LAST UPDATE: 20210122 20210113 20210106 20201231 20201202 20201127 20201122 20201119 20201117 20201103 20201031 20201026 20201021 20201016 20201004 20200915 Local Path: "C:\DAN\Budget\Fidelity\Retirement\On_Line\gold.txt" "C:\DAN\Budget\Gold\gold.txt.lnk" Web Path: https://www.dansher.com/USD_fyi/gold.txt Short URL: https://tinyurl.com/y62zeq9d Incept Date: December 2013 See Also: "C:\DAN\Budget\Fidelity\Retirement\_All_We_Gotst.xlsx" "C:\DAN\Budget\Fidelity\Retirement\_Gold_Audit.xlsx" Selling Gold Coins: https://online.kitco.com/sell/gold-silver-USD.html DOW JONES (and other items) as priced in GOLD: http://pricedingold.com/dow-jones-industrials/ http://pricedingold.com/ "An active investor in gold and silver since 1980, Charles Vollum slowly began to realize the importance of having a standard of value not tied to any country's currency and monetary policy – that in fact, rising and falling 'gold prices' were really more accurately viewed as falling and rising 'currency prices', measured against the relative stability of gold." See Also: http://www.gata.org/ http://www.gata.org/node/12026 https://seekingalpha.com/article/4382875-clean-energy-vs-oil-gas-biggest-lie-of-2020 https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/09/06/the-path-to-clean-energy-will-be-very-dirty-climate-change-renewables/ ================================================================================= 20210121: The Role Of Gold In Your Portfolio "If the price of gold rises from $2,000 per ounce to $20,000 per ounce, linking 10% of your net wealth to the price of gold would result in 100% protection from US Dollar devaluation which rising Gold demonstrates." https://seekingalpha.com/article/4400194-role-of-gold-in-your-portfolio 20210115: FRI CLOSE: DJIA: (-$177.26) S&P500:(-$27.29) Nasdaq: (-$114.14) DJIA=30814.26 GOLD=1828.60 VIX=24.34 USD=0.90772 20210108: FRI CLOSE: DJIA: (+$56.84) S&P500:(+$20.89) Nasdaq: (+$134.50) DJIA=31097.97 GOLD=1850.00 VIX=21.56 USD=0.90066 20210106: Gold Is Undervalued: A Look At Money Supply, The U.S. Dollar, And Gold Prices "Rapid money supply growth due to large US fiscal deficits has created a rapidly weakening US Dollar. US gold production has fallen to 1988 levels; Australian gold production will likely peak by 2021 and global production has likely already peaked. Based on historical ratios, and strong fundamentals, gold should be priced closer to $2,400 - 3,000 per ounce." https://seekingalpha.com/article/4397470-gold-is-undervalued-look-money-supply-u-s-dollar-and-gold-prices 20201231:2020: Gold's Best Year in a Decade; Ethereum Beat Bitcoin; Inflation Higher Than Reported http://www.usfunds.com/investor-library/investor-alert/2020-golds-best-year-in-a-decade-ethereum-beat-bitcoin-inflation-higher-than-reported/ THU CLOSE: DJIA: (+$196.92) S&P500:(+$24.03) Nasdaq: (+$18.28) DJIA=30606.48 GOLD=1898.00 VIX=22.75 USD=0.89919 20201201: Gold: The Pandemic Just Uncovered A Broken System "Highly volatile markets are great for traders. Without volatility, you can’t make money. Gold is one such market with such volatility. As gold is now in a correction mode, there's an opportunity to add to your long-term gold position and balance your portfolio away from the fiat currency that is the US dollar." https://seekingalpha.com/article/4392419-gold-pandemic-just-uncovered-broken-system Gold: The Correction Is Finally Over https://seekingalpha.com/article/4392340-gold-correction-is-finally-over 20201127: FRI CLOSE: DJIA: (+$37.90) S&P500:(+$8.70) Nasdaq: (+$111.34) DJIA=29910.37 GOLD=1787.70 VIX=20.84 USD=0.9179 20201121: Gold: The Highway