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Trump’s Victory Didn’t Have the Expected Outcome for the Gold Rally

After Donald Trump’s victory at the US elections held during past November 9, the gold market reacted in a way that defied many hypotheses from outstanding experts in the financial sector.

2016: The Golden Year?

Pure Gold and Silver Bullion Bars - Ingots

Since 2012 gold has been a rather disappointing asset right up to the very beginning of 2016 at which point the precious metal took on a new course that took it past most other commodities and placed it at the top of the investment chain in terms of performing assets.

Druckenmiller says to Replace Stocks with Gold

There are abundant reasons to stay away from the stock market these days. If you don’t have enough time and are not willing to dedicate your focus on charts and business news, stocks may not be the right investment for you.

Gold’s role in short and long term protection for lower-middle income individuals / families

Gold and wealth is often viewed hand in hand, with gold no longer being a modern measure of wealth alone, many people still believe that buying gold is only an activity for the rich, the reality is nothing could be farther from the truth.

The Golden Vortex

It does seem that the prices of gold have taken a turn for the better after a long and arduous downtrend from September 2011, and after nearly scrapping the 1,000 dollar per ounce mark it seems to have bounced back after the 15th of January this year

The Silver Climate

For the last 7 years or more gold’s sidekick silver has not been a favourite for the average investor due to the fact that it has not been cheap relatively to gold for nearly 7 years, however the recent silver surge on the ETF platform has created a robust demand for silver indicating that silver will be riding the bull and outperform gold for the rest of the year.

All That Glitters Could Actually Be Gold Investments!

In April 2020, GoldNews.com.au came under new management, articles published before this time, such as the below, may not reflect the views or opinions of the current GoldNews.com.au team. Looking back into time a sharp investor would have observed nervous investors moving to add inverse exchange traded funds or contra investments which are basically investments

Gold buy-back schemes

Typically regarded as a “safe haven” in times of economic instability and as a hedge against devaluation, gold is the kind of precious metal that only some can resist. Usually purchased in its physical form through jewelers, goldsmiths, or banks, it represents wealth and a store of value as well as a means of passing wealth onto the next generation.

Investing in Bullion

As most of you probably already know that there are numerous ways through which an individual could invest in gold. From gold exchange traded funds (ETF’s), allocated and unallocated gold certificates, mutual funds right up to physical gold in the form of coins, bars and ingots. Most people invest in gold in order to protect or hedge themselves from unforeseen economic conditions such as inflation.

Huge opportunity for Australian Gold Investors if AUD falls against USD

Gold has had a very turbulent introduction to the 2015 calendar year so far, with gold prices falling heavily in US dollars continually. There is however still good news for Australian investors, the Australian dollar has fallen almost equally with the US dollar, meaning that losses in gold value have barely impacted local reserve prices.