Tag Archive: Gold

Nov
11
2010

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Drop what you’re reading when this gets published

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Michael O’Higgins and his son are about to start working on a new book. O’Higgins, author of Beating the Dow (1991) and Beating the Dow with Bonds (1999)  has written two of the best personal finance books I have ever read. And I’ve read more than 300 of them. What makes these books so great? They’re …

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May
13
2010

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Financial crisis—time to panic?

The more things change, the more they stay the same… Investors are fleeing to gold bullion as they lose faith in the stock markets and in the U.S. currency.  Gold is up 440% in just one year …read more The U.S. stock market crashes nearly 50% from the previous year’s high point The price of …

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Nov
23
2009

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Why is Gold such a terrible investment?

There’s an amusing bit of entertainment set up on a distant planet, where aliens observe human investing behaviour in a virtual context. They have a circular racetrack set up where two vehicles race each other around. One of those vehicles has a “G” on the top—symbolizing “Gold”. And the other vehicle has a “B” on …

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