Category Archives: When to Buy Gold and Silver

When to Buy Gold or Silver

Timing is helpful in ensuring you get the best price when buying gold and silver. This category covers topics such as seasonality and how this affects the gold price. Along with some guides on technical analysis (simple indicators on gold and silver charts to help you choose better times to buy), along with understanding the relationship between the NZ Dollar, US Dollar and gold and silver.

This is also the place where you’ll also find us writing about what we think the prices of both precious metals may do.

If you’d like more guidance on picking lower risk times to buy, then you should definitely get free access to our gold and silver daily price alert email service.

Must read articles about When to Buy Gold and Silver

When to Buy Gold or Silver: The Ultimate Guide

When to Buy Gold or Silver: The Ultimate Guide

Learn about fundamental reasons for buying such as how the economy is doing, the risk of financial panics or currency devaluations. But also technical reasons or rather just purely timing when to buy gold or silver depending on the price. Plus finally whether to choose to buy gold over silver or vice versa.


Gold Cycles vs Property Cycles: When Will Gold Reach Peak Valuation?

Gold Cycles vs Property Cycles: When Will Gold Reach Peak Valuation?

This article covers: Has NZ property peaked? The 18 Year Real Estate Cycle, the gold bull market 1970’s vs 2000 to date. When will gold and silver reach their peak valuations? And how property cycles and gold cycles might play out in the years to come. 


Gold and Silver Technical Analysis: The Ultimate Beginners Guide

Gold and Silver Technical Analysis: The Ultimate Beginners Guide

Once you’ve read this ultimate guide here’s what you’ll know: What is technical analysis? What are the benefits of technical analysis in gold and silver? Is technical analysis any use in manipulated markets? The different types of charts available and where to get them for free. Plus 6 different types of technical indicators for use in gold and silver analysis.

When to Buy Gold or Silver

Where Are We in the Psychology of the Silver Market Cycle?

This article looks at the phases of investor psychology in market cycles. Then compares these phases to the silver market cycle over the past 8 years or so, to see where the silver market is currently. Therefore helping to indicate where silver is going from here and aiding with deciding when to buy silver…


The Yield Curve Recession Predictor: Impact on Gold?


The Yield Curve Recession Predictor: Impact on Gold?

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 how the yield curve predicts recessions, how far away the next one may be and how the yield curve impacts gold.


Why You Should Ignore the USD Gold Price When Buying in New Zealand

Interest Rates and Gold: If Interest Rates Rise What Happens to Gold?

This post will help you if you’re worried about the impact of rising interests rates on gold. It covers: A common misconception about gold and rising interest rates; Rising interest rates in the 1970’s and the effect on gold; How the last 6 Federal Reserve Interest rate hikes have impacted the gold price; What might the future hold for interest rates and gold?

Latest Articles

Have Silver and Gold Bottomed? What’s Next for Gold and Silver in NZ Dollars?

Gold and silver have been falling recently. And gold has been falling for longer than silver. So today we look at whether gold and silver in New Zealand dollars may be about to bottom. Then we look at what’s next for gold and silver in NZD… Why Have Gold and Silver Been Falling? Long term […]

Gold & Silver Performance: 2020 in Review & Our Guesses for 2021

2020 the year in review for gold and silver

It’s time for our annual review of the performance of gold and silver in New Zealand dollars. We’ll also look back on our predictions from the start of 2020. Then finish off by making a few guesses as to what 2021 might hold in store for us… 2020 was indeed an unprecedented year. With the Coronavirus […]

Should I Pay Down Debt or Buy Precious Metals in 2020?

Here’s an excellent question from a reader: Should you pay down debt or buy precious metals… “My specific question relates to whether to pay down debt or stack metals? Obviously high interest debt is bad, but lower rate mortgage debt? I’m torn. Firstly, I don’t think many people ever regret paying off debt, but on […]

NZ Dollar Falls – Why Has the NZ Dollar Weakened and Where to Now?

NZ Dollar Falls - Why and Where to Now_

The New Zealand Dollar has been falling since the start of the year. But at the end of February it dropped sharply. This was likely due to the expectation that New Zealand would be more seriously impacted by the Coronavirus outbreak than markets had previously been expecting. The New Zealand dollar plummeted briefly below 0.6200 […]

Why You Should Ignore the USD Gold Price When Buying Gold in New Zealand

Are you at all confused about the difference between NZD and USD gold price (and silver price)? Here’s a question from a reader wanting some clarity on NZ Dollar versus USD Dollar precious metals prices: I am a little confused about the difference between the NZD and USD pricing though. Can you explain how the […]

Gold & Silver Performance: 2019 in Review & Our 2020 Guesses

Gold & Silver in NZ Dollars_ 2019 in Review & Our 2020 Guesses

It’s time for our annual review of the performance of gold and silver in New Zealand dollars. We’ll also look back on our predictions from the start of 2019. Then finish off by making a few guesses as to what 2020 could have in store for us… 2019 saw a complete reversal from 2018 overall […]

The Anatomy of a (New) Gold Bull Market: Prices Rises. Short Correction. Bigger Rise to Come?

The Anatomy of a (New) Gold Bull Market: Prices Rises. Short Correction. Bigger Rise to Come?

There can now be little doubt. A new secular bull market in gold is underway. A bull market refers to a market where the price is rising. As opposed to a bear market where the price falls. In NZ Dollars gold has quietly been in a bull market since 2014. Even in US Dollars gold […]

Why Gold and Silver Won’t Correct From Here: Two Contrarian Indicators

Why Gold and Silver Won’t Correct From Here: Two Contrarian Indicators

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 […]

Should I Buy Gold Today or Wait? 6 Factors to Consider

SHOULD I BUY GOLD TODAY OR WAIT?

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 […]

NZ Dollar Gold Breakout About to Happen?

Gold in NZ Dollars About to Breakout_

In our daily prices alerts we’ve been continuing to track a possible breakout in gold in NZ dollars. Today we’ll have a look at how likely a gold breakout is, along with a look at silver in NZ dollars, and the New Zealand Dollar chart too. Gold in New Zealand Dollars Breaking Out? While NZD […]