By Jeff Clark, Casey Research Let’s explore the advantages of saving in gold and silver over dollars. Here’s a hypothetical look at what could occur over the remainder of this decade. The charts below compare saving $100/month in gold and silver vs. an interest-bearing money-market account. For our projections, we assumed gold’s average annual gain […]
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By Jeff Clark, Casey Research We’ve read mixed reports about how lofty gold and silver prices are affecting demand in India. One month we’re told demand is up, and the next it’s supposedly down. I’m not suggesting that official reports are inaccurate, but it is admittedly confusing and doesn’t help us understand the real trend
By Jeff Clark, Casey Research Do you own enough gold and silver for what lies ahead? If 10% of your total investable assets (i.e., excluding equity in your primary residence) aren’t held in various forms of gold and silver, we at Casey Research think your portfolio is at risk. After speaking at the Cambridge House
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By Jeff Clark, Casey Research On February 29, gold dropped 4.8% and silver 6.2% (based on London fix prices). That’s quite the fall for one day. We’ve seen prices that have risen that much, too. But as I’m about to show, these ain’t nothin’, baby. Based on our experience, we’ve been saying for some time
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By Andrey Dashkov, Casey Research In last week’s Metals, Mining, and Money from Casey Research, Jeff Clark estimated that given the magnitude of the correction that started last September, it may take until May 2012 for gold to reach a new high. Let’s take a look at how long it may take for silver to
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By Jeff Clark, Casey Research 2011 was remarkable in many ways for the precious metals markets. Gold soared to new highs in early September, hitting at an intraday record of $1,920/ounce on the fifth. Silver screamed to within a hair of $50 on April 28. Corrections ensued, and the metals ended the year on a
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As anyone who has read my articles for any length of time knows, I am a big fan of ratios. I find them very useful for tracking the comparative value of things especially when presented in chart form. Over the years I have tracked the Gold vs Oil ratio, Gasoline vs. Oil, and many more.
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(Excerpt from the Casey Research 2011 Silver Investing Guide) Silver has been on fire over the last three years — substantially outperforming its spotlight-grabbing cousin, gold. Because we believe this bull run is far from over, we advise investors to always maintain exposure to the precious metals markets. Even if you haven’t yet participated in
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Silver is a hot topic these days even with the recent sell-off. So how much do you know about the metal and its underlying fundamentals? What caused its price increase? Mine production? Household use? Government holdings? In this article Jeff Clark, Senior Precious Metals Analyst for Casey Research and Big Gold, “the best precious metals
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by Andrey Dashkov, Casey International Speculator The gold-silver ratio (GSR) measures how many ounces of silver one can purchase for an ounce of gold, on a certain date. Reference to the ratio has a long history. One of the first mentions was that upon the death of Alexander the Great, the ratio was 12.5 to
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