[Disclaimer: I own physical gold, physical silver and physical platinum. This is not investment advice and is provided for information only. It is not a recommendation to buy. Do your own research and consult a financial advisor.] The best precious metal to invest in depends on your goals. Many, choose to invest in precious metals […]
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Value investing and technical analysis are often mistakenly seen as being at odds with one another. After all value investing is based on a fundamental analysis of a company’s valuation as compared to the market price of the stock. Value investors look for high quality companies that are trading at a discount and a mismatch
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The term “sound money” refers to a type of money which acts as a reliable store of value over time where it is difficult to dilute the supply and therefore the value with new units. The soundness of money depends on how well it retains its value and how difficult it is to increase the
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Key Takeaways The history of fiat currency failure reveals a very predictable pattern. The government starts with a small issue of paper money, thinking that they will just use it the once. Then they use it a second time. Then another and another, and another. Soon they are addicted. The government eventually prints too much,
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Offshore gold storage in another jurisdiction has three key benefits. There are a number of compelling reasons to buy gold, especially in the current market environment, not least the fact that gold has been sound money for thousands of years. The problem is, at least when you buy physical gold, you have to decide where
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F.O.M.O (fear of missing out) is something that can affect both new and experienced investors alike. Even minds as great as Isaac Newton have suffered from it. Newton famously sold at a profit in the South Sea bubble, before F.O.M.O gripped him and pulled him back into the market mania, where he lost £20,000. There
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[Disclaimer: I own Monero, Bitcoin and several altcoins including privacy coins. This is not investment advice and is provided for information only. This considers the economic case for Monero and is not a recommendation to buy. Do your own research and consult a financial advisor.] The short answer is yes, I would argue that Monero
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Is Russia currently on the gold standard? Despite a lot of speculation to the contrary, the answer is no. In early 2022, in an attempt to defend the value of the rouble, the Russian Central Bank said that it would buy gold at 5000 roubles per gram. However all this meant was that the bank
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The classical gold standard was the monetary system of the 1870s to 1914. The world’s industrial powers defined their national currencies as a fixed weight of gold and paper money was freely convertible into gold by government and private citizens alike. It was a golden age in many ways as the world experienced a sustained
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Gold has a long history and has been used as money for several thousand years. While not formally part of the money system today, central banks still hold gold, giving it a proximate shadow status in the current system. Of all the elements of the periodic table, gold is the one best suited for use
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