To Inflation Is Open https://seekingalpha.com/article/4390806-gold-highway-to-inflation-is-open 20201120: FRI CLOSE: DJIA: (-$219.75) S&P500:(-$24.33) Nasdaq: (-$49.74) DJIA=29263.48 GOLD=1870.90 VIX=23.70 USD=0.92364 20201117: 3 Types Of Inflation, And How They Impact Your Wealth https://seekingalpha.com/article/4389305-3-types-of-inflation-and-how-impact-your-portfolio 20201113: FRI CLOSE: DJIA: (+$399.64) S&P500:(+$48.14) Nasdaq: (+$119.70) DJIA=29479.81 GOLD=1889.20 VIX=23.10 USD=0.92716 20201030: If Inflation Is the Trick, Gold Is the Treat http://www.usfunds.com/investor-library/investor-alert/if-inflation-is-the-trick-gold-is-the-treat/ 20201025: "Recent money market fund closures are signs of trouble in the liquid funds. Consider moving to gold to ride out the turbulence." https://seekingalpha.com/article/4381227-money-market-fund-closures-signal-trouble 20201023: FRI CLOSE: DJIA: (-$28.09) S&P500: (+$11.90) Nasdaq: (+$42.28) DJIA=28335.57 GOLD=1901.30 VIX=27.55 USD=0.92746 20201016: Hyperinflation Is Here "Definition: Hyperinflation is the condition whereby monetary authorities accelerate the expansion of the quantity of money to the point where it proves impossible for them to regain control. It ends when the state's fiat currency [e.g., USD] is finally worthless. It is an evolving crisis, not just a climactic event." https://seekingalpha.com/article/4379397-hyperinflation-is 20201004: Gold: Prepare For A Flock Of Black Swans "Factors are building to major bullish cases for gold and silver. We recommend focusing on the gold market, as a trading vehicle and as an alternative way to convert dollars, which are at risk right now of inflation and devaluation, into a long-term valuable asset. If we have to open the printing presses up to $20 trillion in stimulus, it will put gold at $5,000 an ounce. Be careful what you wish for, because if gold is at $5,000, then the US dollar and other fiat currencies will be next to worthless." https://seekingalpha.com/article/4377484-gold-prepare-for-flock-of-black-swans 20201002: FRI CLOSE: DJIA: (-$134.09) S&P500: (-32.36) Nasdaq: (-$251.49) Donald & Melania Trump test "Positive" for COVID-19 MyToz: 53.1047 FRI: DJIA=27682.81 GOLD=1898.80 VIX=27.63 USD=0.93810 F_ALL=358897.36 20200915: Ten reasons you need to add more gold now https://www.kitco.com/commentaries/2020-09-15/Ten-reasons-you-need-to-add-more-gold-now.html 20200911: FRI CLOSE: DJIA: (+$131.06) S&P500: (+$1.78) Nasdaq: (-$66.05) DJIA=27665.64 GOLD=1940.10 VIX=26.87 USD=0.93333 20200825: Top 10 Countries with Largest Gold Reserves http://www.usfunds.com/investor-library/frank-talk/top-10-countries-with-largest-gold-reserves/ 20200815: Gold: Prepare For Unprecedented Volatility https://seekingalpha.com/article/4368755-gold-prepare-for-unprecedented-volatility The Dollar Index Stalls After A Technical Breakdown "The US dollar is the world’s reserve currency, making it the benchmark pricing tool for most commodities. A rising dollar tends to weigh on commodity prices, and a falling greenback is often a bullish factor for the raw materials asset class. Since March, we have seen a significant move in the value of the dollar index that trades on the Intercontinental Exchange. From the March high to the August low, the index fell by over 11%, a significant move for a currency in only five months. The US government continues to appear to be unable to respond effectively to this crisis. Printing trillions of dollars is devaluing the dollar [DRM: True!], which also devalues assets priced in dollars, such as stocks [DRM: NO!! "easy money" brings new $$ into