Precious Metals

Meteor Shower Rained Gold On Ancient Earth

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 11.10.2011

Read More: Meteorite, Video, Gold Meteor Shower, Meteor Shower Gold, Gold, Earth, Precious Metals, Minerals, Platinum, Meteor Shower, Technology News

Some 3.9 billion years ago a massive meteor shower of glittering gold and platinum fell on earth, says a new study published in the Nature Journal by ...

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Gold Sales Jump On eBay During Week Of Stock Market Volatility

AP | RACHEL METZ | Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: Interest Rates, Ebay, Dow Jones, Stock Market, Gold Sales, Metals, Gold, Precious Metals, Gold Bullion, Business News

SAN FRANCISCO — For gold sellers on eBay, the recent stock market turmoil has been a boon for business. Gold and silver sales on eBay had alread...

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Soros Dumps His Entire Stake Of Gold

Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Silver Price, Precious Metals, Gold Prices, Soros Gold, George Soros, Gold Bubble, Etfs, Eton Park Capital Management, Business News

NEW YORK/BOSTON (By Frank Tang and Aaron Pressman) - Billionaire financier George Soros, who called gold "the ultimate bubble," dumped almost his ...

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Silver and Derivatives Dislocation

Asher Edelman | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Currency Weakness, Gold, Silver, Precious Metals, Commodities, Business News
Asher Edelman

The aggressive policies pursued by the American government and other debtor nations to debase their currencies have awakened speculation in "hard assets" such as silver, gold, other precious metals, and oil.

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This University Endowment Owns About $1B In Gold Bars

Bloomberg | David Mildenberg and Pham | Posted 06.16.2011

Read More: Gold, Texas University Endowment, Gold Prices, Precious Metals, Gold Bars, Commodity Prices, Business News

he University of Texas Investment Management Co., the second-largest U.S. academic endowment, took delivery of almost $1 billion in gold bullion and i...

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Gold: A Little Gaudy in This Light

James Berman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Commodities, Oz, Gold, Ounce, Overvalued, Currency, Precious Metals, Bubble, Overpriced, Business News
James Berman

Returns that approach 100% in short periods of time are unsustainable. Gold may climb for awhile, but at some point it will fall -- with all the force of gravity a heavy metal can provide.

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GOP Gains Could Tarnish Gold

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gold Standard, Goldman Sachs, Deficit, Social Security, Economy, Costa Rica, Gold, Gop, Precious Metals, Medicare, Medicaid, Business News
Dan Dorfman

Is the modern gold rush is actually a mania, or in fact a legitimate reflection of serious financial and economic stresses?

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Jobless Turn To Prospecting For Gold

washingtonpost.com | Karl Vick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unemployed, Gold Rush, Jobless, Gold Prices, Gold Prospecting, Precious Metals, Business News

COLUMBIA, Calif. -- Maybe it was the nail in Ray's head. Maybe it was the economy. His wife said one as much as the other drove the decision to auctio...

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Where's The Gold?

Nathan Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Gold, New York, Money, Local, New York City, Comex, Gold, Gold Depository, Precious Metals, New York News
Nathan Lewis

The Comex warehouse is one of the most secure forms of gold investment in the world. If they can't be trusted, what does that say about ETFs, pooled accounts, futures, forwards, options?

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In Ghana, One Man's Waste Is Another's Treasure

GlobalPost | Drew Hinshaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Africa, Ghana, Recycle Electronics, Scrapyards, Electronics, Technology, Precious Metals, E-Waste, Aglogloshie, World News

The VCRs and shattered radios entered the country optimistically labeled as secondhand gear, but they soon found their way to Aglogloshie, the place w...

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