Gold

For $1,260, an investor will get a piece of paper saying he owns 1 ounce of gold. But he is unlikely to ever see that gold.

Greek Finance Ministry inspectors are about to start seeking out the owners of all local undeclared properties, while the law will be amended to allow for financial products and the content of safe deposit boxes to be confiscated electronically.

The price of gold took a determined upward trajectory in the middle week of May as several U.S. indexes dropped to their lowest levels since Donald J. Trump and the Republican Party swept the national elections.

Time and time again we are seeing fraud taking place in the precious metals’ market. Thousands of tonnes of paper silver and paper gold are being dumped over just a few hours or days.

EuroStat Gold Imports & Exports. United Kingdom Gold Imports & Exports.

Savers are often quite confused about gold and real estate.

The very real prospect of negative equity returns over the next decade alone provides a compelling case for using gold as a hedge, and investors seeking capital preservation may wish to include the metal in their asset allocation.

Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook are valued at $2.8 trillion. That is twice Russia’s GDP and 42% (71,000 tonnes) of all the gold ever produced.

The bottom line is gold’s sharp pullback in recent weeks was sparked by a series of gold-futures shorting attacks.

The best time to enter is when an investment is unloved and undervalued but few have the courage to do that.