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The aim of this article is to explain the differences between investment solutions offering direct ownership (allocated) and mutualized (non-allocated) ownership of physical gold.

The Fed has decided, last week, to extend its quantitative easing (QE) policy. The US central bank is back with pure monetary creation

Although gold (and silver) didn’t go up in the last couple of days, it is absolutely guaranteed that the continued destruction of paper money will lead to substantially higher prices in the precious metals

We won’t be cruel by reminding you that François Hollande, recently, and his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy, last spring, had declared the Eurozone crisis « over »... All the different bailout plans are only fragile undertakings, and the smallest shock can bring them down, as we know and are witness...

The case for gold as the ultimate wealth preservation investment is irrefutable. Whilst paper money and all assets that were financed by the credit bubble will collapse in real terms, gold will continue to represent stable purchasing power as it has done during 5,000 years.

Egon von Greyerz said that it's not the gold price that is going up, but rather the fiat currencies that are constantly losing their purchasing power

Turkey has admitted that the increase in its gold exportations is related in reality to the payment of gas imported from Iran.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s Prime Minister, has suggested to the International Monetary Fund to replace the dollar by gold when lending to troubled countries.

he real increase in the price of gold is to come according to Egon von Greyerz. It states that the price of gold adjusted for inflation since 1980 is expected to be around $ 7000 per ounce

Worldwide money printing continues unabated. The only asset that will maintain its purchasing power is gold