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" The goldwatcher : "
John Katz and Frank Holmes.
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1029015
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b783385
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Katz, John,1934-
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The goldwatcher : : demystifying gold investing /\ John Katz and Frank Holmes.
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Hoboken, NJ :: John Wiley,, ©2008.
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1 online resource (xviii, 334 pages) :: illustrations
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0470687754
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: 0470687762
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: 1119206995
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: 9780470687758
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: 9780470687765
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: 9780470712498
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: 9781119206996
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: 9781281840585
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: 9786611840587
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0470724269
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9780470724262
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-326) and index.
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| Contents
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The Goldwatcher: Demystifying Gold Investing; Contents; Foreword; List of Charts and Tables; Acknowledgements; Part One: Demystifying The Gold Price; 1: Introduction: Why Gold?; 2: The Gold Mining Industry; 3: Gold Supply and Demand; 4: The Rise and Fall of the Gold Standard; 5: The Dollar Standard and the 'Deficit without Tears'; 6: The Economic Consequences of 9/11 and George W. Bush; 7: The End of Cheap Oil, Chindia' and Other Tipping Points to Instability; 8: Globalisation & Global Economic Rebalancing; 9: Gold Prices: Inflation, Deflation, Booms and Busts; 10: Investing Choices.
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Part Two: Gold Investing Strategies11: Inside U.S. Global Investors; 12: Investing in Gold Equities; 13: Gold Mining Opportunities and Threats; Part Three: Appendix; Fact Book: Gold Statistical Information Tables; Chart Book; Gold: Chronology; Notes; Bibliography; Webliography; Index.
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Gold is a sterile asset that yields neither interest, dividends nor rentals and costs money to hold, but its price has surged to record levels, doubling since 2001. Why? Who is buying it and what are their reasons? How is its performance linked to the condition of the world economy and, especially the health of the US dollar? And, most pressingly, how can you decide whether it represents a useful way of diversifying your portfolio, an asset you should include in your pension provisions - a good investment or an overvalued bandwagon?. Goldwatcher explains the pros and cons of gold as a twent.
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Gold-- Purchasing.
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Investments.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Investments Securities-- Commodities.
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Gold-- Purchasing.
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Investments.
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| Dewey Classification
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332.63/28
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HG293.K38 2008eb
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Holmes, Frank,1955-
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