I had a conversation with a woman from the press office of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme this week. She wanted to take issue with a comment I made on the scheme. I had said …
Why I still hold gold
Category: Gold
How the dollar’s collapse will lead to a new gold standard
On our way to a post-collapse, post-dollar world, Asia will likely transition from a de jure dollar standard to a de facto gold standard. This will happen in stages as the dollar crumbles; Asian countries …
How to invest in gold
See MoneyWeek’s Gold section for the latest news and analysis on investing in gold. Why buy gold? The gold story is far from over. Gold hit 16-year highs at $450 an ounce last December and …
Why gold mining shares look cheap
See MoneyWeek’s Gold section for the latest news on gold miners’ stocks. Gold’s recent performance has been very satisfactory. It is currently consolidating above $550oz, whilst silver and platinum have just made new highs. In …
Gold: buy in before it soars again
In a crisis, there’s nowhere safer for your money than gold. It is an insurance policy against choppy markets – and a real tangible asset, which is very useful at a time when people are …
Why should you buy gold?
This feature is part of our FREE daily Money Morning email. If you’d like to sign up, please click here: Sign up for Money Morning A US bank did a Northern Rock at the end …
Bernanke signs the dollar’s death warrant. Buy gold.
This feature is part of our FREE daily Money Morning email. If you’d like to sign up, please click here: Sign up for Money Morning The ‘Greenspan put’ is alive and well, even as the …
Could gold soon hit $730?
Gold is on the move again. The yellow metal has eclipsed $700 an ounce for the first time in 16 months and is within sight of May 2006’s 26-year high of $730. Gold appears to …
Investing in gold: Why you should buy gold now
Should you care that China revalued its currency, the yuan, by 2.1% in July? I think you should and I think you should respond by investing in gold. Not as a knee-jerk response to what’s …
How to buy gold
See MoneyWeek’s goldsection for the latest news and analysis on investing in gold. Plus, for free and impartial information on where and how to buy gold bullion coins and bars, see our comparison of leading …