the stock market which increases stock prices in USD], while real assets, such as gold, increase in value [DRM: in USD]. Gold is transforming into a currency as this economic crisis unfolds, which is exasperated daily by the pandemic." https://seekingalpha.com/article/4368877-dollar-index-stalls-after-technical-breakdown 20200814: FRI CLOSE: DJIA: (+$34.30) S&P500: (-$0.58) Nasdaq: (-$23.20) DJIA=27931.02 GOLD=1944.80 VIX=22.05 USD=0.93096 20200726: Gold price makes history, hits all-time high and analysts still looking for more "The gold market made its historic move Sunday evening during the Asian trading session. First spot gold hit its all-time high above $1,920 and then August futures quickly followed suit. August gold last traded at $1,922.70 an ounce." https://www.kitco.com/news/2020-07-26/Gold-price-makes-history-hits-all-time-high-and-analysts-still-looking-for-more.html 20200724: FRI CLOSE: DJIA: (-$182.44) S&P500: (-$20.03) Nasdaq: (-98.24) DJIA=26469.89 GOLD=1901.30 VIX=25.84 USD=0.94435 20190828: Gold Is The New Fixed Income "Cash is king – Gold is the best cash. Not everybody thinks of gold as currency, but it is arguably the best one out there. Take most major world currencies from the US dollar to the Swiss franc since 1971 and compare to gold--and you will see that they lost most all their value." https://seekingalpha.com/article/4288446-gold-new-fixed-income 20190823: FRIDAY CLOSE: DJIA [$INDU]: (-$623.34) S&P500 [SPX]: (-$75.84) Nasdaq: (-$239.62) DJIA=25628.90 GOLD=1526.60 VIX=19.87 USD=0.9764 20190805: MONDAY CLOSE: DJIA [$INDU]: (-737.27) S&P500 [SPX]: (-87.31) Nasdaq: (-278.03) DJIA=25717.74 GOLD=1476.50 VIX=24.59 USD=0.97462 20190712: "Gold-Backed ETF Gold Holdings, such as SPDR Gold Shares (GLD), Charted Their Biggest Increase In 7 Years. They added 51 tons of gold, the largest one-day inflows of all time, on June 21. There are good reasons to invest in ETFs, but they aren't a substitute for owning physical gold. As an investment strategy, SchiffGold recommends buying gold bullion first." https://seekingalpha.com/article/4274651-gold-backed-etf-gold-holdings-chart-biggest-increase-7-years 20190703: $133.63=GLD, DJIA=26966.00 GOLD=1417.90 VIX=12.57 USD=0.96785 @ Market Close on Weds 20190605: 1328.70 Thursday Close Gold Will Save Us All: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4268429-gold-will-save-us 20190531: Will Trump Be a One-Term President Because of Mexican Tariffs? http://www.usfunds.com/investor-library/investor-alert/will-trump-be-a-one-term-president-because-of-mexican-tariffs/ 20190524: Russians Are Buying Gold To Prepare For The Impending Dollar Crisis https://seekingalpha.com/article/4266342-peter-schiff-russians-buying-gold-prepare-impending-dollar-crisis 20190523: THU: DJIA=25490.47 GOLD=1282.70 VIX=16.92 USD=0.97.860 20190521: $1285.70 Gold Bullion mid Thursday morning How to Unrig the Gold Market [Also a HUGE amount of good info on gold ] "...every few weeks Somebody will dump a billion dollars or more of gold futures contracts in New York. That can be achieved only by someone with infinite resources and money, who also has a powerful interest in suppressing the price of gold. Nobody interested in making good money would dump that much gold all at once. He would sell it gradually over a period of time. I think these flash crashes are irrefutable evidence of price suppression." http://www.usfunds.com/investor-library/frank-talk/how-to-unrig-the-gold-market-according-to-gatas-chris-powell/ 20190517: Yes, Gold IS Being Manipulated Too. [A HUGE amount of info on gold bitcoin bonds