I interviewed two important people for you this week – Anthony Bolton and Alistair Darling. Subscribers can read the words of the former here and those of the latter next week. But if you’re a regular …
Hold gold and buy miners
Category: Gold
Gold is the only sane investment in an insane world
A French man, a German woman, and a Greek man sit down to a conference call. It sounds like a bad joke. But this really happened yesterday. And while the punchline isn’t funny, it is …
Before you invest in gold stocks, read this
With the price of gold heading for $2,000/oz, you might think gold mining shares would be racing up just as fast. In fact, shareholders in the sector have had mixed fortunes. The gold mining sector …
Why gold could be worth $2,935 an ounce
On Friday, we looked at how investors with a bit of vision can turn in tremendous stock market returns. A successful visionary can see things that other investors miss. Usual valuation metrics are cast aside. …
Don’t be too quick to sell your gold
There might be a little kernel of doubt slipping into your mind about gold by now. I’ve been telling readers to buy it for more than ten years now. That’s worked very well indeed. If …
Gold hits new record highs
Gold shot up to new record highs above $1,900 an ounce early this week before slipping back sharply. But gold’s bull run looks far from over. The latest high came as investors sought a safe …
Gold will stay high for a very long time
As I write, gold is knocking on the door of $1,900 an ounce. And if you have been following my pyramiding gold strategy, you’ll have noticed just how quickly those $100 up-moves have been coming …
Keep on holding gold
I’m glad I took my holidays when I did. Being away meant that I missed the confusion of the market volatility the rest of the office had to deal with. But it also meant that …
Gold climbs higher and higher
The yellow metal soared to a new record of $1,795 an ounce this week. It has gained 16% in the last month and 550% since its bull market began ten years ago. Gold has reached …
Is it time to restore the gold standard?
What is America’s ‘unique advantage’? The US consistently imports more goods and services than it exports. Indeed, it has not run a trade surplus since 1974. For most countries, such a situation would be impossible …