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What analysts are saying
- Steve Forbes "A return to the gold standard by the United States within the next five years now seems likely, because that move would help the nation..." Human Events: "Forbes Predicts U.S. Gold Standard Within 5 Years" (5/11/2011)
- John Embry - $100.00 (no period cited) "We haven't even really seen money start to significantly flow into hard assets... it's going to have an outsized impact on the price [of silver and gold.]... King World News (July 2011)
- Doug Casey - $5,000 (by end of 2013) "Gold could hit $5,000 an ounce in the next couple of years, as paper currencies in the United States, Europe, and Japan drop in value..." Mineweb (03/2011)
- Tom Fitzpatrick - $100.00 (no period cited) "While the high so far this year was at the same level as the peak in January 1980, we are not convinced that the long-term trend is over yet." Bloomberg (July 2011)
- Hal Lehr - $2,000 (in 2011) "Gold, which reached a record on May 2, may surge a further 30 percent by [2012] as investors seek to protect themselves from 'economic uncertainty'..." Bloomberg (5/2011)
- Peter Krauth - $250 (no period cited) "...silver prices could reach as high as $250 per ounce before the silver bull finally stops running." Commodity Online (May 2011)
- Robert McEwen - $5,000 (by end of 2015) "Gold is a favored asset relative to equities and other assets. In times of financial stress, you have people going towards precious metals and hard assets..." CNBC (4/2011)
- Dr. Stephen Leeb - $200 (by August 2013) "My guess is that 24 months from now, that silver coin you are holding that you bought for $35 or $40, you are going to see a $200 tag on it." King World News (August 2011)
- John Paulson - $4,000 (in 3-5 years) "Gold prices could go as high as $4,000 an ounce over the next three to five years, as the U.S. and U.K. flood the money supply." Wall Street Journal (5/2011)
- David Morgan - $75 (no period cited) "The next leg up [for silver] could take out the $50/oz. level after a few tries and then not look back until establishing a new nominal level of $65/oz. - $75/oz. Silver demand is growing for both industry and as an investment." The Gold Report (August 2011)
- Jim Sinclair - $5,000 "Looking for a major upturn in gold as soon as June and targeting $5,000 as a longer term objective." Mineweb (5/2011)
- Charles Oliver - $50 to $100 (next few years) "...the long-term story for precious metals is still very firmly intact." Reuters (May 2011)
- Christopher Wyke - $2,000 (by 2012) "Gold has been going up for the past ten years, but we think gold is going to continue to rally over at least next five years..." Professional Advisor (3/2011)
- Louise Yamada - $2,000 (in next year) "Gold looks fine as it is moving to a new high. Gold remains in a structural bull market that was initiated in 2002." King World News (3/2011)
- Peter Krauth - $86.75 "An important metric to understand and watch is the silver-to-gold ratio. It tells you how many ounces of silver it takes to buy one ounce of gold..." Silver Price Forecast" (12/2/2010)
- Mac Slavo - $50.00 "Based on just the supply/demand equations, the price of silver should continue to rise and approach its historical silver-to-gold ratio..." Silver Will Be Worth More Than Gold" (12/31/2010)
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Dealers in Gold
Have you thought about investing in precious metals? Who are the dealers in gold that you can trust? Can anybody call themselves dealers in gold? Apparently so, but beware of you conduct business with. Real precious metals dealers are legitimate businesses that specialize in the buying and selling of precious metals. Most of them are locally licensed, are members of various precious metals-related trade associations and the best ones carry an A-rating from the Better Business Bureau.
United Gold Direct is one of those companies. United Gold Direct is an established precious metals dealer and specializes in building portfolios consisting of gold, silver, platinum and palladium as an effective hedge against inflation and a stabilizing force in times of economic uncertainty. Dealers in gold, like United Gold Direct, specialize in structuring the right kind of portfolio for its investors based upon the goals and objectives of the client. Educating the consumer is a huge factor in fulfilling the needs of client. Preserving wealth or building wealth and profit are two different strategies. Both objectives need to be understood and implemented. A function of diversity is an essential step of developing a well diversified portfolio. Within the diversification efforts, lay multi-layered diversification strategies. In the world of precious metals diversification can come in the type of metals, the denominations, type of numismatic, bullion or raw coins. More often than not, this very basic premise of financial investing is overlooked by those who are not professional dealers in gold.
Over time, successful dealers in gold like United Gold Direct implement various combinations of portfolio strategies predicated upon earlier successes and failures. Diversification is the key to most investing strategies and precious metals is no different. No one knows what the 'next big thing' may be in the world of numismatics. Diversification improves one's chances of having just the right type of gold or silver coins that skyrocket in value. Not unlike baseball cards, a specific player's value may be determined in the future. The more baseball cards you have, the greater the odds that you may possess something of great value someday. The same hold true for gold coins. Some dealers in gold only offer one type of product. Avoid those dealers. They cannot meet the needs of a truly diversified portfolio investor.
Work with those you can trust. Dealers in gold can be a mysterious bunch. Make sure you visit the website of the dealer and insist on investigating their relationships, credibility and certifications. Make sure any dealer in gold that you contemplate doing business with measures up to the standards as set forth by United Gold Direct.
