You have no doubt read countless articles on the price of gold costing x dollars per "troy ounce” or perhaps just x dollars per "ounce" but the difference between the two measurements is significant. For that matter, what’s the difference between a 24 karat gold ring and an 18 karat gold ring? Let me explain. Words: 863
Read More »Gold: It's Time to Sell – Not Buy! Here's Why
While investors are piling into gold [a number of] independent international financial consultancies are suggesting that now is the time to be getting out of the gold market. [Here are their views.] Words: 897
Read More »Eagles, Buffaloes & Maple Leafs: Gold Bullion Coins of U.S. & Canada (+4K Views)
I think we all would agree that owning a 10 kg bar of gold would be nice but that it is probably out of the question at the current cost of over $500,000! I had the pleasure of caressing such a bar recently and being surprised at just how heavy (22.045855 lbs.) it was for such a small object. Below I describe the gold coins of Canada and the United States. Words: 870
Read More »Gold’s Recent Price Action Suggests Ultimate Top of $5,000/ozt.
The correlation between the gold price from 1968 until 1979 and from early 2000 until today is an amazing 89.65%! More specifically, the correlation from 1975 until April 1979 and from January 2008 until today is an astonishing 97.83% suggesting that gold will reach an ultimate top of $5,000 per troy ounce before the bubble bursts. Words: 330
Read More »Gold Could Reach $20,000/ozt. by 2020 – Without Hyperinflation! Here’s How (+4K Views)
Today’s gold price of $1500+ is low...if I compare it to all other financial assets...[and if] I compare it to returns achieved since 1976 from the stock market and to the growth in US Federal liabilities. [Frankly, I can justify a price as high as $20,000 per troy ounce as early as 2020 and that is even without hyperinflation. Let me show you why.] Words: 1343
Read More »$5,000 Gold: Who's Missing From This List of Peak Price Prognosticators?
126 economists, academics, gold analysts and market commentators have been identified as maintaining that gold will reach a parabolic peak price of at least $2,500 a troy ounce (ozt) before the bubble finally pops! Of those 126 prognosticators 86 – yes, 86 – believe gold will reach a high of $5,000 ozt; 52 of those maintain that a price in excess of $5,000 ozt is more likely. It would seem it is still not too late to buy into this gold (and silver) bull run. Words: 820
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