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Read the Fine Print on eBay

Now I usually do my dealing face to face with a local bullion shop, but just as Christmas shopping isn’t always done in a store anymore, neither are all precious metal purchases. Many friends and associates have mentioned the gold and silver buying options on eBay, Craigslist, and Amazon. Turns out it serves the same […]

Obama Gets Real

For most of his time as a national political figure, Barack Obama has been careful to cloak his core socialist leanings behind a veil of pro-capitalist rhetoric. This makes strategic sense, as Americans still largely identify as pro-capitalist. However, based on his recent speech in Osawatomie, Kansas, the President appears to have reassessed the political […]

Scam Tricks Woman into Buying a Fake Gold Bar

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Although we refer to the conventional pathways to purchasing gold, I’m sure over time as you begin immersing yourself in the precious metal’s community you will find yourself looking for deals in all places. Your ears will begin to perk up when you hear […]

This Month in Gold – December 2010

Deutsche Bank’s Lewis: Gold, Agriculture, Are “Safest Long Positions” Bloomberg – Michael Lewis, Deutsche Bank’s Global Head of Commodities Research, reports that gold and other commodities are “still cheap” and that gold’s recent rally, while record-breaking, is “not yet extreme.” Demand from emerging markets remains strong for all commodities. Lewis noted that gold is below […]

The Great Western Crackup

By Peter Schiff From World War II until very recently, the West – specifically Europe and the United States – was on a course for greater centralization, greater integration, and greater economic intervention. But this consensus is breaking down. In Europe, the euro has gone from steadily adding new members to now facing the prospect […]

Fear Risk, Not Volatility

By Jeff Nielson While watching a little television the other night, I was once again confronted by my biggest pet peeve: investment professionals who confuse risk and volatility. In this case, the offender was a TV commercial heralding the supposed virtues of an annuity with a “guaranteed rate of return.” The suggestion is that such […]

The 2011 Gold Price: What Correction?

I’ve told more than one concerned investor that when the gold price falls, they should “come back in three months” and see if they’re still worried. The idea is that the daily and monthly gyrations are nothing to fret over, that the price will recover and, in time, fetch new highs. That advice has worked […]

Jamie Campany Publicly Apologizes for $30 Million Gold Scam

It’s not just the bait and switch scams you have to watch out for; scams can be even scummier than you can imagine. This particular scam cost individuals tens of thousands as Global Bullion Exchange owner Jamie Campany mislead his over 1400 clients to invest in gold “accounts” that would never actually hold the bullion. […]

This Month in Gold – November 2011

Criminal Charges Leveled Against Goldline Execs ABC News – The Santa Monica City Attorney’s office has leveled fraud and theft charges against executives at Goldline, the prominent California gold dealer, in a 19-count criminal complaint. At its core, the complaint argues Goldline persuaded customers interested in buying gold bullion to instead buy numismatic coins worth […]

US Money Reserve, Inc. Guilty of Using Deceptive Sales Tactics

The Austin-based gold dealer US Money Reserve, Inc., has agreed to pay out $5 million to customers who consider themselves victims of wrong-doing by the gold dealers’ sales practices. However, the dealers claim that they, in fact, have done nothing wrong, but are working in compliance with the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Just protocol […]