- Vaulted Gold: The characteristics and a comparison to other forms of gold
The gold investment comparison website, Trustable Gold, has created another very interesting infographic relating to gold investment. Their latest creation depicts vaulted gold and how it fits into the world of gold investment.
- Pre-launch Special: Invest in a limited edition Strelitzia gold medallion
Gold Investment has managed to secure a small quantity of limited edition 1/2 oz Mandela Strelitzia (Mandela’s Gold) Medallions at a special pre-launch price of R19 500 each.
- Gold Investment: China continues to buy gold
Chinese appetite for gold, physical gold, remains extremely strong despite the best of propaganda to the contrary.
- Buy Gold: BRICS to create new development bank
The BRICS nations, led by China, have agreed at the fourth annual "BRICS" summit in New Delhi, India, to take more concrete steps towards the creation of a BRICS-focused development bank.
- Buy Gold: Is there enough gold to switch back to a gold standard?
Many people believe that there is simply not enough gold in the world to switch back to a gold standard or honest money for that matter. This is simply not true as U.S. Presidential candidate, Ron Paul, explained during a luncheon on 5 April this year.
- Gold Shares: New mining safety standards heavily impact on SA mining industry
The Mineral Resources Department’s new or revised mining safety standards are heavily impacting the SA mining industry, especially the gold mining sector. Gold mining companies are losing millions of Rand due to forced mine stoppages due to accidents.
- Gold Education: What is tungsten?
For many investors, especially gold investors, any mention of “tungsten” or “tungsten bars” immediately trigger the thought that fake or counterfeit gold bars are involved. Needless to say, this is not always the case, although tungsten (wolfram) is indeed a favourite element of gold bar counterfeiters or fakers.
- Gold Investment: A critical attitude
It is of importance that the gold investor accepts that the illegal and blatant manipulation of the gold price via the Futures or paper markets will most likely continue in the foreseeable future. It is however of critical importance not to get cold feet and to either sell or to stop buying gold, especially not based on fear of a decline in the gold price.
- Gold Supply: South Africa’s gold output continues to fall
In what is seen as a permanent and not cyclical decline, South Africa’s gold output or production continues to fall, threatening to place South Africa behind the likes of Russia in terms of output.
- Gold Market Manipulation: JP Morgan insider makes shocking revelation
A JP Morgan employee, who has chosen to remain anonymous, has recently revealed damning insider information about JP Morgan’s practices in a comment made at the website of the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) in the United States.
- Limited Edition: 2012 Diamond Jubilee Royal Gold Set
Gold Investment has managed to secure a number of 2012 Diamond Jubilee Royal Gold Sets at a very special pre-launch price of R99 000 here in South Africa.
- Gold Reserves: More and more countries worried about gold reserves
An increasing number of countries, or rather the citizens of an increasing number of countries, are starting to get worried about the safety and status of their national gold reserves.
- Gold Shares: Would you like dividends to be paid out in physical gold and/or silver?
Gold Investment is not a huge fan of any form of paper assets, shares included, but we love the latest initiative of Gold Bullion International (GBI) in the United States to offer shareholders the choice to receive dividend payments in physical gold and/or physical silver.
- Buy Gold: More diversification away from the dollar
Japan is the latest nation or country to diversify away from the U.S. Dollar (or the Federal Reserve Note). It is clear that they see too much dollar exposure as a huge risk at this stage.
- Gold Storage: The importance of choosing the correct storage option
The risk of government confiscation of gold and other forms of thievery remain risks associated with gold ownership, despite the best of claims to the contrary. It is important to take these risks into account and to choose the gold storage option(s) that works best for you.
- Pre-launch Special: Invest in a limited edition EWT set
Gold Investment has managed to secure a small quantity of limited edition Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) sets at a pre-launch price of R25 000 per set.
- Gold Investment: Warren Buffett buys precious metals business
The guy that is known for publicly shunning gold as an investment, legendary investor Warren Buffett, is expanding his footprint in the precious metals sector.
- Buy Gold: Will the U.S. return to a gold standard?
Will the U.S. return to a gold standard? One cannot help to ask this question, especially considering the design of the new $100 bill that was unveiled in April 2010.
- Buy Gold: Nigel Farage positive on gold
The honorable Eric King of King World News recently had another rather interesting interview with outspoken Nigel Farage; an interview in which Mr. Farage has made it clear that he expects the gold price to increase instead of decrease over the coming months.
- Buy Gold: John Paulson recommends investment in gold
John Paulson, Founder and President of Paulson & Co., currently the sixth largest hedge fund in the world, is encouraging investors to buy gold now as a buffer or protection against inflation caused by government spending.
- Buy Gold: Buffett shuns gold again
Warren Buffett, known as the Oracle of Omaha, has recently publicly shunned an investment in gold again. This time around he has done it an article for CNN Money, trying to convey the idea that stocks or shares will outperform gold and bonds.
- Gold Investment: The Vietnamese love gold
The Vietnamese have what can be best described as a love affair with gold. A clear sign of this is the fact that gold bullion is fetching prices of up to a $100 more than anywhere else in the world in places such as Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.
- Gold Discovery: SS Port Nicholson found
Sub Sea Research, a U.S. Portland, Maine-based company that is in the business of shipwreck research and recovery, has recently announced the discovery of the wreck of the SS Port Nicholson, a British merchant ship or freighter.
- Gold Price: The case for gold at $5000 an ounce within 24 months
Eric King of King World News recently had an interesting interview with Egon von Greyerz, the Founder and Managing Partner of Matterhorn Asset Management AG, an asset management company based in Switzerland. Von Greyerz is of the opinion that gold could hit $5000 and silver $166 an ounce within 24 months.
- Buy Gold: Chinese gold purchases doubled in 2011
Chinese gold purchases have doubled in 2011 despite China being the biggest gold producer in the world today. The strong demand for gold in China is not driven by tradition, but a strong need for protection against fiat currency failures.
- Buy Gold: Gold could break through $2000 level soon
Eric King of King World News recently had an interview with James Turk, the Founder of GoldMoney, in which Turk has made it clear that gold is ready to break through the $2000 price level.
- Gold: The sources and uses of gold
Trustable Gold, a gold investment comparison website, has created a “Gold Tree” infographic that sheds more light on the sources and uses of gold.
- Honest Money: Iran and India push towards honest money
News is out that Iran and India are dumping the U.S. Dollar in favour of precious metals such as gold.
- Gold: The infographic that tells it all
Number Sleuth, a site which aims to bring numbers and statistics from a unique and refreshing angle, has recently posted an infographic which covers various and interesting facts about gold.
- Buy Gold: Russia and Iran to dump the U.S. Dollar
Russia and Iran made their intentions to replace the U.S. Dollar with the Ruble and the Rial clear during high level talks during the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting.
- Gold Investment: Avoid paper gold
Many holders of gold and silver in paper form got slaughtered over the festive season. The paper manipulators have once again used the quiet festive period as an opportunity to take gold and silver to the cleaners in the paper market.
- Buy Gold: Chinese regulators clamp down on gold trading
The Chinese demand for gold must be huge if one considers the recent announcement by Chinese regulators that they are going to clampdown on gold trading in China. All gold exchanges operating outside the Shangai Gold Exchange (SGE) and the Shangai Futures Exchange (SHFE) are to be banned.
- Buy Gold: The Iranians are buying gold
Word is out that the Iranians are buying gold to protect themselves against a falling Iranian Rial, the official currency of Iran. This comes after the CIA has allegedly miserably failed in manipulating the Iranian Rial, but now it seems that the latest round of U.S. and European Union (EU) sanctions against Iran is hitting home.
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