Alan’s Money Blog

By Nico Isaac
When prices in a financial market go from Sea Level to Outer Space in a relatively brief time, two scenarios are at work — and they both start with the letters “B-U.”
When a precious metal goes from being a popular long-term investment of buy-and-holders to the quick, get-away “vehicle” […]

By Robert Prechter, CMT
The following article is excerpted from a brand-new eBook on gold and silver published by Robert Prechter, founder and CEO of the technical analysis and research firm Elliott Wave International. For the rest of this fascinating 40-page eBook, download it for free here.
Have you […]

Not for the first time the Financial Times says we are “nuts” - a
word which all too often follows on from “gold” in the financial
media.
I should rise above this sort of thing. What does it matter if the
FT thinks me nuts? But I find I’m irritated, both for myself and
on the collective behalf of successful […]

Greetings,
Beware: Gold is setting itself up for “the buy of a lifetime.” Only the resource we’re about to share with you will help you prepare for it.
Do you invest in precious metals? Should you?
Only you can answer the first question; we’ve written this letter to help you with the second.
Gold […]

By Darryl Kelley
MidasLetter.com
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
Given the false hope inspired by the conclusion of the G20 summit in London last week, and its associated residual ‘positive sentiment’ effect on global equity markets, now is a good time to accumulate gold and related asset classes. That’s because the price has suffered exactly the kind of steep […]

By Chris Flood
Financial Times
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
Gold prices could “easily” re-attain the $1,000 an ounce level this year and could even push through the $1,100 barrier, setting a new record high, according to GFMS, the precious metals research consultancy which released its Gold Survey 2009 today.
GFMS said that it was “only a question of time” […]