etc] https://tinyurl.com/y2z87ofv http://www.usfunds.com/investor-library/investor-alert/yes-gold-is-being-manipulated-but-to-what-extent/ ================================================================================= 20180516: (DJIA +214.66) THU: DJIA=25862.68 GOLD=1284.70 VIX=15.29 USD=0.97829 https://seekingalpha.com/article/4261934-gold-calm-storm?li_source=LI&li_medium=liftigniter-widget 20190418: DJIA=26559.54 GOLD=1275.50 VIX=12.09 USD=0.97344 20180721: Gold Bugs (And Dollar Bears) Living In The Twilight Zone: https://tinyurl.com/y7v9fyz2 "Can the Dollar and Gold Rise Together? The USD will continue to rise; essentially the U.S. will become the straw that sucks up the liquidity that the other central banks are injecting into the monetary system.' 20180720: $1231.50 Kitco Gold Bid Price (Happy 78th Birthday to me) MERRY CHRISTMAS 2017 10 Charts That Show Why Gold Is Undervalued Right Now (US Global Investors) https://tinyurl.com/ydy2bog4 http://www.usfunds.com/investor-library/investor-alert/10-charts-that-show-why-gold-is-undervalued-right-now 20171013: In Q4 2017 all precious, and other "BEV" metals, are set for a surge, per US Global Investors: http://tinyurl.com/yd9nn9bn The problem with most "gold" articles is that they imply that it is the GOLD itself whose price is going up or down. But rarely-mentioned are the daily changes in the US DOLLAR value, always a strong factor in much of gold's apparent daily price changes. For more info (live!) on the relationship of Gold price vs USD price, see this (from KITCO) which shows current USD price change as a component of current Gold price change: http://www.kitco.com/kitco-gold-index.html As the value of the USD increases, it takes fewer USD to buy one ounce of gold (media says "Gold went DOWN"). As the value of the USD declines, it takes more USD to buy one ounce of gold (media says "Gold went UP"). From: http://tinyurl.com/z3avu8v dated 20160513 One of his most interesting data points is just how much purchasing power the dollar has lost since 1913, the year the Federal Reserve was created: $1,000,000 USD in physical gold in 1913 would now take $60,000,000 in fiat USD to acquire today. Gold has not only held its value but appreciated in real terms, regardless of its "price" as measured by the USD. GOLD CAN BE MINED. GOLD CAN BE REFINED. BUT: PHYSICAL GOLD CAN NOT BE: HACKED EMAILED CREATED PRINTED TRACKED INFLATED CORRODED CORRUPTED BAILED-OUT LIED-ABOUT MANIPULATED COUNTERFEITED ELECTRONICALLY "MINED" The US Dollar is being continually devalued by the politically driven Federal Reserve System (neither "federal" nor with any "reserve"). The Fed must electronically "print" ever more US Dollars to fund the Annual (and ever-growing) Federal Deficit (AFD) and to pay the Annual Interest (AI) on the National Debt (NDOld & NDNew). Or, as a math formula, NDN = (AFD + (NDO + AI)) Were there, on some rare political day, to ever be an Annual Federal Surplus (AFS), when the Fed Guv spends less than it takes in, then the formula would change to: NDN = ((NDO - AFS) + AI) 2017 Gold Vs Inflation: http://tinyurl.com/jtzasla Inflationary Expectations in 2017 Keep the Polish on Gold: "As I see it, the Carrier deal is indicative of the sort of trade protectionism that could spur inflation to levels unseen in more than 30 years. The Indiana-based air conditioner manufacturer has already announced it will likely need to raise prices as much as 5 percent to offset what it would have saved by moving south of the border." "New Shariah-compliant rules approved on November 19 2016 for trading gold, now allow the precious metal to be accepted as an investment in Islamic finance. The Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) developed the standards with the help of the World Gold Council, which has said the new rules could spur demand for “hundreds of tons” of gold, reports Bloomberg." 