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 | Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
A beginner's guide to investing in Gold  |
| One’s motivation for buying gold is fundamental to deciding in which form you should buy it. Are you a speculator, investor or saver? Do you wish to take a short term speculative position in gold? Are you investing for the short, medium or long term? Or are you diversifying, saving or using gold as a form of financial insurance?Wednesday, March 3, 2021 |
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 | Jeff Clark - Casey Research |
 How safe is your physical Gold |
| Here’s a quick checklist of the three most common places to store your gold. My friend overlooked one of the basic rules of home storage, so I hope you’ll review where and how you store your precious metals so that you can avoid the same pain and loss he experienced…Thursday, February 25, 2021 |
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 | Mike Hewitt - Dollar Daze |
 America's Forgotten War Against the Central Banks |
| "Let me issue and control a nation's money supply, and I care not who makes
its laws." (Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Founder of Rothschild Banking Dynasty)
Many prominent Americans such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and
Andrew Jackson have argued and fought against the central banking polices used
throughout Europe.
A note issued by a central bank, such as the Federal Reserve Note, is bank
currency. These notes are given to the government in exchange for an interest-bearing
gTuesday, January 5, 2021 |
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 | Mike Maloney - Goldsilver |
 How To Store Gold At Home  |
| Now that you’ve decided to buy gold and get into true money,its time to think about properly storing and protecting your investment. There are two primary options in safeguarding your gold purchase. You may either arrange to take personal possession, or have your recently purchased gold bullion stored at athird-party insured vault.Thursday, September 24, 2020 |
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| Mike Maloney - Goldsilver |
 Gold Silver Confiscation: Can the Government Seize Assets |
| One concern of retail precious metals investors is the possibility of a gold confiscation.Imagine having the forethought to buy gold to shield your finances from an economic or monetary crisis—only to have it taken away from you by your government. You’d lose not just the protective buffer you put in place but potentially a chunk of your net worth.Gold confiscation may sound preposterous to investors used to securities or real estate. But it’s happened in the past enough times to make it a reasoMonday, June 1, 2020 |
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| Mike Hewitt - Dollar Daze |
| America's Forgotten War Against the Central Banks |
| In order to pay debts incurred from the Seven Years War with France, King George III of England sought to heavily tax the colonies in America. In 1742, the British Resumption Act required that taxes and other debts be paid in gold.Saturday, April 11, 2020 |
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 | Chris Powell - GATA |
| Bullion Star: Why Singapore is so great for gold investors |
| Bullion Star, headquartered in Singapore, today expounds on the city-state's great advantages for gold investors.
Bullion Star writes: "Apart from the goods-and-services tax exemption on investment precious metals, there are a number of other jurisdictional advantages that have supported the growth of Singapore as a gold trading and storage hub and that reinforce the logic for buying gold and storing gold in Singapore.
"In Singapore, there are no other taxes when buying gold, silver, or other Tuesday, December 12, 2017 |
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 | Jan Skoyles - GoldCore |
| German Investors Now World’s Largest Gold Buyers |
| – German gold demand surges from 17 ton-a-year to a 100 ton-plus per year
– €6.8 Bln spent on German gold investment products in 2016, more per person than India and China
– Germans turned to gold during financial crises and ongoing euro debasement
– Evidence of latent retail demand on increased economic concerns
– “Gold fulfils an important long-term, wealth preservation role in German investors’ portfolios”
Editor: Mark O’Byrne
India and China often grab the headlines as the world’s largestMonday, November 6, 2017 |
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| Jan Skoyles - GoldCore |
| Why Switzerland Could Save the World and Protect Your Gold |
| – Precious metals advisor Claudio Grass believes Switzerland can serve as an example to rest of world
– Switzerland popular for gold storage due to understanding of the risks inherent in fiat money and gold’s value as a store of wealth.
– International investors opt to store gold in Swiss allocated accounts due to tradition of respecting private property.
– Country respects the importance of gold ownerships and 70% of world’s gold is refined there
Across Europe many voters and politicians are eFriday, November 3, 2017 |
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 | Przemyslaw Radomski CFA - SunshineProfits |
| Tokenization of Gold |
| The Blockchain technology enables tokenization of gold. What does it mean for the precious metals market?
Usually, investors consider precious metals and cryptocurrencies as substitutes, as the value of both asset classes depends on the level of faith in the national fiat currencies. However, a few cryptocurrencies backed by gold exist, potentially creating some synergies. For example, there is OneGram, which is a sharia-compliant cryptocurrency backed by gold. It means that each token is backedFriday, October 13, 2017 |
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| Graham Summer - Gains Pains & Capital |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary: I Assume Fort Knox Gold Is Still There |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary: I Assume Fort Knox Gold Is Still There
US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin visits Fort Knox Gold
Later tweeted ‘Glad gold is safe!’
Only the third Treasury Secretary to visit the fortified vault, last visit was 1948
Last Congressional visit was 1974
Speculation over existence of gold in Fort Knox is rife
Concerns over Federal Reserves lack of interest in carrying to an audit on gold
Gold was last counted in 1953, nine years before Mnuchin was born
Mnuchin may be lookingTuesday, August 22, 2017 |
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| Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| Mnuchin: I Assume Fort Knox Gold Is Still There |
| US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin visits Fort Knox Gold
Later tweeted ‘Glad gold is safe!’
