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Gains on the sale of precious metals and related exchange-traded funds are subject to tax rates as high as 28% when such investments have been held for more than a year.
Long considered the ultimate refuge for nervous investors, gold has climbed as the dollar has steadily weakened, budget deficits have expanded in the United States and Europe, and central banks...
Instead of foreign currency, gold or a diversified basket of commodities, the article claims that international stocks can make for a better option for those worried about the falling dollar:...
For at least a generation, financial professionals have urged mutual-fund investors to put more money in stocks than in bonds. The logic: Stocks power a portfolio, while bonds provide some...
If you want to hold commodities in your investment portfolio, what's the best way?
The simplest commodities investments follow various indexes. You'll find a wide choice of exchange-traded funds...
This perma-bear, who has been right much more than he has been wrong over the last several years, says that the stock market will go 20-30% below the March lows. He also says that holding cash is...
Investment bubbles usually begin as legitimate bull markets, and I wouldn't be surprised if gold were next.
First, there's a serious investment case. Central banks are flooding the world economy...
As the numbers show, commodities are notoriously volatile and fickle, making it hard for the average investor to make money off of them. After years of sharp ups and downs, many investors find that...
All the talk of metal investing in recent months has focused on the safe-haven and inflation hedge of gold. Yet other metals, notably copper and silver, have been starting to attract investor...
First practiced by the Japanese central bank in 2001-2006, this radical step in monetary management has now been taken in the last few months by the US Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, and the...
Pacific Management Investment Co. (PIMCO, as well as investors Warren Buffet and Marc Faber say that inflation is coming. Increased inflation doesn't bode well for savers and Treasury holders.