Readers of this blog mostly are long-term gold/silver investors who are not concerned with intermediate moves in gold/silver prices except to use dips in prices as opportunities to add to their positions....

As noted on this blog before, the IMF wants to sell gold to fund more international welfare programs but must have the approval of the US Congress before it can sell any gold. In a February 2008 post,...

Spreading across the Internet like a wildfire is the Bloomberg release that “Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., the third-largest U.S. life insurer by 2008 sales, has bought gold for the first...

In his annual address to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, famed investor Warren Buffett warned of the dangers of holding dollar-denominated investments. Buffett’s concerns about the dollar stem from...

My advice on owning and storing gold: buy the physical gold and store it yourself. The form of the gold, be it Krugerrands, American Gold Eagles or gold bars, is not as important as taking physical possession. CMIGS...

Perhaps the fundamental fear behind every gold investment is that the paper money being gotten rid of could become worthless. In theory (probably in actuality), that fear rests with any currency not redeemable...