The best predictor of a recession we have seen is the yield curve. While the yield curve may sound like something only economists would know about and discuss, it’s actually a surprisingly simple measure. In this post we’ll cover: What is the Yield Curve? What is an Inverted Yield Curve? What Does an Inverted Yield […]
Category Archives: New Zealand Articles
This category includes all the articles on gold, silver and related topics written by Gold Survival Guide, often with a New Zealand focus.
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Aug
Aug
Here’s a great question from a reader on gold versus shares. Quite timely considering the US stockmarket has been falling this month. You’ll see why perhaps you shouldn’t simply compare shares/stocks to gold over a long period of time and then use this as an argument not to buy gold. You’ll also learn all about […]
07
Aug
Aug
We’ve written extensively on the war on cash over the past few years. (Here’s a full list of the topics we’ve covered: https://goldsurvivalguide.co.nz/tag/war-on-cash/). Now here’s the latest on the moves toward a cashless society down under… Is Australia Going Cashless? Hidden in the 2018 Australian Government budget was a plan to save $5.3 billion […]
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Jul
Jul
It would be hard not to notice that gold and silver have risen sharply in price recently. So is a precious metals correction now due? Here’s the recent move in gold. Top chart priced in NZ dollars. Bottom is in USD. While here is the NZD silver price move. Both metals have experienced short sharp […]
30
Jul
Jul
We recently read a very interesting email from futurist George Gilder about “time prices”. Gilder is well known for his book “Life After Google”. This looks at the problems in today’s internet. Such as the likes of online security breaches. Or the current censorship of alternative news sources and ideas by major tech players. The […]
24
Jul
Jul
In our newsletter last week we pondered the question “Has the silver breakout started?” With the passage of just another 6 days we reckon we can now say, yes it has! Silver in New Zealand dollars has moved sharply higher since last week. Looking at the 4 year chart below, we can see silver has […]
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Jul
Jul
Here’s an excellent question from a reader which we received a few years ago. It’s about whether to buy gold today or wait. Even though he asks whether the “powers that be” will let the stock market crash while Obama is in power, it’s still relevant today. Why? Because it shows the things we think might […]
16
Jul
Jul
With the price of gold recently moving higher, it’s time for another updated look at a number of gold and silver charts and gold ratios including: Shares versus Gold Ratio Gold Silver Ratio Housing to Gold Ratio Dow/Gold Ratio The relationship between gold and shares is best tracked by the Dow/Gold ratio. The Dow/Gold ratio […]
03
Jul
Jul
How safe are your bank deposits? Does New Zealand have a bank deposit insurance scheme? Or is there a government bank deposit guarantee? The short answer is no. New Zealand doesn’t currently have a bank deposit protection scheme. However this may be about to change. The Labour/New Zealand First government announced a plan on 24 […]
02
Jul
Jul
Following the 2009 financial crisis, the term derivatives has been firmly embedded in todays lexicon. With the failure of Bear Stearns in 2008, and subsequent bailout of multiple other too big too fail banks, the term “derivative” was popping up everywhere. Then in 2012 we had JP Morgan’s $7 billion trading loss on credit derivatives […]
