All Gold Ounces are Worth the Same ~ Precious Metals News. #Gold #Investment to Increase for the Fifth Year Straight. Gold Investment to Increase for the Fifth Year Straight. The Gold Yearbook, released by CMP Group is a comprehensive source of information and stats regarding the gold investment market. It has shown that investment in gold has increased every year since 2014 and it shows little sign of slowing down. 2018 could be the biggest year on record for gold investment, but what determines the price of gold and is it a sign that you should get on board with buying bullions? What’s Been Happening? 2018 is expected to experience the largest increase in gold investment since 2016, when investment rose by 23.9% to hit 26.1 million ounces of the metal being bought by investors. This was followed in 2017 by a 14% increase in gold investment. This trend does seem to be slowing, with just a 6% increase expected by the end of this year. What’s Driving the Growth? Investment in gold is largely dependent upon investors confidence in political and economic systems.
Should You Invest? It's Waayyy Too Early to Take Profits on #Gold and #Silver. Stagflation to Force People into #Gold. It's Waayyy Too Early to Take Profits on Gold and Silver. It was no fun investing in precious metals for most of 2011-2015, but the past few months have sure been a blast for buy-and-hold investors.
Silver prices are 22.5% year to date, and gold isn't far behind. Now that there are some profits available to take, some metals investors wonder if they should grab them. The answer for most people is not yet -- not even close. Yes, there are gains. But the real question for investors isn't whether or not there are profits, it's whether there are better options for their investment dollars. Central planners at the Federal Reserve and perma-bulls on Wall Street keep telling us the world is fixed, but a whole lot of us aren't buying it. And picking it ahead of the crowd means positioning yourself for profits as other investors flock to safety behind you. The U.S. stock market is just a pinch below all-time highs. Investors might consider the traditional safe-haven alternatives to precious metals - cash and bonds, particularly U.S.
Stagflation to Force People into Gold. Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016Aug 30, 2016 - 12:27 PM GMT By: MoneyMetals Mike Gleason: It is my privilege now to be joined by Michael Pento, president and founder of Pento Portfolio Strategies and author of the book The Coming Bond Market Collapse: How to Survive the Demise of the US Debt Market.
Michael is a money manager who ascribes to the Austrian school of economics and has been a regular guest on CNBC, Bloomberg, and Fox Business News, among others. Michael, it's good to talk to you again. Thanks very much for joining us today and welcome back. Michael Pento: Thanks for having me back on. Mike Gleason: Well to start off here, Michael, I want to get your thoughts on some of the economic data we're seeing out there and maybe you can explain some of the market action to us because there seems to be a lot of confusion.
Michael Pento: Well unfortunately, the conclusions I'm drawing is that the payroll numbers aren't telling the truth.