11 AUGUST 2012: EXCELLENT REPORT ON GOLD AND THE [LACK OF] WORLD ECONOMY: http://tinyurl.com/9a9tmz8 Some say gold is more like a currency than a commodity: http://tinyurl.com/omomfa5 THE GOLD AMERICAN BUFFALO COINS: The gold American Buffalo was first minted in 2006. By law, all of the gold used in the production of the American Buffalo bullion coin must be from newly-mined sources within the United States. Each American Buffalo coin contains exactly one troy ounce (or 31.1035 grams) of pure (0.9999 fine) gold. Its diameter is 1.287 inches (or 32.70mm), with a thickness of 0.116 inches (or 2.95mm), making it approximately the same size as a U.S. half dollar coin. Source: http://tinyurl.com/zq8mwy8 US Global Investors: The last known gold reserve on Earth is being mined in 2016. http://tinyurl.com/h8r8j4w CONFISCATION THROUGH INFLATION: https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ [e.g., $10 in 1999 cost $15 in 2019) “In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.” - Alan Greenspan https://seekingalpha.com/article/4268429-gold-will-save-us?ifp=0 “In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.” - Alan Greenspan https://seekingalpha.com/article/4268429-gold-will-save-us?ifp=0 January 24, 2017 -- Did you know? One of the top U.S. presidents for gold was George W. Bush, who saw a 250% increase in gold prices during his term of 2001 to 2009. Now, consider the parallels between the conditions that existed during his administration and those that the new Trump administration is facing: Shift in party power with new U.S. president Fragile global economy Geopolitical uncertainty Focus on tax cuts Rising unemployment Unfriendly press corps Growing income disparity Slashing of regulation of industry and environment “Saber rattling” with other major world powers Increased national debt Markets at record highs Housing bubble Gold seen as safe haven asset Sound familiar? Is it not very much like 2001 again? ============================================================================= ========[ OTHER ON-LINE FINANCIAL RESOURCES (frequently updated) ]========== UNDERSTAND WHAT "EBITDA" AND DOZENS OF OTHER INVESTMENT TERMS MEAN: https://www.dansher.com/USD_fyi/Acronyms.txt INTRODUCTION TO VIRTUAL [DIGITAL] "MONEY": https://www.dansher.com/USD_fyi/BITBlockCOINChain_fyi.txt WHERE I [DRM] GO TO BUY & SELL STOCKS & MUTUAL FUNDS AND WHY:: https://www.dansher.com/USD_fyi/Fidelity_Stock_fyi.txt PHYSICAL METALLIC GOLD vs PAPER US DOLLAR (Fiat Treasury Note) https://www.dansher.com/USD_fyi/DollahVsGold.txt LEARN ABOUT THE MOST PRECIOUS GOLD COIN IN THE USA: https://www.dansher.com/USD_fyi/Gold_Eagle_fyi.txt THE REASONS GOLD PRICES NEVER REALLY GO UP OR DOWN: https://www.dansher.com/USD_fyi/gold.txt WHERE I GO TO BUY PHYSICAL GOLD: https://www.dansher.com/USD_fyi/Kitco_Gold_fyi.txt WHY AN OUNCE OF GOLD WEIGHS MORE THAN AN OUNCE OF LEAD: https://www.dansher.com/USD_fyi/Troy_vs_Avoir.txt FYI ON VIX; A GOOD SHORT-TERM INDICATOR OF STOCK MARKET PRICES: https://www.dansher.com/USD_fyi/VIX_fyi.txt https://www.dansher.com/USD_fyi/VIX_fyi.jpg https://www.dansher.com/USD_fyi/VIX_fyi_20190117.pdf ELECTION FRAUD, CUTTING THE CABLE, AND NON-MAINSTREAM NEWS SOURCES https://www.dansher.com/MAGA/Q_Links_fyi.txt ============================================================================= EOF