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Christian Magoon: Global gold ETF assets just hit a new high, but are gold ETF products really in their glory? Gold ETF funds like the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:GLD) that track gold prices are up marginally over the last year and in 2012. Gold stock ETFs like the Market Read more…
Peter Krauth: Something’s afoot in the world of high stakes finance. The Basel Committee for Bank Supervision (BCBS) is about to decide something crucial to bankers, sovereign nations, and gold investors alike. Read more…
Jeff Clark: Inflation is a natural consequence of loose government monetary policy. If those policies get too loose, hyperinflation can occur. As gold investors, we’d like to know if the precious metals would keep pace in this extreme scenario. Read more…
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Speaking with Russia Today Wednesday, best-selling author of Currency Wars Jim Rickards said Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is drawing up a blueprint for more ‘QE’, and he expects the gold price to jump three to five times within three Read more…
Jonathan Yates: There has been an increasing number of investors taking short positions on gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) – but they better watch out for what’s ahead this summer. Read more…
Eric Dutram: Gold made a strong start this year, but it has been sliding for the last four months, due to a combination of various factors. However, if we look at the longer term, for the last eleven years, gold has been gaining popularity and seeing regular price increases. Read more…
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Christian Magoon: What is the best gold ETF in 2012? Probably not one you own. Many are familiar with the four largest gold ETFs which account for the majority of all assets in gold ETFs. On the physical gold side there is the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:GLD) Read more…
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J.W. Jones: Long time readers know that I have been and remain bullish on gold and gold stocks in the longer-term. However, the reasons why I believe gold and silver Read more…
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: When James Turk, Marc Faber, Eric Sprott and Gerald Celente say get your gold out of the hands of bankers, each one of these men isn’t hyping the gold trade. Read more…
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: On the day GoldCore reports George Soros’ nearly quadrupled his holdings of the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:GLD) in his latest SEC filing, Yahoo posts a front page article titled Read more…
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Sources close to newsletter writer Jim Willie of the Hat Trick Letter tell him the Chinese are finally putting an end to the Fed-sponsored JP Morgan’s gold manipulation scheme—but not until the Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: Gold’s hot. Then it’s not. Now what? Where did the love for the shiny metal go? Now the gold bugs are crying, and the “I told you so crowd” is warming up in the wings. Read more…
Christian Magoon: The best gold ETF in 2012 continues to be the iShares Gold ETF (NYSEARCA:IAU). It has outperformed the much larger and more expensive SPDR Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:GLD), by almost 20bps year to date. Here’s the performance grid from GoldETFs.biz illustrating year to date Read more…
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Better late then never for a mainstream financial publication to notice what seasoned professionals of the gold market have known for decades—the gold market trades in mysterious ways. Read more…
Christian Magoon: There are a variety of gold ETF and ETN products available in the U.S. marketplace — over 20 at last count. However, if you want to buy a gold ETF backed by physical bars of gold stored in a vault, there are only four product choices — albeit with over $84 billion of investor assets. To quickly Read more…
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