Gold

12th June 2018 Boaz Shoshan

Temples of vermin

“… there’s this massive dead cockroach right under this chair.” “[nodding] There are nights sometimes when you hear the rats scurrying around in the ceiling too.” Where do you reckon this conversation took place? The answer may surprise you. And…

1st June 2018 Boaz Shoshan

“… you have to lie”

Have you ever held a bar of solid gold? If you’ve not tried it before, and happen to be in London, head over to a bullion dealer called Sharps Pixley in Mayfair. Ross Norman, the owner, will be happy to…

24th May 2018 Nickolai Hubble

Guide to Understanding the Price of Gold

Gold is the world’s most polarising asset. People either love it or hate it. You’ll be denigrated a gold bug for owning it, or an ignorant moron for not. There are good reasons for this division. Gold’s position is an…

18th April 2018 Bill Bonner

Bitcoin Works!

BALTIMORE – Last week, we attended a conference in Miami. Several crypto enthusiasts were there… including Teeka Tiwari and our own “in-house” expert, one of our sons. The price of bitcoin has fallen from a high of around $20,000 to…

17th January 2018 Nickolai Hubble

Not since 2007…

I’m sick of reading it. The number of indicators “at levels not seen since 2007” is piling up fast. Some are all-time records. While others are “at levels not seen since 2000.” Just about all the measures signal we’re in…

16th January 2018 Nickolai Hubble

Investing in Precious and Industrial Metals: Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium and more

You probably own shares in a mining company or oil producer. But have you thought about investing in commodities themselves? Few people do. It used to be the realm of major institutional investors or billionaires trying to corner the silver…

29th November 2017 Nickolai Hubble

When there’s no blood in the streets

Yesterday ended with more unsolicited bitcoin commentary. It seems restaurants have become bitcoin forums. A young man sitting near us suggested criminals are using bitcoin to pay for transactions within prisons. His dad had returned from some sort of research…

10th September 2017 Capital & Conflict Editor

How to buy gold bullion

There are many ways to invest in gold, from exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to gold stocks, but the simplest way is to just buy physical gold – or bullion – outright. But what’s the best way to invest in gold bullion? We…

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