Investing in gold is a fool's game

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Rinchin

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Not my opinion but direct quote from Fairfax NZ. These guys own most of NZ print media, running an article about Investing in gold being for fools...

They reffer to gold as "the currency of fear"..... "I'm not going to sit here and argue that gold hasn't gone up 500 per cent in the last decade- that's obvious to everyone"

"In some ways, the modern-day gold rush resembles a pyramid scheme. As the fear escalates and gold prices rise, investors own theories are validated through self-fulfilling prophecy.''

So pretty much its us assholes trading in the currency of fear that is collapsing the current Fiat monetary system? Perhaps if we all put our gold back under the mattress and stopped talking about it the current financial system would stabalise, Greece might be OK after all?

Link here if you want the laugh, quite sad that people will take this seriously tho...... http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/6481945/Investing-in-gold-the-currency-of-fear
 
You realise who owns the media, right ??

The same guys who own most of the worlds gold.

And, surprise surprise they are dissing gold ownership.

Wouldn't surprise me a bit to see them spruiking property purchases tomorrow and extolling the virtues of getting into yourself a big fat juicy mortgage.

When will people realise the more you owe the banks .. the more they own you :/
 
mmm....shiney! said:
hiho said:
gold is not an investment
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It can be as long as you enter the market at the right time
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I guess anything you buy could be an investment on those grounds? I was getting at it being a store of wealth more than a speculative bet.

The coin market is for investing not the bullion market
 
I know what you were referring to hiho, but if you buy gold when the share market is overpriced then sell when the share market is underpriced and buy shares that is using gold as an investment.

And you'd keep maybe 5% as a store of wealth.
 
Tarnish said:
Interesting article, I quite enjoyed the reader comments at the bottom.
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I can only see three comments - and the only one that stretches to two lines is too angry to be taken seriously. Each to their own reading pleasure I guess
 
Apparently, Kiwis are just as fearful and irrational as anyone else. New Zealand Mint did a steady trade in gold bullion over the last year, even through a third quarter dip in prices that had commentators screaming the bubble had burst.
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this guy must have insult readers on his check list :D
GOLD: The Reserve Bank of New Zealand sells the last of its gold bullion n 1991.
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Fail!
 
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mmmm Learn something new everyday:

Investment - Definition of Investment on Investopedia - An asset or item that is purchased with the hope that it will generate income or appreciate in the future.

I've always considered gold and silver purchases and sales as a version of speculation - much like the share market. Whereas 'investment' I've always considered is something which returns an income whilst remaining essentially 'unchanged' - ie pays dividends and you have the asset to resell.
 
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