ThinkstockApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have been the greatest stock to participate in from 2003 to 20012. Rising from the equivalent of under $10 to $700. The shiny yellow metal of gold…
ThinkstockGold and precious metals investors will want to pay attention to the tape of late for gold prices. ETF Securities, which manages the ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares (NYSEMKT: SGOL), has released its…
ThinkstockThere are a variety of ways to invest in precious metals. Buying gold or silver bars and coins is one, exchange traded products (ETFs) are another, and a third is investing in…
ThinkstockThe World Gold Council has issued its new report for 2013 and reviewing 2012 on gold, and it offers some great and perhaps stunning insight if you read through the reports and consider…
ThinkstockIn an effort to meet their rising debt obligations, central banks around the globe have been printing money at a frantic pace. This phenomena is also leading to a global battle in which…
ThinkstockThe U.S. stock and bond market may be closed in observance of Martin Luther King Day, but the rest of the world was alive and well. President Obama is being inaugurated. If…
ThinkstockDeutsche Bank A.G. (NYSE: DB) has joined a growing list of investment banks cutting their forecasts on precious metals for 2013 and 2014. By cutting their estimates for gold and silver and…
Just over one month ago we made the case that perhaps the best short since the heyday of the subprime mortgage debacle may be on the horizon. Our December 5 story identifying…
ThinkstockGold futures closed at around $1,676 an ounce in 2012, about 7% higher than the $1,565 or so the yellow metal fetched at the beginning of the year. Forecasts for the price…
ThinkstockByron Wien announced his predictions for 10 big surprises for 2013 this week to kick off the new year. Wien is now vice chairman at Blackstone Advisory Partners, and this was his…
ThinkstockGold futures closed below $1,650 an ounce on the Comex last night, sharply lower than the $1,700 or so the yellow metal fetched at the beginning of December 2011, but well above…
Any Wall St. pundit will tell you that the overprinting of money is a train wreck waiting to happen. The Federal Reserve balance sheet sits at almost three trillion dollars after two rounds…
There are two schools of thought regarding the reaction of precious metals to the eventual resolution (or non-resolution) of the current negotiations on the U.S. fiscal cliff. If the two sides can…
ThinkstockETF Securities has released its weekly metals outlook. With big gains in silver and gold in recent days, we have been tracking the moves in ETFS Physical Silver Shares (NYSEMKT: SIVR) and iShares…
ThinkstockIf you have been watching the price of gold in recent months the big assumption would be that global gold demand is through the roof. It isn’t. The World Gold Council (WGC)…
