How To Invest in Gold

IAU has outperformed GLD by 0.01% in the past 12 months and YTD. Why is it subject to scrutiny? Its rated as a lower cost vehicle by almost all rating houses. The research will tell you this exactly.

IAU 16.41% return YTD
GLD 16.29% return YTD
GDX 13.63% return YTD

In Liberty!

doctor... please read what ted butler says about silver.. butlerresearch.com or investmentrarities.com you will have about 3 or 4 good days of reading... Silver will explode.. no way it won't.. far to involved to get into here!

Actually, silver has gone from $4.18/oz. in December 2001 to $14.64/oz. today. That's 350% in six years. Still, historically, the gold/silver price ratio averages around 15 - 20 to 1 (15 to 20 ounces of silver buy one ounce of gold) as opposed to today's 55 to 1 ratio. So, on that basis, we might expect better performance from silver as it reverts to its historic mean.

Buy both. You can't go wrong. The Federal Reserve's actions of late guarantee it.

IF YOU CAN'T TOUCH IT... YOU DON'T OWN IT!!!!!!

gold has gone up because of the free falling dollar! but every countries paper currancy will fall.. its called competetive devaluing of the currency!

In the 1920's, an ounce of gold ($20) would buy you about 200 gallons of gas.
In 2007, an ounce of gold ($800) will get you about 250 gallons.
The cost of most things, when priced in silver or gold, have changed very little on average, over hundreds of years. It is the value of your money that has declined.
Gold and silver are the only forms of money that do not represent someone else's promise to pay. They have survived and maintained value throughout history. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Chinese and European empires have come and gone. Their gold is as good today as it ever was.

16% of the USD$ is backed by GOLD Bullion in FED vaults.

Gold prices are determined simply by supply / demand pressure. When markets tend to increase the demand on a finite or relatively finite resource then the inherent price goes up. Right now investors are gravitating towards Gold because their faith in other measures of currency (USD$) are eroding.

Gold prices per ounce are reaching a 30 year high of the high $800's. The pressure placed on this point is a very bullish sign. If it breaks $900 dollar mark all bets are off and new price territory will be unknown until it levels off and it finds stability or subsequently starts a decline. This number could be any number above $885 up to infinity. The fundamental problem is that the United States is currently consuming 80-85% of the worlds savings in purchased debt. In other words, we are borrowing the rest of the worlds saved money and then promising a return (interest rate) in exchange for that present valued dollar, yen, or euro.

Fast forward the U.S. borrowing 90-95% of the worlds free savings (cumulative total of worlds saved currencies) and you will see nearly unlimited interest rates. Once there is no more free savings that has not been loaned out, then the first person to borrow after the last free saved currency unit was borrowed will pay more interest than the last person in an unending cycle. The value of gold will continually increase along with interest rates or inflation even if you don't see it in the stores.

There is underlying inflation but it is only evident largely in foreign exchange (fx) at the moment. This is one of the fundamental reasons Oil is so high. Fx determines that it must go higher as the dollar devalues. OPEC trades all oil in $'s. Certain OPEC members are considering or have begun to move to the Euro and the Yen instead of the USD$. This is bad news for the strength of our dollar.

So if you don't see the cost of milk and eggs going up in Wisconsin then take the same dollars you would to buy those milk and eggs...fly them to London and exchange them for British Pounds and try to buy the same amount of Milk and Eggs. You'll be lucky to get one egg and pint like you did in grade school for the same you could have bought a dozen eggs and a gallon of milk in Wisconsin.

In Liberty!

Gold dealers are required by the Patriot Act take your name, social security number, or passport number in order to buy ANY Gold bullion.

I visit a local coin shop many times a year to purchase gold and silver bullion and coin. I pay in cash and have never been asked for any identification.

Gold dealers are required by the Patriot Act take your name, social security number, or passport number in order to buy ANY Gold bullion.

I visit a local coin shop many times a year to purchase gold and silver bullion and coin. I pay in cash and have never been asked for any identification.

GOODLUCK! if you can't touch it... you don't own it!

Bravo!!!!!!! couldn't have said it any better myself! if you can't touch it.. you don't own it!

Actual, physical gold metal in your hand is the ONLY gold safe from another government confiscation. It is the only gold you can be sure you will have if the currency collapses. Would you accept a certificate for a rifle and ammunition to be delivered at a later date and call that personal protection?

Yes, gold stocks will increase in their exchange value for dollars. But dollars very well may be worth squat by then. And by the time you liquidate your gold stocks, you may find that you CAN'T buy real gold or silver with your rapidly devaluing dollars.

Nobody is going to sell you food in exchange for a stock certificate.

Peace

I will have to respectfully disagree. At some point it will be necessary to convert profits made from gold securities into actual gold, but that point is not upon us. The better strategy is to take advantage of the leverage inherent in gold and silver stocks first and then gradually start converting those profits into actual metal. I am against fiat currency and realize we need a gold standard, but there is no rush to take delivery "right now while you still can." That is a bit alarmist and dramatic.

what happens if things spiral out of control and the banks are closed, you can't get intouch with your broker to sell and hopefully buy some physical metal? IF YOU CAN'T TOUCH IT... YOU DON'T OWN IT!

If the fed stole the gold and silver of the Liberty dollar, they can steal anything that you don't have in your hand. Believe it. And, never have metal shipped to you where there is a record of you. Buy it in person for cash.

Sure, I want as many people as possible to go to my site and invest in gold. I also use the site to bring attention to Ron Paul.

The gold ETFs are great. In addition to IAU, check out GDX for miners, GLD for gold and SLV for silver. But you miss the leverage with the metal etfs and while diversification is fine for passive investors, I've had much better returns on individual mining companies. It takes a bit of research, but this is what I provide on the site for free. For those "really" curious and not so upset about "cheap advertisement!" :)

Peace,
Jason