Gold Investor

25 Ways to Invest in Gold with ETFs in 2014
Not complete by any means, but a helpful list of gold ETFs that include physical backed securities, small cap miners, large cap miners, futures based funds and leveraged/negative exchange traded funds.

New airport rules to curb gold smuggling in India
Indian airport authorities will now be asking all travellers to specifically declare any prohibited articles, gold jewellery over the free allowance, bullion and cash over Rs 10,000 when entering the country.

Is your bank about to go bust?
Former Harvard economics professor Terry Burnham seemed to think it was a good idea to 99% of his money out of Bank of America. Why?

All the worlds gold in the world visualized in 3D
Who doesn't like pretty pictures? Especially when they present facts in a nice and simple way (a picture is worth a thousand words).

JP Morgan Holds Highest Amount Of Physical Silver In History
"(Ted) Butler’s calculations show that JPMorgan (JPM) has piled up the largest holding of physical silver in modern world. Since the silver price peak in May 2011, the bank has accumulated between 100 and 200 million ounces of physical silver (if not more). The equivalent in metric tonnes is between 3,110 and 6,220 tonnes."

The financial market crash of 2008 may have had its roots in the United States but was felt all across the globe. It was a culmination of years of living high on the hog where a lot of money was made before it all came crashing down and a lot of money was lost, not to mention lives that were ruined - many permanently. The Big Short is a nice bookend to Michael Lewis' first work - Liar's Poker - which we reviewed some weeks ago. It provided an insider's view on how Wall Street operated in the 1980s. With The Big Short, Lewis takes us through the building, sustaining and eventual pricking of the subprime mortgage and related housing and derivative bubble through the eyes of (mostly unknown) hedge fund managers who bet against the tide.

New cream with silver nanoparticles could block HIV transmission
Research at universities in Texas and New Mexico shows in laboratory tests, that a cream with nano silver particles can be effective against transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

The Difference Between Gold And Bitcoin, As Explained By Elliott's Paul Singer
"There is no more reason to believe that bitcoin, a computer-generated, algorithm-driven currency of supposed limited supply, will stand the test of time than that governments will protect the value of government-created fiat money. One difference: Bitcoin is newer and we always look at babies with hope. If you are looking for an alternative currency, look into gold."

Pakistan again halts gold imports to stem smuggling into India
The Pakistanis have apparently banned the import of gold into their country to stem the level of gold smuggling that they claim, is taking place from Pakistan to India. The insatiable Indian desire for gold amounted to 200 tons of the precious metal being smuggled in last year as the Indian government has been trying to discourage gold purchases.

Court to rule on gold strike
"A South African court will rule tomorrow whether a strike over wages called by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction at the country’s largest gold producers would be allowed to proceed."

Silver steadily heading towards $25 / ounce
A technical analysis of the price of silver and the view that price of this metal is on its way up to $25.

What the Future Holds for Stocks and Gold
Barons story on how they see gold and the stock markets performing in 2014.

Ask Matt: Go for silver as gold crashes?
It seems that everyone has caught onto the silver story as a (lower price) alternative to gold. But are the two commodities tied at the hip?

Comex Warehouse Potential Claims Per Deliverable Ounce Rises to Historical High 112 to 1
"An almost shocking decline in deliverable (registered) gold has taken the ratio of open interest to deliverable gold to 112 to 1."

Ten reasons why gold bugs lost their shirts
Unlike most "Top 10 lists", this one that is worth reading and can be applied to many things, including investments other than gold.

India eases gold lending rules
While it continues to (unsuccessfully) try and prevent Indians from buying gold, the Indian authorities, in this case the Reserve Bank of India, has increased the amount that financial companies can lend in return for gold deposits.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch slashes gold call to $1,150 and warns it could get uglier
BoA seems to have wanted to get ahead of the curve in calling another bleak year for gold, down to $1,150 per ounce or lower. Silver fared worse in their forecast, with BoA Merril Lynch expected it to hit $18.38 an ounce.

The case of platinum
China has been a catalyst in the pricing of many rare earth minerals. Will they also be a player in the the price of platinum?

What Will Happen to Gold Now?
The prognosticators are out in 2014 when it comes to the price gold.

Bitcoin Versus Gold
"...the advent of crypto-currencies represents the increasing popular demand for a currency insulated from political debasement and bank profiteering. Crypto-currencies represent a legitimate attempt by private citizens to reassert their sovereignty over such government actions. I appreciate the effort, and I believe it holds much promise. But for now, I will stay with the traditional store of value, gold..."

China Successfully Hunts Where There is Gold
Who buys all the physcial gold that is apprently being swallowed up by the black hole that is China? JP Morgan?

Germany to repatriate gold from US, France
Yes, Germany wants its 700 tons of gold back. It got 37 tons this year and should have the rest by 2020. Isn't this old news though?

"The Chinese Don't Want Dollars Anymore, They Want Gold" - London's Gold Vaults Are Empty: This Is Why
Today gold slid under $1200 per ounce, dropping to a level not seen in three years. Judging by the price action one would think that gold is not only overflowing from precious metal vaults everywhere, but can be found thrown away on the street, where nobody even bothers to pick it up.

World Mints See Unprecedented Demand For Silver Coins In 2013
The U.S. Mint, Royal Canadian Mint and the Perth Mint all reported extremely high sales of their silver coins.