Why Gold Was the Best Buy in 2008-9 Crash and Will Be Again This Time Too

DAILY PRICES
Today’s Gold Prices: USD 1128.50, GBP 728.91 and EUR 999.38 per ounce
Yesterday’s Gold Prices:  USD 1134.40, GBP 724.63 and EUR 990.05 per ounce.

(LBMA AM)

Gold in US Dollars – 5 Years
Yesterday, gold fell $15.40 to $1124.10 in New York – down 1.3%.  Silver fell another 3% or 46 cents to $14.18 per ounce.

Why gold was the best buy in 2008-9 and will be this time too…

What was the best asset class to buy for the recovery that followed the 2008-9 crash in global financial markets? Step forward gold whose rise was only exceeded by silver.

Precious metals not only delivered the fastest recovery from that huge sell-off but offered increases way above the pre-crash levels. Gold tripled from its low in the crash, while silver went on to record an eight-fold increase, still just shy of its 1980 all-time high.

Read More on GoldSeek.com

IMPORTANT NEWS

Gold coasts along as stocks perk up, possible Fed hike delay supports – Reuters
Relief Rally Takes Hold in Asia After U.S. Rebound; Metals Gain – Bloomberg
Fed’s Dudley: September rate hike looks less compelling – CNBC
Gold Gets Ignored Amid Market Turmoil as Focus Stays on Fed – Bloomberg
Lost Nazi train full of gold ‘discovered’ beneath Polish city – Independent.ie

IMPORTANT COMMENTARY

Mark OByrne

Also on news-goldcore-com

Videos

Patrick Karim, Charts and Gold’s Next Breakout

Gold Down $100? This Really Shouldn’t Be A Surprise

Expect $2,500 – $3,000 Gold In Next 12 Months

Blog posts

Will The Gold Price Shift As Two Great Titans Leave Us?

For much of November gold has been on a tear and this week investors have sent it way up, punching past $2000. Will these giddy heights of over $2,000 be how gold chooses to see out month-end? At the time of writing we cannot be sure.  Yesterday prices did soften ever so slightly but the […]

READ MORE

Gold, a seasonal rally and the future of money

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our readers. For anyone celebrating we hope you have a wonderful day and we thank you for your support this past year.  Big news this week – gold hit $2,030 in intra-day trading on Tue, it didn’t hang on but it did close the day with a hefty $20 gain […]

READ MORE

Gold Pops as Credit Crunch Looms

The double figure pop up in gold on Tuesday was more to do with weakening of the US dollar, than rampant gold demand itself. The significant drop in the fiat currency was largely thanks to the release of October’s CPI report. Echoing that of the previous month, the report showed weaker growth and lower than […]

READ MORE

Featured

The King and Queen will be Gold and Silver

READ MORE
Newsletter
Category
Archives
Popular

No posts available

Videos

Patrick Karim, Charts and Gold’s Next Breakout

Gold Down $100? This Really Shouldn’t Be A Surprise

Expect $2,500 – $3,000 Gold In Next 12 Months

Blog posts

Will The Gold Price Shift As Two Great Titans Leave Us?

For much of November gold has been on a tear and this week investors have sent it way up, punching past $2000. Will these giddy heights of over $2,000 be how gold chooses to see out month-end? At the time of writing we cannot be sure.  Yesterday prices did soften ever so slightly but the […]

READ MORE

Gold, a seasonal rally and the future of money

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our readers. For anyone celebrating we hope you have a wonderful day and we thank you for your support this past year.  Big news this week – gold hit $2,030 in intra-day trading on Tue, it didn’t hang on but it did close the day with a hefty $20 gain […]

READ MORE

Gold Pops as Credit Crunch Looms

The double figure pop up in gold on Tuesday was more to do with weakening of the US dollar, than rampant gold demand itself. The significant drop in the fiat currency was largely thanks to the release of October’s CPI report. Echoing that of the previous month, the report showed weaker growth and lower than […]

READ MORE

Featured

The King and Queen will be Gold and Silver

READ MORE