what makes gold's price go up or down? Are there any early signs to watch?
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The price of gold is generally determined by demand, not supply since supply is relatively constant but demand is not. Demand for gold is driven by fear, greed and uncertainty. When there is a lack of fear, greed and uncertainty, the price of gold falls.  Perhaps it is not correct to say a lack of greed. There is always greed. It is just that greed can change its focus. When the price of gold increases greed tends to focus on gold. \n\nThe price is also affected by interest rates. When interest rates are low, as they have been for the past 5 years, money tends to come out of savings and go into alternative investments such as gold. When interest rates are high, it becomes more attractive to save money.\n\nNow with the U S waging war and the price of oil heading north, and U S jobs being shipped to China and India, there is a lot of fear and uncertainty out there. Then as the price of gold rises, it tickles the old greed bone, which adds to demand. The fact that interest rates are now rising is a mitigating circumstance.
289477
Show me the Gold first
180156
It depends on the form of the gold...gold coins: find a reputable coin dealer in your area.
49154
Gold is a lousy speculative investment. Invest in a diversified portfolio of mutual funds over many years and don't worry about inflation.\n\nGold has increased in value at the rate of 1.47%/year since 1988. Gold is currently very near its high for the period . . . If you had bought it at its lowest point since 1988 you would have made over 100% as of today.\n\nIf you bought an S&P 500 fund at its lowest point since 1988, you would have made over 600% as of today . . .
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This site is the best for spot gold prices:\n\nhttp://www.kitco.com/charts/livegold.html\n\nif it doesn't come up just go directly to www.kitco.com\n\nif you want to know the actual price of gold bullion that you'd have to pay go to:\n\nwww.apmex.com\n\nthey update their prices throughout the day.
77772
i would say into metals or energy! Because the price of oil and gold are just keep going up and up!
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Check for solid fudementals, (is the company making money, does it have low debt, are sales increasing, etc.) and Technical indicators that are telling you the stock is going up, ie: price, MACD, Chaikin Money Flow, stochastics, etc.  \n\nStart with Investors.com, the site has a Stock Checkup, a great tool for checking fundamentals on any stock. \n\nFor a more detailed study of Technical Analysis go to StockCharts.com, pay particular attention to the Bollinger Bands, Moving Average, Volume, RSI, the MACD (Mac-D), The Williams %er, Stochastics, and the Chaikin Money Flow.  \n\nThen check out StockTA.com, it is also an excellent Technical Analysis site, with charted Fibonacci resistance and support lines and will tell you if the stock is bullish or bearish in the short, medium and long run.  The site also has an extensive Candle Pattern Glossary and a fantastic technical screener. \n\nThe above sites do have premium services, but all the services I mentioned are free.  I've been using Elliot Wave and Fibonacci's to help refine my in and out points.  StockCharts.com's "ZigZag" overlay helps me plot and count the waves and that helps determine where I am in the overall pattern. \n\nBasically I find interesting stocks through the screens on Investors.com or StockTA.com, run them through the Stock Checkup at Investors.com, if they measure up I'll run them through the Analyisis & Fib Analysis at StockTA.com and do an extensive chart study at StockCharts.com, examining the 2 yr, 1 yr, 6 mth, 3 mth, 1 mth & 5 day.  I'll also do my due dilligence, studying the profile, key statistics, headlines, etc. through Yahoo Finance and web searches.  If it all measures up and the stock is in a base or in a pull back and it's starting a wave 1 or wave 3, it's time to buy. \n\nSo, to sum it up; you're looking for solid fundamental indicators, and Technical indicators that tell you that the stock is bullish (going up).\n\nI heartily recomend studying the How To Invest section of Investors.com, the Chart School at StockCharts.com, and the School at StockTA.com to further your investment education.\n\nRemember, when investing always protect your downside with a stop loss or a trailing stop loss.  \n\nGood luck, hope it helps.
