physical gold

Top Ten Takeaways from the Agora Financial Conference

August 2, 2012
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I hope you enjoyed my notes from Doug’s talk! He is always insightful and entertaining—a great combination.   Rather than continually giving you the blow-by-blow details of each and every speaker who presented (which would be impossible…I would be at this for months!), today I want to give you something I hope you find equally [...]

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Live from Vegas: 8 GLD Gotchas

July 11, 2012
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Today I’m reporting to you live from Las Vegas, and wow, this place could spawn so many articles on money and investing it’s mind-boggling. My brain is still trying to take it all in! I’ve been here less than 2 hours and have already come up with: Gambling vs. Speculating vs. Investing (I know, this [...]

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QnA Friday: All About Gold, KFF Goes Mobile

June 29, 2012
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 ”There’s a lady who’s sure, all that glitters is gold…” — Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Heaven My apologies in advance if you can’t get that song out of your head for the rest of the weekend…   It’s been in mine all day while I’ve written the answers to today’s QnA, which is appropriately entitled, “All About [...]

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QnA Friday: How to Buy Gold, Where to Store Gold in the U.S.

December 30, 2011
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It’s been a busy day today…I interviewed Louis James of Casey Research this morning and he gave me (and you!) an incredible amount of fantastic investing information that I look forward to sharing with you in the New Year! He is such a smart guy and savvy investor, and I’m truly grateful for his time. [...]

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Conspiracy Theory Thursday: Beware of These 8 GLD “Gotchas”

November 17, 2011
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There is much speculation and misunderstanding about the largest gold ETF, the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD). GLD is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that purports to be backed by physical gold and to track the spot price of gold on approximately a 1/10th basis, minus fees and expenses. (This means that if the spot price of [...]

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