Stocks, bonds, and paper currency can lose all of its intrinsic value but that will never be the case with gold. It is a tangible asset with liquidity and will always be in demand because it is rare and inflation-proof. It retains value through natural disasters, war, and periods of social and political unrest. Gold [...]

In the middle of last week, large cap stocks fell to the point where they may show losses for 2010. Gold is an asset class that has been much more resilient over the past ten years. Last Friday, it was trading at $1,213 per ounce. The SPDR Gold Trust usually trades at one-tenth of the [...]

The holiday season is the time that gold literally shines because it is when gold jewelers have their highest sales. It begins with Ramadan, the Muslim holy period that starts next week, and it continues through wedding season in India, then the Diwali festival in November, until the U.S. holiday shopping time. China has its [...]

In a recent interview with HardAssetsInvestor.com, investment pioneer Adrian Day discussed the outlook for gold. He recognized the short term concern regarding gold and recommended that investors remain cautiously optimistic from a short term perspective. Summer is notoriously a weak period for the commodity and the spring run up due to European sovereign debt issues [...]

ETFs have become very popular in recent years and there seems to be one covering everything. The number of ETFs that focus on commodities have particularly grown in number, due to the instability in the economy. Gold ETFs have become some of the most popular investments today and ETF Securities is one of the newest [...]