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Gold stock investing may soon become the only profitable financial sector. Gold stock investing hedges against inflation and out of control debt. We are reaching a point where government intervention in the free markets is reaching a tipping point. Gold stock investing may be the last bastion of capitalism as we knew it in America.

Now is the time to get serious with your gold stock investing. We are in the early stages of a bull market in gold and the down side is currently limited. If you feel that the green shoots that the media is hyping these days are taking root, then maybe gold stock investing is not for you. If, on the other hand, you are feeling uneasy about the economy and the dollar’s future, then gold stock investing is for you. Continue reading ‘Gold Stock Investing Secrets’ »

When gold stock companies fail to meet analyst earnings, the share price usually drops and life moves on after investors reevaluate their investment decisions. This is the normal procedure for companies that seem to rely on the gold price as a main source of revenue. How then, one must ask, did Yamana report net earnings of $9.6 million, or $0.01 per share and not get its share price butchered. This is significantly lower than earnings of $42 million, or $0.06 per share, for the second quarter of 2008. Earnings represent a 77% drop!

The reason is simple: forecasts and unique conditions. Let us begin with the first reason of the future of the company. With a high gold price that seems to have no ceiling, the company’s revenues are expected to be quite strong in the near future. Also, the company reported production of 289,574 gold equivalent ounces at cash costs of $387 per gold equivalent ounce. The company also mined 35.6 million pounds of copper at a cost of roughly $0.91 per pound. The quarter’s production totals were lower than analyst expectations by about 30,000 gold ounces. In the next quarter Yamana will most likely make up for this downward bias in its production. Continue reading ‘Gold Stock Earnings and the Effects of a Booming Gold Price’ »

Now and again as it has been proven over the years, having an investment in any kind of gold is a good call, and gold bars are no different. If you collect gold coins, adding bars is a strategy to raise your profits in the future, should you make a call to sell. When you acquire gold bars, you get more gold for your currency compared to coins. The reason for this is that coins can be of more worth due to rarity, age or where the coin was made.

Making an investment in gold bars is customarily a good investment for your future. Do you always want to buy gold bars instead of gold coins? The short answer is generally no. If the gold market ever falls, which hardly happens but it can, coins will have more worth thanks to the factors debated above. Adding both to your collection is a respectable way to expand your portfolio and be sure of a safe financial future. Continue reading ‘Investing in Gold – Should You Choose Gold Coins Or Bars?’ »

Gold investing opportunities abound in this current economic environment. Those that have been on board, or who get on board shortly, are going to reap the profits of what will turn out to be one of the best gold investing opportunities ever! The U.S. Government has virtually guaranteed this with its program of nationalization and debt spending.

Our current political situation is providing a once in a lifetime gold investing opportunity. Now is the time to act and take advantage of this opportunity. Continue reading ‘Gold Investing Opportunities’ »

This weeks showing for the precious metal prices came as a surprise to, probably, nobody. All four metals, gold, silver, platinum and palladium are continuing along the trends that they’ve been going on for awhile now: gradual positive growth with a few healthy spikes now and then. Silver breaking the fourteen-dollar an ounce mark may be the best news, alongside gold having four consecutive days of growth.

All in all, this is a good time to hold precious metal coins, and indeed, precious metals, period. Whether you choose precious metal coins or you prefer bars, they seem to be the strongest way of forming a foundation for your financial independence in light of this recession. Continue reading ‘Precious Metal Coins – Wealth in a Small Package’ »

As an investment, gold is really great because it is tangible and easily exchanged. Gold is easy to hold, to sell, and to buy. Many people believe that gold shares are actually shares of gold, but you’re actually buying and selling shares in gold mining companies, not selling gold.

Ownership of gold can take multiple forms and can include gold bars, coins, and certificates of ownership. The Gold Fixing of London releases the price of gold twice a day. Continue reading ‘Tips on Selling Gold’ »

Gold is and has been one of the most recognized symbols of money. Epics have been written and great wars have been fought for the almost mysterious seventy-ninth element on the periodic table. From the ancient Mayans and Egyptians to the New York Stock Exchange, gold has a long tradition of setting the standard of monetary wealth. There is a reason its called the gold standard.

While you no longer have to head out to ‘cali-for-ni-a’ to mine the gold out of the mountains or sift through the rivers you can still invest in the longest and still highest acme of economic stability. Gold not only keeps its value it grows. In the last ten years the value of gold has raised by over three-hundred percent! There are a variety of ways of making this investment and I hope to illuminate a few of them.

The most common investment of gold is gold accounts. This is because many accounts are backed by gold with out the client knowing. A gold account means that as soon as you want to draw on that account you have the legal right to receive it by gold with no questions asked. Sometimes accounts are confused with statements. Statements are like accounts, but unlike accounts they can only be used for gold, whereas an account can be paid by gold or currency on your request.

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Precious metals ETFs for example are considered the simpler of the options when considering investing in gold.

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There are several countries that mint Gold coins presently, however, the most widely accepted and demanded are the American Gold Eagles. These coins are guaranteed as to gold purity and weight content by the U.S. Central Authority. It has not always been this way the South African Krugerrand was the coin of choice for investor for many years, that was until 1985 when the U.S. started minting their own coins

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Exchange traded funds are a special kind of closed end fund. They are set up to follow a specific index or other target. Unlike ordinary mutual funds that most investors are familiar with, ETFs don’t buy and sell trying to beat the market. They try to track one. This saves investors a lot of money in fees.

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