http://www.goldinvestinginfo.info Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:15:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A lot of goldbugs believe the soaring US deficits mean inflation is inevitable. While I tend to agree, which is why I'm investing in silver and gold, we have to remember that this is not a guarantee. Just look at the Japanese experience. Many compare the current US economic slowdown to ... http://www.goldinvestinginfo.info/debt-doesnt-always-mean-inflation-remember-japan/ Over the past couple of months, silver has been on a complete tear. In the past month, the SLV is up 28%. Compare that to 7.6% for the S&P and 10.8% for gold. Needless to say, I'm pretty happy about this. As I wrote earlier, I had been piling into silver ... http://www.goldinvestinginfo.info/silver-has-soared-lately/ There are a variety of ways to own gold. A favorite among goldbugs is to own the physical bars. This is the purest way to own gold. Unfortunately, this has downsides, the main one of which is that you have to store it. If you store it at home, it ... http://www.goldinvestinginfo.info/how-to-buy-gold-through-your-brokerage-account/ The Obama budget passed last week on a straight party line vote. The deficit for 2009 is projected to be close to $2 trillion. The deficits projected in later years are expected to be smaller due to an economic recovery. Proponents of the bill believe the deficit will be reduced ... http://www.goldinvestinginfo.info/the-obama-budget-inflation-and-gold/ I have been building up a sizeable silver position lately. The reason I am buying silver is the main reason many are buying gold, as a hedge against inflation and the dollar value destruction. Congress and Obama are piling up record deficits and causing our debt/GDP to soar. I do not ... http://www.goldinvestinginfo.info/why-im-piling-into-silver/ In Peter Schiff's excellent book, Crash Proof, he noted that the Dow Jones index and the price of gold had a 1:1 ratio near the bottom of two epic bear markets, the crash of 1929-1932 and the stagflation crisis of the early 80's. Given America's soaring debt/GDP ratio, our crumbling ... http://www.goldinvestinginfo.info/will-the-11-ratio-occur/