Price discovery for physical gold for purchase

Posted by cij on Nov 28th, 2008

Over the past 4 months, spot gold prices had fallen from a high of around the US$950 level to a low of just above US$700. While the spot gold prices had fallen, a curious phenomena happened- physical demand for gold had in fact increased. In Australia, the Perth Mint Gold had to stop taking orders [...]

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Why the global economy will recover.

Posted by Greg Atkinson on Nov 28th, 2008

It is hard to remain optimistic at the moment and the attention grabbing headlines churned out by the media do not help people sleep at night. I have lost count how many times I have seen the current economic mess compared to the Great Depression or labeled “The biggest economic crisis in our lifetimes”. (I [...]

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Time to stop hanging on?

Posted by Scott Keefer on Nov 27th, 2008

The current investment market conditions are unnerving to all concerned. It is a fair question to be asking whether it is time to bail out. The following looks at a recent item published on the FundAdvice.com website regarding this issue.

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A few Basic Guidelines Before You Enter The Sharemarket.

Posted by strudy on Nov 27th, 2008

If you want to become a successful, profitable share trader in the stock market, you need to implement a few basic guidelines.
Listed below are a few ideas you might find invaluable.
1. Adhere to your written down plan for buying and selling shares. I.e. The amount you are going to spend, the amount [...]

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BHP to RIO: “You’re Dumped”

Posted by Debbie on Nov 27th, 2008

What is the big news this morning? We’ll need to think about that one for a while.
In the meantime there is the small matter of BHP Billiton [ASX: BHP] pulling out of the takeover of Rio Tinto [ASX: RIO].
Let’s be honest, it isn’t a major surprise. For some time the market has doubted that [...]

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Marc Faber: Asset Markets May Rebound Within 3 Months

Posted by cij on Nov 27th, 2008

Back in Bear market rally on the works?, we explored the possibility of a stock market rally in the context of a bear market. We wrote,
At such extreme levels, it is very possible that we will see a counter-trend rally soon. But please note two things:

It does not mean that prices cannot go down further [...]

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Economic Recovery Advisory Board (ERAB) - Brilliant or more Bureaucracy

Posted by andyfvp on Nov 27th, 2008

In a continuing revelation of the economic team(s) to support his administration and its policy development, President-Elect Obama announced the formation of a new panel called the Economic Recovery Advisory Board (ERAB). The board’s mission will be to give President-Elect Obama and his administration expert “outsider” policy advice on lifting the nation out of the [...]

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Top Dividend Stocks in a Down Market

Posted by andyfvp on Nov 27th, 2008

Like most investors still braving this market I keep trying to find a safe place to invest that provides decent returns. With a stock market that seems to have many more down days than up days, it is hard to have confidence in future growth prospects. However with interest rates falling rapidly, saving money in [...]

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Gold Still Shines

Posted by Debbie on Nov 26th, 2008

Gold is bouncing back. According to the World Gold Council, which has released its last statistics recently, the demand has surged on the third quarter: from the jewellery industry first, but also from investors through certificates and ETF’s.
The physical demand has surged in Europe and in the US, but despite those flows prices remained between [...]

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The All Ordinaries and Dow Jones: For better or for worse.

Posted by Greg Atkinson on Nov 26th, 2008

One of the trends this year is that the Australian stock market has followed the lead from the U.S markets more directly than in previous years. Of course our stock market has always been influenced by the movement of the Dow Jones Index, but it is easy to forget that Australian stocks have often held [...]

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