Gold Investment Articles

Gold bullion experienced a short pull back in prices in December 2009, there are now signs that the gold price blip may well be over with gold back on track for new highs.

After an exciting 6 month rally in which gold prices moved from below $900 an ounce to over $1200 gold dipped in a profit taking correction at the end of last month to just below $1100 an ounce. Today the gold price is back up $1150 an ounce with an upward trend showing signs that the next leg in the gold price rally may well be underway.

Should you be buying gold bullion personally?

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Did we ever really loose sight of what gold really represents?  Did anyone consider replacing the ultimate Olympian symbol with dollar or Euro bills?  Not for one minute…pretty well everyone to some extent accepts the core intrinsic value of gold and the stability it brings in difficult times.

The bailout plan doesn’t really represent the fix, more acknowledgement of the mess and the official start of the action to resolve an enormous global credit crunch.  No one can be sure how much the money in their bank account will be worth over the next few years, and many investors are confident that gold won’t be be dragged down by current events.

If ever there was a need for a clear sign that private investors and savers don’t trust the politicians and bankers to handle the credit crisis effectively, we got it this week with savers and investors queuing in the streets to buy bullion and gold coins.

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There’s a great deal of news and many reports about that are suggesting that gold may be the one safe - and very potentially profitable - place for investors to protect their wealth in these uncertain times.  If you’re concerned about the current global economic crisis and you’re researching alternative safe haven investments, gold may well be worth your consideration.

Salman Partners Inc., the independent research-driven investment dealer, has suggested that gold prices should continue on a steady upward slope for the next 12-18 months.  The predictions have been made by the company’s senior mining analysts Haytham Hodaly and Raymond Goldie in a new report; one section of the report reads: -

“In situations of economic or political uncertainty or conflict, gold has been considered a safe haven.  The price of gold is primarily influenced by investment demand, which is primarily related to the expected strength or weakness of the US dollar.’‘

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