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The dollar is in fact losing value. The dollar by itself is worthless unless it is used to buy things, correct? Well aren't the costs of homes, fuels, raw materials, and labor going up? Energy is up 45%, Health care is up 22%, College tuition is up 18-30%, commodities are up 16%, housing is up 12% over just last year, 2005, and the year isnt over yet. By the way, gold is up 145%, and gold is supposed to be the standard of our currency. Expect prices to keep rising, it is inevitable, because of not only the reasons you stated, but because of the cumulative effect of rising prices, the economy will further slow, and unions will demand even higher wages, more people will become unemployed, and more people will be on welfare, which further hurts the value of the dollar because the government's solution to inflation is to just keep printing money and giving it away, or raise taxes, rather than cut spending and borrowing. We are headed for a recession, and even if we address the issues directly, the economy will suffer because all of the prices you are accustomed to should be much higher than they are right now in order to match the real value of the dollar, which is lower than what is currently reflected by the market.\n\nTo put it simply, the dollar is overpriced right now, and the only reason why it's not worse is because the government is printing money to keep up with inflation, which will eventually devalue the dollar in foreign markets, which means all of our imports (we import wayyyy too much stuff) will become far more expensive than they are now. This will hurt the wal-mart crowd more than the rich folk who already have sold thier dollars for foreign currency and have invested in gold and silver.\n\nIt's only going to get worse, because politicians are too busy looking out for themselves than our nation's economy. Both Republicans and Democrats are to blame, because neither group is really confronting this issue.\n\nNot a big issue? Try saying that when your rent goes up 100% in a couple years, and your wages increase by a dollar an hour during that time (all of us low wage earners, I mean). Also, expect $3.50+ at the gas pump, and your electric bills to continue to go up.
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When other things become unstable e.g. the US dollar, oil prices etc. people tend to go back to good old gold.
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Interest rates and bond values move inversely. Think of a playground see-saw. Interest rates rise, and existing bond values fall. Inflation is something that has and will cause the federal reserve to raise short-term interest rates, which causes existing bond prices to fall. If you are investing in bonds for the income they generate (regular interest payments from the issuer), then you'll be OK. If you're investing in bonds with the intention of selling them later for a gain, you may not be successful. Of course, even the experts are really bad at predicting interest rate moves, so don't try to predict the future too much. If you buy individual bonds, pay attention to quality and consider building a bond ladder. If you are working with a smaller amount of cash, consider bond funds. Also, be sure to balance this investment with some equity (stock) investments to give you diversification. Good luck!
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Why wait? Who knows where the price will go,,,, it was $300.00 not that long ago per oz... The price you pay will depend on the qualtiy, the karat, maybe even the age... If you walked into an established jewelery store (not mall) some of their jewelry may well have been sitting and is still priced at a reasonable level, jewelers don't raise their prices everyday to match the market, not real jewelers...
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THere are gold mines throughout the world. The largest mines are in Russia and So. Africa. There are many mines in the US West, and now, with the price over $700 per ounce, there is enough incentive to start digging again. \n\nThe problem is that the "easy" gold has largely been extracted already. The remaining gold is such a small proportion of the mined ore, that it's getting increasingly expensive to process.
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I think high asset prices and commodity prices are here to stay for some more time. Investors must deal with this. There is no doubt that this huge run up in prices was partly because of leverages potions built up by investors and partly because of speculation. \n\nYet I think the Federal Banks of respective country should leave the market and economy to find its own ways to determine demand and supply rather than artificially managing the float.
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Lower. AS US inetrest rate ticking higher & Bund futures will under buying pressure this week (correction after heavy selling last few weeks).  The pressure on EUR/USD is on lower side.  BUY USD across all currencies.  \n\nHope that helped
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the short answer is inflation . when inflation is high the fed will raise the interest rate to combat and try to slow down inflation .
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About $620 per ounce. Their is a market for gold and the price is determined by the law of supply and demand.\n\nYou can find the numbers and charts here:\nhttp://www.kitco.com/market/
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it s already been over 10 cents in the last year, go to yahoo and look at the company's profile.  profits are up so that is good but it is still an pink sheet so watch out