Dec 1, 2011
If you’ve been mulling over whether having some gold shares might be a good thing, then WARNING! the following might convince you. It details how both the larger producers and also juniors performed in previous bull markets in mining shares. Some of the percentage gains were staggering even to us. However the shares have been lagging physical...
Nov 28, 2011
Very apocalyptic indeed was the title of Egon von Greyerz of Matterhorn Asset Management’s presentation at the Sydney Gold Symposium… “A Return to the Dark Ages” However given his gloomy title he had a collection of somewhat edgy but humorous slides to lighten the mood. We’ve seen von Greyerz perform pretty well on CNBC in the past and he was just...
If you are somewhat new to the world of gold and have asked yourself the question “Is it too late to buy?”, the following is an absolute must read. It’s lengthy but full of charts and is a great summary of just where we are at now. In this article just some of what Bud Conrad covers includes: How the Sovereign debt crisis arose How it will...
Nov 22, 2011
Like trying to be “the prettiest horse in the glue factory” was how Eric Sprott described the various paper currencies of the world today. Eric Sprott, head of Sprott Asset Management was the first of the “big names” to speak at the Gold Symposium in Sydney last week. He certainly has a quick wit and is a sharp marketer indeed. Seeing a trend early...
If you worry about the day to day fluctuations in gold then the following set of charts should help ease your mind a great deal. They show the corrections gold has had over the last decade plotted on a daily, monthly, quarterly and annual basis. They’ll help really add some perspective. The charts actually show how little volatility gold has in the...
