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When to Sell Your Gold

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11/02/09 Gaithersburg, Maryland – I think we’re still in the early stages of what could become a gold mania. While there are a lot more people talking about gold now and the gold price is close to all-time highs, it remains an underowned asset. Only a small fraction of investors own any gold at all. Hardly any institutions own any gold, either. As we now have 10 years of market-beating data for gold, it’s going to attract more attention.

I think that attention will eventually carry it to a price of $2,000-3,000 pretty easily — maybe more. So far, gold has had a steady march up since 2000. The last leg, the mania phase, always has a rapid and explosive move before it’s all over. We’re not there yet.

As for what will pull gold back down, I think a strong economic recovery could derail gold’s story for a time, but as long as the U.S. dollar makes its way to new depths over time, I think the gold price will drift higher.

Most people think of gold as an inflation hedge. To me, it is more than that. Gold is primarily a bet against the creditworthiness of the issuers of paper currencies. In other words, as the creditworthiness of the U.S. government weakens — thanks to high debts and deficits — gold will be a strong asset… and gold stocks ought to be one way to juice the return you get from gold. Our two gold stocks are up 80% and 40% since we bought them earlier this year. If we get any pullback in gold, I’ll be a buyer.

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Chris Mayer

Chris Mayer studied finance at the University of Maryland, graduating magna cum laude. He went on to earn his MBA while embarking on a decade-long career in corporate banking. Chris is the editor of Capital and Crisis and Mayer’s Special Situations , a monthly report that unearths unique and unconventional opportunities in smaller-cap stocks. In 2008, Chris authored Invest Like a Dealmaker: Secrets From a Former Banking Insider .

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7 Responses

  1. Conned Trading Silver said

    Most articles on gold advise buying gold bullion, and some advise buying stocks of gold mining companies, claiming that the stock prices rise at a higher rate. But I rarely find any article listing and evaluating gold miner stocks it. We have all heard the consensus opinion that the price of gold will rise. What investors need is advice on which gold miner stocks to buy. Also, investors should be warned of the risks and pitfalls of buying, holding and selling bullion. My experience and horrendous loss in trading silver on margin has taught me that this is one of the most corrupt areas investing. Let the investor be warned!

    on November 3, 2009.
  2. Brian said

    Buying, holding and selling bullion has nothing to do with trading silver on margin. You didn’t have it in your hands. I’ve got mine in my hands at around $600 an ounce gold and $12 silver. Where did I go wrong? You wanna buy some? You aren’t getting mine.

    on November 3, 2009.
  3. Paul said

    The title is “When to Sell Your Gold.”
    Uh, Chris, where in the article did you answer that?
    Maybe you should retitle it.

    on November 3, 2009.
  4. Mr.Patrick Nana Kwame said

    DEAR SIR,

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    MR. PATRICK KWAME
    local.miners@personal.ro
    +233201332513

    on November 5, 2009.
  5. sdbf said

    Wait a minute, so when do we actually sell our gold?

    on November 6, 2009.
  6. metakid said

    Is gold really that great? Maybe we’re late when it comes to buying gold. Was watching this video – http://www.newsy.com/videos/wall_street_s_gold_rush – and one analyst says that that gold has already rallied a lot out of its function as a recession hedge over the course of the last year or so. Time to move on to oil and other commodities?

    on November 6, 2009.
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    on January 18, 2010.

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