Precious Metals

Stock vs. Stock Piling: Are Tangible Investments Better?

February 2, 2012

(Guest Post by Kelsey Libert) When you start to invest beyond having a savings account and a good insurance, you run into a multitude of choices. This is where a lot of people freeze up, and either don’t do anything or just do the first thing that pops into their head. There are literally thousands [...]

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Investment Gifts for the Holidays – Part I

November 30, 2009

The holiday shopping season is official upon us. Consumerism is one reason why Americans aren’t as rich as we really should be – people spend all their time upgrading their stuff and not enough time getting financially secure. So, instead of getting stuff for the holidays, consider gifting real financial assets for your friends and [...]

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Investing in Gold: A Beginner’s Guide

September 11, 2009

For your Friday reading enjoyment we’ve brought a guest post to go over the basics of buying gold. Enjoy! The reasons for wanting to invest in gold are as varied as the people who do so—some are seeking a safety net against the possibility of currency depreciation or market declines, while others are simply looking [...]

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Cash For Gold = Big Ripoff

August 7, 2009

Hi All, A couple of days ago, we got a flyer in the mail from a company advertising a gold and silver buying event in Maryland. Given the recent bad press regarding cash4gold.com, I smelled a ripoff and decided to investigate. A quick check of the companies webpage, revealed a minimal setup in terms of [...]

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Possible Fraud in Silver ETFs

July 29, 2009

Hi All, Since we’ve blogged about owning silver before, it’s only responsible that be mentioned. Evidently there have been accounting anomalies with iShares SLV and London-based ETF Securities (SLVR) exchange traded funds. These anomalies were identified by an investigative team working with Zerohedge.com. After catching wind that there were possible problems with these funds, Zerohedge [...]

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Asset Allocation and Investment Selection

July 27, 2009

Hi All, Okay, so following our recent theme of writing more about asset allocation, here are some thoughts about what kind of assets you want when you are building wealth. 1) Your portfolio should have a broad mix of assets. For example, you want different sorts of investments in your portfolio: bonds, stocks, real estate, [...]

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The Pros and Cons of Buying Silver

July 12, 2009

Hi All, Its Sunday and we’re both still in Eugene, Oregon. On Friday my brother and I drove over to one of the local coin dealers where we picked up a couple of ounces of silver. We ended up buying a 1 ounce silver eagle and another 1 ounce silver bullion coin. So, the reason [...]

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Fox News On Aliens and Gold

April 2, 2009

Hi All, This gave me chuckle…I think the real question is if the aliens will enslave Fox news. [REMOVED]

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Got GLD?

February 25, 2009

Hi All, Rather than write an essay, I’ll just note that the DOW is down and gold is up! I think thats a pretty good summary of where things stand financially these days. Happy Wednesday!

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DINKs Buy Stocks, Silver and Savings Bonds

February 18, 2009

Hi All, Well, its Wednesday. I’ve been hunkered down over the past couple of days taking care of non-blogging related business. Part of that has been attending to our own bottom line. In fact, I’ve been buying a fair amount of assets these days, so I wanted to explain everything in a post for our [...]

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