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There is so much talk about gold. For a long time gold has had, well…the Midas Touch in portfolios. Please forgive the horrible analogy, but I found it amusing. The question is how to buy gold. As far as I can figure, I have deduced five ways to get gold exposure. So, those looking for gifts…here are some ideas.

US giant General Electric (GE) has just raised it's dividend for the second time this fiscal year. As a barometer of the economy, the news is good.

Campbell Soup Company (CPB) has paid a dividend every year since 1954. With a 3% dividend yield (three times greater than a savings account), what's not to love?

Clothing and soft goods company Guess ? (GES) recently declared a special dividend, on top of it's regular quarterly payout. This brings the effective yield to 5.7%.

Home Depot (HD) came under tremendous financial pressure during the crisis of 2008. Now, America's fourth largest retailer is back on its feet and yielding a handy 2.8% dividend.

3M is a company synonymous with economic growth, operating in a variety of different sectors across the globe. The company is engaging on an even greater diversification drive, but still yields 2.5%

Foot Locker (FL) has made a remarkable recovery from the 2008 downturn, producing a 70% return from a year ago. The company now sits on a 3% dividend yield.

The US consumes more energy than Europe. We have had a push for energy independence and New York State may set a negative precedent for such independence.

Do you use your credit cards quite regularly around this time of year and then get hit with a huge bill in January? Here are a few ways to help prevent those oversized bills from putting a damper on your Christmas season.

With a 2.4% dividend yield and a growing payout, Analog Devices (ADI) is an innovative electronics company with a $10bn market cap.

Ketchup giant HJ Heinz is exploding in emerging markets. What does this mean for the long-term dividend payer?

In early November 2009 the International Monetary Fund (IMF) sold 200 metric tones of gold for US $6.7 billion. India’s average price was about $1,045 an ounce. Gold will not go below the $1,045 (let’s say the $1,000 level) for a long, long, long time. Having this benchmark set, one can now begin to re-explore the gold/silver ratio having a basement for one of the four variables (gold high/low and silver high/low).

Tis the season to be spending...

It is rarer than gold, more expensive than platinum (over $10,000 per ounce two years ago) and the three types of people to know anything about it are select investors, metallurgists and car mechanics.

Between profit taking, international interest policies and international debt worries and discussion, metals took the brunt.