Editor's Note--In the article Is Gold really a good Inflation Hedge? I said, Gold is actually a "crisis hedge." So it should be performing extremely well with all the uncertainty in the markets right now. Well the Crisis is far from over and Gold is still a prudent investment. -- Tim McMahon, editor Gold Stocks – the Best Strategy for Portfolio Building by Jeff Clark, Editor of BIG GOLD October 27, 2008 was the gold mining sector’s Black Monday, the day nearly every stock hit rock bottom. Hindsight makes it plain they got caught in the violent deleveraging that sucked down every equities market in the world. The broader markets were of course making year-to-date lows at the … [Read more...]
Why would Gold fall during an Investment Crisis?
Editor's Note-- In the article Is Gold really a good Inflation Hedge? I said, Gold is actually a "crisis hedge." So it should be performing extremely well with all the uncertainty in the markets right now. In this article Andrew Gordon explains how gold is currently in limited supply and demand is booming due to the crisis and what is currently affecting the price. -- Tim McMahon, editor Has Gold Lost its Investment Luster? By Andrew Gordon Gold dropped from $915 to $859 on Friday [October 10, 2008]. That’s not supposed to happen while the market is crashing. What’s going on? … [Read more...]
Protect Yourself From Inflation
Inflation Warning!!! How do you protect yourself now? In a recent article, I discussed how Gold was not strictly an inflation hedge but more a crisis hedge against worry of all sorts. See How has Gold fared as an Inflation hedge? In another article, How the Iraq War will affect the U.S. economy, I discussed how a wartime economy almost guarantees future inflation. So naturally several readers wrote to ask, “What is the best way to protect against inflation?” … [Read more...]
