History of Gold
The allure of gold has fired the human imagination for centuries. A large part of gold’s value is tied up in its past. In how it kept it’s value across centuries, and increased its worth, thousands of times over.
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What’s Next for Gold and Silver?
What’s Next for Gold and Silver? King World News featured a hopeful chart from analyst David P. out of Europe. Gold peaked in 2011 at $1900 per ounce. It has been almost six frustrating years for gold bulls waiting for the bull market in gold to return. Stockcharts explains the Mac Dee or MACD, “Developed by Gerald Appel in the
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Why is Gold Valuable? Whenever I’m asked the question ‘how much of my wealth should I allocate to gold’, I usually advise that a person should only buy so much gold as their level of understanding allows. In other words the decision is a very personal one. But what is gold? Where did gold come from? How do we go
Read moreThe Gold Standard Explained in 1 Minute
What is the Gold Standard? Here is a short video produced by ‘One Minute Economics’ explaining the beginnings of gold minted for trade, the ‘Gold Standard’ and it’s eventual replacement with fiat currencies in 1971. Almost 2600 years ago, the first gold coins were minted and used for trade. Later on, people started storing there gold in well guarded vaults, and
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