Fans of good old fashion US Gold bullion will be disappointed by this – the US Mint has cancelled the 2009 American Gold Buffalo series of bullion coins. For those who aren’t familiar, the Gold Buffalo is the only 24k gold bullion coin offered by the US Mint. Most folks who buy US gold go [...]
You can’t turn on the news, or fire up your computer without hearing /seeing the latest headlines about what the US government is over-spending on next. Whether it’s the debacle in Iraq, Wall Street bailouts, Detroit bailouts, or some other such nonsense, there’s no denying that our government spending is absolutely out of control. Not [...]
Ever wanted to spend a cool million at one spot with a single coin? Well, me neither. But if you have had this desire, and carrying around boxes and boxes of quarters is just getting to be too much, APMEX has an answer for you. APMEX, of course, is American Precious Metals Exchange – one [...]
The shiny yellow metal we all know and love is sitting at $1,004 per ounce right now. That’s a whole lot of money for an ounce of this precious metal. Normally when gold is high, that indicates fear of the dollar and other investments. Sounds about right for today’s world – the dollar is a [...]
Which of these would you rather have? Lately, more and more folks have been picking option number two. That’s right, these days many people are feeling more confident with an ounce of pure gold in their hands instead of a ( roughly ) a thousand bucks. The spot price of gold is about $933 [...]
Saturday, I took my wife to my favorite coin shop ( ok, the only coin shop I’ve ever been to ) to take a look at a bit of gold. Naturally we had to hit the ATM first, since coin shops only accept cash. The margins are apparently pretty thin, so credit cards will destroy [...]
Having a cash savings account / emergency fund is sound financial advice. Anyone who knows anything about money will tell you so – and I won’t disagree. You absolutely must have cash on hand for emergencies – once any high-interest credit card debt is paid off, of course. What I do want to talk about [...]
Remember the Silver and Gold Eagle Sale just a few days ago where I picked up some precious metals on the cheap? Well they came in yesterday, and I took a few pictures with my Olympus digital camera. Please keep in mind I am horrible with a camera, and can barely work the one I [...]
I jumped on an American Eagle discount – both Gold and Silver eagles were on sale. I purchased 3 1 oz Silver Eagle coins for $16.75 each, and 1 1/10 oz Gold Eagle coin for $97. The spot price of silver is in the mid $19 range right now, so I got a great discount [...]
I just read this post about gold’s run, and I have to say I’m still in awe. Gold, though unable to do anything or create money, is on an amazing run. $986.70 for a single ounce of the shiny yellow stuff – wow. Even though it’s come so far, I think we’re still quite a [...]
