ChrisSeptember 22, 2011 15:17
The Basics of Precious Metal Derivatives First up, (aside from being a “financial weapon of mass destruction”) what exactly is Continue reading
There are a lot of very good stock investment letters available online so this little post is again, one just to get you started and necessarily general in nature. I’ve had some good success with gold stocks but I have also learned some very hard lessons! Continue reading
In early July of this year a news story came out reporting research had shown a single spelling mistake on a website could cut that website’s revenue in half. Measuring sales on a website before and after a spelling mistake was detected showed twice as many orders were made after the mistake was corrected. I mention this because it is a brilliant example of how important credibility is when buying online. If you don’t trust the store, you aren’t going to buy, and it seems many online shoppers allow even the relatively minor indicator of spelling (as compared to elements such as payment security or proof of stock) to prevent them from shopping. Continue reading
At the risk of stepping way out of my depth I momentarily interrupt the current series on gold investment methodology to comment on the debate surrounding the introduction of a gold standard. Commonly defined as full convertibility of fiat currency into gold at a fixed rate, it was until quite recently considered the realm of crackpots, ivory tower economists and ranting gold-bugs. But, in the current market turbulence, one does need to ask, where is all this heading? Could we be witnessing the tectonic shift to a new international monetary system? Continue reading
An ETF is an investment fund traded on a stock exchange; best conceptually understood as being similar to a mutual fund (with tax, cost, legal and technical differences), it is a security comprising a basket of units and is transacted similarly to a stock. An ETF is designed to offer investors easy exposure to a market/asset class, without actual direct participation. Continue reading