Only the third Treasury Secretary to visit the fortified vault, last visit was 1948
Last Congressional visit was 1974
Speculation over existence of gold in Fort Knox is rife
Concerns over Federal Reserves lack of interest in carrying to an audit on gold
Gold was last counted in 1953, nine years before Mnuchin was born
Mnuchin may be looking to prevent countries and states from worrying about and repatriaTuesday, August 22, 2017 |
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 | Ronan Manly - Bullion Star |
| LBMA Gold Vault Data – How low is the London Gold Float |
| The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) has just released a first update on the quantity of physical gold and silver holdings stored in the ‘LBMA’ London vaulting network. The LBMA press release explaining the move, dated 31 July, can be read here.
This vaulting network, administered by the LBMA, comprises a set of precious metals vaults situated in London that are operated by the Bank of England and 7 commercial vault operators. For simplicity, this set of vaults can be called the LBMA LonWednesday, August 2, 2017 |
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 | Jan Nieuwenhuijs - Bullion Star |
| Did The Dutch Central Bank Lie About Its Gold Bar List |
| Head of the Financial Markets Division of the Dutch central bank, Aerdt Houben, stated in an interview for newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad published in October 2016 that releasing a bar list of the Dutch official gold reserves “would cost hundreds of thousands of euros”. In this post we’ll expose this is virtually impossible – the costs to publish the bar list should be close to zero – and speculate about the far reaching implications of this falsehood.
Recap
This story started a couple of yeSunday, July 23, 2017 |
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 | Julian D. W. Phillips - Gold Forecaster |
| Gold’s future confiscation is a growing reality, as currency confidence slides! - Part 3 |
| This article is from previous articles featured in the Gold Forecasterweekly issues. [Subscribe:www.GoldForecaster.com]The subject of gold’s confiscation has come onto our screens again, but this time, being described as a “Myth” in the future. This thought comes from Canada, a favorite place for U.S. citizens to store their gold in the hopes that it will be outside the reach of the U.S. Federal Reserve. We respond to the article that described it as a myth, because we are firmly of the opinion Wednesday, July 12, 2017 |
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| Ronan Manly - Bullion Star |
| How many Silver Bars are in the LBMA Vaults in London |
| Sometime in the coming days, the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) plans to begin publishing gold and silver vault holding totals covering the network of commercial precious vault operators in London that fall under its remit. This follows an announcement made by the LBMA on 8 May.
There are seven commercial vault operators (custodians) in the LBMA custodian vault network namely, HSBC, JP Morgan, Brinks, Malca Amit, ICBC Standard Bank, Loomis (formerly Viamat), and G4S. Note that ICBC StaWednesday, July 5, 2017 |
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| Chris Powell - GATA |
| Texas taps private vendor to manage first state-run gold depository in U.S. |
| https://www.texastribune.org/2017/06/14/texas-taps-private-vendor-first-...
Two years after Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas would build the country's first state-run gold depository, the project took a major step forward today.
Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced at a news conference at the Capitol that his office had selected Austin-based Lone Star Tangible Assets as the private vendor tasked with building and operating the Texas Bullion Depository.
"The Texas Bullion Depository will offer TexThursday, June 15, 2017 |
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| Ronan Manly - Bullion Star |
| Sweden’s Gold Reserves: 10,000 gold bars shrouded in Official Secrecy |
| In early February 2017 while preparing for a presentation in Gothenburg about central bank gold, I emailed Sweden’s central bank, the Riksbank, enquiring whether the bank physically audits Sweden’s gold and whether it provide me with a gold bar weight list of Sweden’s gold reserves (gold bar holdings). The Swedish official gold reserves are significant and amount to 125.7 tonnes, making the Swedish nation the world’s 28th largest official gold holder.
Before looking at the questions put to the Tuesday, April 25, 2017 |
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| Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| Gold ETFs or Physical Gold Hidden Dangers In GLD |
| by Olivier Garret on Forbes
Gold ETFs are rising in popularity due to their convenience. They’re easy to trade, there’s no need to store anything, and no one is going to break into your house to steal your GLD shares.
But there are a lot of hidden dangers inherent in the structure and operation of gold ETFs that few investors are aware of—and these risks are more pronounced than ever, as the threat of another financial crisis is always around the corner.
Gold ETFs or gold Friday, March 24, 2017 |
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 | Perth Mint Blog - Perth Mint Blog. |
| Making precious metal investing accessible to all |
| Do you like the idea of accumulating gold and silver as a nest egg for the future, or perhaps as an heirloom for the next generation? If the answer is yes but you don’t know where to start, think it might be unaffordable, or are fearful about storing precious metal at home, we have practical solutions to each of these reservations. The government owned Perth Mint is a global leader in precious metal refining, coin and bar production, and secure storage for investors who do not wish to take physiThursday, March 16, 2017 |
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