Jordan Roy-Byrne: Once again, someone famous and once again Warren Buffet is dismissing Gold. In comparing it to the bubbles in housing and Internet stocks, he feels he’ll ultimately be vindicated. In his annual letter to shareholders, Buffet trashed Gold as a bubble that is being driven by fear of other asset Read more…
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Global demand for gold in 2011 rose to 4,067.1 tonnes (t) worth an estimated US$205.5 billion - the first time that global demand has exceeded US$200billion and the highest tonnage level since 1997, Read more…
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Jared Cummans: Those looking for a reason to add commodity exposure to their portfolio will find gold’s massive historical return to be heavily persuasive. This precious metal has quickly become one of the few safe haven investments left on the market as investors will typically flock to gold when Read more…
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Przemyslaw Radomski: We like Warren Buffett. We respect Warren Buffett. We’d love to sit and have lunch with him one day. As an investor, Warren Buffett is in a class all of his own. But the Oracle of Read more…
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Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: As global investors fret about the March 20 deadline for Greece to demonstrate whether it will sink or swim, Jim Rogers of Rogers Holdings advises to hold gold, silver Read more…
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Richard Rittorno: Bullion-hungry Asian consumers are often touted as the fundamental support for gold prices. But India’s demand for gold has weakened as the combination of high inflation and a Read more…
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Adrian Ash: Take 40 trillion Yen, add another 22 trillion, and you still aren’t doing enough! Japan tipped into depression almost 20 years before everyone else, but it got no respect for blazing the trail. Its zero-rate policy also got started more than seven years before the US or Britain’s. But again it was all “too Read more…
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Andrew Snyder: I spoke with some of the top resource investors on the planet this week. When it comes to buying gold, there was a common theme. Do it wisely. Read more…
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Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: In an article authored by famed investor Warren Buffett, titled, Warren Buffett: Why stocks beat gold and bonds, he attempts to dissuade investors from accumulating gold (again) as insurance during the ongoing financial crisis. Read more…
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Martin Hutchinson: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke may think he has everything under control, but the truth is the monetary ground is literally shifting beneath our feet. Read more…
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The Daily Capitalist: What will the gold-dollar exchange ratio be in the future? Both trade hyperactively on currency desks. Thus gold is a physical commodity that acts as a currency. Read more…
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Sam Kirtley: Seasonality is observable in a wide variety of variables. In business, sales, production, inventory, man hours and the best time to discount can be at least partially predicted by seasonal effects. Gold is no different. In different months price swings occur somewhat predictably year after year. What Read more…
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Jared Cummans: Yet another earnings season has passed by and left us with plenty to talk about. Unfortunately, blue chip statements will no longer dominate markets, leaving us more vulnerable to news from the flailing euro zone, as evidenced by Friday’s trading day. For the next few months, investors Read more…
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Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Speaking with Investment Week, Jim Rogers of Rogers Holdings said he doesn’t expect gold to surpass $2,000 in 2012, putting him on the other side of the boat of Read more…
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Ben Traynor: The next stage of China’s development could give gold buyers a boost… THERE IS an old saying: “Nobody rings a bell at the top or bottom of a market.” Read more…
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