Tag: Gold holdings
Expert Sees Gold Prices Passing $10,000 If Investors Panic
Gold prices have been under pressure lately but still showing signs of life as they brush off the latest economic data. Investors are betting against the yellow metal in mass, but time may be running out for the shorts, depending on how quickly things change. Daniel Oliver of Myrmikan Research, who writes extensively about credit bubbles and economic […]
Fear Creeps Back Into Markets, Shining A Light On Gold
Monday’s monster stock selloff is exhibit A for why I frequently recommend a 10 percent weighting in gold, with 5 percent in bullion and jewelry, the other 5 percent in high-quality gold stocks, mutual funds and ETFs. What began on Friday after the positive wage growth report extended into Monday, with all major averages dipping into negative territory […]
Worse Than The 2008 Crisis?
When it seems like all the odds are against you, and failure is your only option, which of these options do you choose: If at first you don’t succeed … you run as far away as possible. You hold on and keep trying until you succeed. If you’re like me, you opt for No. 2 […]
Combining Bitcoin With Gold
The Bitcoin system has the great virtue of securely sending value directly from stranger to stranger. It is open to anyone, anywhere in the world. The sender does not need to trust the recipient, nor any bank or other institution, to accurately record the transfer. The Bitcoin “blockchain” provides a readily consulted online public ledger […]
