‘Dump the dollar, buy whatever’ now appears the dominant mantra in financial market. Investors believe the Greenback is now caught in a downward spiral because the US Federal Reserve will keep applying fresh rounds of monetary stimulus, writes Karen Maley.
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The nerves pushing gold higher
Investors are turning towards to gold in the hope that the yellow metal will maintain its purchasing power, even if paper currencies end up being seriously debased, writes Business Spectator’s Karen Maley.
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Where to dig for gold
Gold has become the stock of choice lately. Check out this impressive info-graphic that shows where in the world has the most amount of gold. The US owns 68% of gold shares.
Gold, gold, gold for investors
Gold prices have just set a new record high, as investors rushed to invest in a reliable stock amongst violatile world markets. It rose as high as US$1,254.50 in the US.
Is gold as shiny as claimed?
For investors this year, gold has been as good as, um, gold. But it hasn’t ever reached the peak it did in 1980. Is gold really a strong long term investment or just a nice little safety net?
I’ll just have three bars of gold bullion, thanks
Now you can grab some gold bullions while picking up your groceries, with London department store Harrods stocking them. Bars of gold seem a safer bet than stocks and shares for worried private investors.
Your dollars are just Monopoly money
Ultimately, your dollars are just bits of paper, says William Fleckenstein with no more intrinsic value than those in your Monopoly set. Gold, on the other hand…
Morning Market Report: Gold shines
The market is down 8, and the Dow closed down 30. But it’s not all doom and gloom, with gold up $22 and the Aussie dollar up to 83.39c.
Morning Market Report: Both gold and oil down
Wall Street closed down 48, after recovering from earlier falls, where it was down 108 at its worst. Both oil and gold were down.
The Dyer Index: the world in numbers, you know it makes cents
Glenn Dyer plays the numbers game on the different issues in the world markets, ranging from US bank failures to demand for gold and Krispy Kreme saviours.
Strike gold post-recession: buy bullions and fries
The only way for the US economy to survive is to let it work in a Darwinian ‘Survival of the Fittest’, culling non-profitable businesses. The two recession busting fittest stocks? Gold and McDonald’s.
Gold to go!
In uncertain financial times, investors seek refuge in gold. Thomas Geissler has seized on this, inventing a vending machine that dispenses tiny nuggets of gold.
China to set the gold standard
China hold huge sway over the US dollar, but news from the Middle Kingdom is that they plan to break the dollar’s grip on world currency by diversifying into gold and making it the new global de facto currency.
Morning Market Report
The highs and lows of the markets…
Morning Market Report
The highs and lows from today’s sharemarket.
Morning Market Report
The highs and lows from today’s sharemarket.
Morning Market Report
The highs and lows from today’s sharemarket.
Gold plunges — what is going on here?
Gold is supposed to be at its most attractive when times are miserable, inflation is running hot, there’s fighting in the streets (as we have seen in Georgia), and yet it’s a damp squib, writes Glenn Dyer.
