Gold, gold, gold, gold, gold—everyone wants to own gold! Gold IRA accounts, those which allow investors to buy gold bullion and collectable coins inside an individual retirement account for future retirement costs, aren’t all they’re made out to be.
In fact, investors who buy gold IRA accounts may find that they’re losing far more than they could ever possibly make. We’ll explain why gold IRA accounts aren’t the right way to go.
Gold and Government
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Precious Metals
bullion, gold, individual retirement account, ira, palladium, platinum, premiums, silver, spot price
Investors aren’t willing to risk a repeat of 2008-2009. But rather than pile into fixed-income assets or take risk off the table, it looks like investors are going for the noncorrelated assets to boost returns while minimizing their market exposure.
It looks to be a pretty good deal: investors get to buy into investments that haven’t always been so profitable, and they get to feel as though their investment is safe.
A bubble of massive proportions
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Hedge Funds, Investing
alternative, bubbles, gold, investments, metals, secondary isnurance, silver
JP Morgan announced on Tuesday that it would accept gold as collateral against loans made on brokerage and investment accounts. Before that key announcement only Treasuries, equities, and some other corporate paper/debt securities could be used as collateral. Gold is now positive carry.
What is a Positive Carry Asset?
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Precious Metals
GLD, gold, JPM, positive carry
Is it any surprise that gold and silver were rising as they were ignored, and have been falling when they become recommended? Not really.
In fact, the reasons for such a movement are generally pretty simple: institutions ride the wave up, and they exit by selling off to retail trend followers. We’ve seen this phenomenon happen time and time again, and commodities are no different than are any other investments.
Risk is Gone
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Investing, Precious Metals
CVX, GLD, gold, Precious Metals, silver, SLV
The recent pullback in commodities such as gold, silver and oil really hurt the industries share prices. Gold stocks were down the most just this last week after metals prices lost more than 10%. Silver was down from its highs to 16.85 an ounce, which I believe to be the cheapest we’re going to see for a long while. Read more…
Stocks
gold, oil, silver
After its sharp run up from $7 per share since January, there is still a lot of potential in this high price gold and silver mining company. I took the time to analyze the 2006 annual reports and found that Gammon is a great investment even as the stock nears $10 and the company is just now turning profitable. Read more…
Stocks
gold, GRS, silver
While gold prices continue to make record highs on fears of inflation and high oil prices, the buying may be a bit exaggerated. As we saw in 2006 when oil prices were fueled by speculation when the price went from the $70s to $50 by May 2007, the gold market may be lead by speculation more than anything. Read more…
Futures and Commodities
gold
People have always been involved in investing in gold because this is great insurance for future unseen problems. Gold really is a liquid and tangible investment. There are a variety of reasons why you may wish to invest in it, such as your love for the metal, hope for future increment or price speculation. Regardless of your reason for investing in gold, you should know that there are various ways in which you can do this including gold stock, gold bullion, gold certificates, options, forward contracts and gold linked notes. Read more…
Investing
gold
Many of us went into the week thinking the Dow would hit records along with other records. Then the Federal Reserve raised interest rates to 5% and then leaving us with the impression that it may go up again the next meeting, so the Dow was riding on a thin string for this week. Read more…
Investing
DOW, gold, oil
The prices of the metals are moving up just as fast as the prices of oil. Here is a metal round-up of the current prices and where they are expected to go. Read more…
Futures and Commodities
copper, gold, silver
You were not there for the California Gold Rush in 1848, but you are here for the gold rush of today. Five years ago the price of gold was about $270 and today the price has jumped to $616 and still moving in the up direction. Gold hasn’t been at these prices since like this since 1980′s. Read more…
Futures and Commodities
gold
