The ABCs of Gold Investing

How to Protect and Build Your Wealth with Gold

Michael J. Kosares

• Publisher: Addicus Books
• Year: 2012
• Edition: 3
• eBook ISBN:
  9781936374861
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Investments & Securities
• Index: Business

Beginning investors will find thorough guidelines for making good decisions in this study of private gold ownership. Emphasis is placed on the asset-preservation qualities of gold at a time when investor uncertainty about the economy and recent investment scandals have led many to seek asset diversification. The economic and political trends driving gold marketing are detailed, as are the reasons why gold plays an important role in millions of investment portfolios worldwide—as both a hedge and an investment for capital gain. With revised content as well as two additional chapters, this updated version examines topics such as gold's role in combating inflation and deflation, how to select a gold firm, the history of gold since 1971, storing gold, and government debt.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1 A is for—Asset Preservation: Why Americans Need Gold
• 2 B is for—Bullion Coins: Portable, Liquid, and a Reliable Measure of Value
• 3 C is for—Choosing a Gold Firm
• 4 D is for—Diversification: Now More than Ever
• 5 E is for—Education: The Key to Successful Gold Investing
• 6 F is for—Fundamentals: Gold’s Supply and Demand
• 7 G is for—The Great American Bailout: More the End of the Beginning than the Beginning of the End
• 8 H is for—Historic Gold Coins: Perhaps Necessary, but Not Necessarily Expensive
• 9 I is for—The Inflation-Deflation Debate: More to It Than Meets the Eye
• 10 J is for—Jump-Starting Your Portfolio Plan through Gold Ownership
• 11 K is for—Kindred Metal—Silver
• 12 L is for—London, New York, Hong Kong, and Zurich: A Day in the Life of the Gold Market
• 13 M is for—Myths and Realities about Gold
• 14 N is for—Navigating Uncharted Waters: Which Investments Performed Best in the Tumultuous “Oh-Oh” Decade?
• 15 O is for—Own the Gold; Make the Rules
• 16 P is for—Post–1971 History of Gold
• 17 Q is for—Quotable Notables on Gold
• 18 R is for—Retirement Planning with Gold
• 19 S is for—Storing Your Gold
• 20 T is for—Ten Memorable Vignettes on Gold and the Value of Money
• 21 U is for—Using Gold as Money
• 22 V is for—Vital Statistics
• 23 W is for—Wealth Insurance
• 24 X is for—XYZ An Epilogue: The Once and Future Age of Economic Uncertainty
• Appendix
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author