a crash in 2010, I was taking the opposite side saying that “I don’t see it happening as quickly as Celente does.” In September of 2010 I cautioned traders in gold and silver mining stocks to think about taking profit. The HUI at that …
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21
2011
NY Times Says The Precious Metals Bubble Looks Set To Be Pricked
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: congress, Gold Bubble 2011, Higher Interest Rates, NY Times, U.S. Dollar
Sooner or later one of the magazine’s, financial guru’s, CNBC correspondents and others who say gold is a bubble will claim victory. Not everything goes straight up. Thus far however, they have all been wrong. The NY Times is the latest to join the crowd calling gold a bubble. Every time someone does, I am right there to refute their …
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5
2011
Current Thoughts On Gold and Silver Prices and Kiplinger’s Seven Ways Not To Buy Gold
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: buy gold, buy silver, Free Money Finance, gold bubble, gold price, gold top, kiplinger seven ways not to buy gold, TBT, U.S. Dollar, U.S. Treasuries
There was a recent article on buying gold that Free Money Finance brought my attention to recently. I suggest you take a look at it. It was from Kiplinger and called; “Seven Ways Not To Buy Gold.” I agree with all seven reasons. It’s as if the author from Kiplinger read my book, “Buy Gold and Silver Safely” as …
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18
2011
Gold and silver have been declining in price of late after a stellar year in 2010 seeing gold rise in price over 30% and silver over 70%. These metals are due for a breather as we really didn’t see the dollar break down in 2010. Today we saw a reversal of the decline with the dollar falling in price.
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2010
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2010
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20
2010
What Does the Price of Gold Do In Deflation? UPDATED 10/12/2010
By: Doug Eberhardt
Category: Gold
Tags: Budget deficit, Buy Gold and Silver Safely, Deflation, Frank Holmes, Gary North, Gold, Great Depression, Inflatio, Japanese Debt to GDP, Japanese Deflation, Peter Schiff, Roy Jastram, U.S. Dollar, YEN
The following three areas will be discussed in trying to decipher what the price of gold will do during deflation;
1. An analysis of Roy Jastram’s observations on gold and deflation.
2. A closer look at the 1929-1932 U.S. deflationary era and the possible flaw in Jastram’s analysis.
3. An analysis of what has happened with gold priced in Yen during the last decade of Japanese deflation.
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