precious metals
How Much of a Threat is North Korea to Your Investments?
The North Korean nuclear threat is in the news again with more testing of bombs and launching of missiles. The leader of North Korea seems bent on developing these weapons and no one wants to call his bluff for fear of starting a war on the Korean Peninsula. Meanwhile how much of a threat is North Korea to your investments? The Telegraph writes about how this situation affects financial markets.
Rising tensions around North Korea after it announced its sixth test of a hydrogen bomb has sent investors switching out of equities and searching for safe havens in the form of […]
How to Make Money in Gold Investments
It is possible to make a lot of money investing in gold and it is possible to lose your shirt in the gold market. In times of social and economic uncertainty gold is an attractive alternative to stocks or holding cash. But when the stock market is hot, gold is usually a losing proposition. How to make money in gold investments has to do with timing, your investment time horizon and the vehicle you use to invest. In August of 1999 an ounce of gold was worth $256. At the end of July in 2016 an ounce of gold sells […]
Current Gold Prices
If you are one of the folks who habitually buy gold bullion as a hedge against inflation, current gold prices are a little disconcerting. Investing in gold was all the rage in the first years of the century as gold rose from $300 an ounce to $1,900 an ounce. After peaking in 2011, gold has […]