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There’s nothing to thank China for.

[ Tags | crisis | Questions ]

Those who attentively observe the world economic news must have noticed how much the attitude to China has recently changed.

Only yesterday the world press teemed with articles forecasting China would save the world economy and take a leading position in the world. The former statement caused everybody’s enthusiasm while the latter was not so univocal and even seemed threatening for many. Now everything has radically changed. The connotation of the comments is not that pathetic, and more authors tend to impart negative color to this theme in their articles. China – from the savior of the world economy – has turned into its almost main threat. They report it quite in this key – the time-bomb.

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Nothing is known against gold

[ Tags | Gold press | Questions ]

Before amazing you with my own reasonings about gold investments, I’ve decided to observe briefly different respectable newspapers and internet portals for the articles on this subject. First of all I want to discover any trends in reporting of gold market.

To my mind it’s hardly to make any decisions on buying gold according to information in these issues without any special background, unless to gather set of the curious facts.

Anyhow the most interesting thing that I’ve noted: there are no absolutely negative articles about investing in gold.

Of course not everybody promotes gold investments with such mad delight as the World Gold Council Vice-President in an interview for Indian Sify.com: “Now it is high time for people to invest in gold, which is the best return on investment option.”  He just has no choice to say something else on his position.

The most of gurus make their recommendations more easy and sometimes limit the amount of gold that can make you happy: “I think gold is a good thing to have. It would be a small amount, you should have some gold. For the most part, you want cash and cash equivalents,” said Prechter for Reuteurs.

Some authors argue about influence of inflation on the gold prices: “The main attraction for investors is that gold is seen as the ultimate hedge against inflation. While the pound or dollar may lose their value, depending on the fortunes of the economy, gold historically goes up in value when inflation gathers pace. That is because everyone from market traders to high-powered investors would prefer to be paid in gold when cash starts to lose its worth.” The Daily Telegraph

Others just states some facts about the gold rush: “We have seen people in Europe buying gold in quantities that are more typical of the Middle East and Asia. There has been a tremendous amount of activity in countries such as Germany and Switzerland, with people buying coins and 1kg bars, very often just to take home and hide.” The Times

Nobody tells you: not buy gold!

Yes, the articles can be called “5 worse ways to buy gold”, but it means just that 5 best ways to buy gold also exist.

It seems to me rather curious. If you somewhere come across the article that call not to buy gold, please, share!