Gold helps to diversify your portfolio Gold is neither cheap nor risk-free – but it holds its value and helps to diversify your portfolio, says Chris Carter. We’ve been fans of gold here at MoneyWeek since …
Why it still pays to hang on to your gold
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The best ways to invest in gold
Gold Britannias are free of capital gains tax Today we’re talking gold. I’m not going to make projections about the price – whether it’s going to go up or down. Instead we’re going to look …
The interest rate that really matters for investors
In the US last month, inflation hit a five-year high. Consumer prices rose by 2.5% on January 2016. That’s up from a 2.1% rate the previous month. And “core” inflation – the bit the Federal …
Gold’s rally should continue
Last year saw a lot of volatility in the price of gold. After a dramatic surge at the start of 2016, the gold price eventually peaked at more than $1,350 an ounce by July. It …
It’s only a matter of time before China has the biggest gold pile in the world
“Whoever has the gold makes the rules” runs the old saying. So, where’s the gold? Who’s producing? Who’s buying? Who’s selling? In today’s Money Morning we look at international gold flows – with a particular …
Chart of the week: gold gets high on Trump’s tweets
Gold slipped in the weeks after Donald Trump’s election, but it has bounced back to a two-month high, and there should be further to go. Investors had pencilled in a strong dollar and rising interest …
What to take with you in the investment jungle
Both inflation and growth are picking up – and that’s a “jungle” for investors. Charlie Morris explains what you should buy now. Much of economics is common sense. It is an attempt to better understand …
The best precious metal to buy right now
A year I ago I recommended a “trade of the lustrum”. A lustrum, by the way, is a five-year period. Oil, at just over $30 per barrel, was the recommended trade. So far it’s working out. …
What to buy as Trump pumps
Many have wondered what the consequences of quantitative easing – buying bonds with printed money – and zero interest-rate policies would ultimately be. The answer was often presumed to be some sort of economic meltdown …
Roundtable: the 13 investments our experts would snap up now
Some of the gold miners are looking “fantastic” How great a risk is inflation? Could it push investors into precious metals? And will 2017 be the year in which the euro finally breaks up? John …