May 15, 2012

We received the following question from a reader during the week and thought our answer might be worth sharing for people who didn’t hold any gold during the 2008 market turmoil… “Just wanted to get your view on why the gold price is falling. I thought it was regarded as a safe haven in turbulent times? Given all the uncertainty now I would...

May 8, 2012

Last Wednesday we commented on Reserve Bank Govenor Bollards recent announcement to hold NZ interest rates as they are. And his comment that “Should the exchange rate remain strong without anything else changing, the bank would need to reassess the outlook for monetary policy settings.” What will the Reserve Bank of New Zealand do in coming months? Will...

Apr 30, 2012

Following on from the first free Aussie gold mining stock pick we featured a couple of weeks ago we have another free report this week from Fat Prophets.  Founded by New Zealand born Angus Geddes in 2000, Fat Prophets is an Australian based stock market research house providing insightful reports, recommendations, and investment / wealth management services....

Apr 24, 2012

We received a question recently from a reader “What will the future resale value of gold be?” Or rather what they were really getting at, what price will gold likely reach in the future? They accepted we did not have a crystal ball, (that would be handy!) but were after some kind of methodology to give them a possible indication. We pointed them in the...

Apr 15, 2012

In our subscriber survey a couple months ago  a number of readers mentioned how some information on NZ and Australian gold mining shares/stocks would be useful.  So in response we’ve managed to negotiate some exclusive free reports from Fat Prophets.   Founded by New Zealand born Angus Geddes in 2000, Fat Prophets is an Australian based stock market...

Apr 11, 2012

There’s plenty of talk around about the gold bull market being over. Mostly from those who also proclaimed it over at $600 an ounce and $800 and $1000.   We actually had an email forwarded on from a reader recently which covered much the same ground as always. We thought it might be useful to share the article along with our counters to points made in it...

Feb 14, 2012

You’ve likely heard of reports via the media of problems with missing investor money at an Auckland bullion dealing and trading company over the past week. We’ve had the odd question from readers about the situation. We don’t know any more about it than anyone who has read the newspaper articles such as the two below, as we’ve had nothing to do with the...

Jan 17, 2012

We recently received a question from reader J.M… “I just wanted to know if you had any info on if the NZ Government has the ability to ‘confiscate’ investors gold & silver. I have read some articles about this happening in the USA in the thirties and wonder if our govt. has the power/laws to do so?” Gold confiscation: a (very) short...