Monthly Archives: March 2015

Apple’s IWatch And Some Crazy Gold Numbers

As Apple (AAPL) starts selling its new smart watch there are some, well, crazy-sounding predictions circulating about the amounts of gold the company might soon be buying. The math goes like this: Each gold version of the watch will contain around two ounces, and the company might sell 10 million of them a year, mainly to rich,…

5 Best Rated Global Mutual Funds To Invest In

Over the years, studies have consistently shown that investing in both domestic equities and foreign stocks reduces portfolio risk while enhancing returns. In addition, the primacy of the US equity markets has greatly diminished with its share of global stock market capitalization declining steadily. This is why investors can no longer limit themselves to domestic…

China’s Gold Holdings

Guest post by Steve Saville Total guesswork regarding China’s gold holdings Last year I noticed an article by Alasdair Macleod containing an estimate that China (meaning: China’s government) had accumulated 25,000 tonnes of gold between 1983 and 2002. I would say that this estimate was based on rank speculation, but that would be doing an injustice to rank…

4 Amazing Industrial Uses Of Silver

We in the precious metals industry spend a lot of time touting the virtues of gold, but there is another metal that should make every bullion enthusiast stand at attention right now: silver. Silver is historically undervalued right now at around $17 an ounce even as the US Mint continually runs out of silver eagles….