Wielding the magical powers of The World Wide Web, I was startled to find news of a recent study that suggests that medieval stained glass windows painted with
real gold actually purify the air when sunlight shines through them.
Not exact matches
And though spot commodity / equity ratios (like the ratio of the spot
gold price to the XAU) are
actually supportive of commodity stock prices in and of themselves, the historical tendency is for these ratios to lose some of their informative value when commodity prices themselves have run to extremes and
real interest rates begin to turn.
What is interesting to see with this bitcoin hype is how uneducated writers still are when it comes to the question of what money
actually is — especially the assumption that money, e.g. US Dollars, are tied to any
real world values like
gold is one of these modern fairytales that is repeated often — I can not understand that even after the big corporate crimes (aka as «financial crisis») that US Citizens cost millions of dollars there is still such a lack of understanding of what money
actually is.
A steadily increasing number of people will want to get in on the «new Bitcoin,» a bizarre paradox given that
gold is as old as time, and will soon realize that
gold possesses virtues Bitcoin does not, given that it is
real, not digital and abstract; that owners can personally possess and store it in physical form; that it will survive any kind of electric grid or Internet disruption that might occur; that it can not ever be hacked; that it is the epitome of private, quiet wealth; that it is
actually quite beautiful to behold; and that it was not and can not be made by man, only by God, who does not appear to have any interest in making any more of it.
The best bet is probably to invest in actual hard assets, things like
gold,
real estate things that you
actually can touch with your hand.
Huge physical
gold demand — declining prices Do paper ounces
actually equal
real metal?
The most important fundamental data (i.e., the ones that are currently most closely correlated to
gold prices) have
actually slightly improved since we last discussed them (they're still in more or less neutral ranges, but slightly better — such as
real interest rates, the relative performance of bank stocks vs. the SPX or the US dollar...).
Matha pattis are totally in trend these days and brides are
actually getting them made in
real gold.
paisley pattern is one of my all time favourites and when you add to that a liberal sprinkling of
gold thread as well, then these trousers are pretty much top dog; next comes the dash of leopard print to give a funky edge, not to mention the fun of pattern clashing; finally, the top may look a bit dark or even blue / grey, but the fact is it's
actually silver and
gold and looks much more stunning in
real life, matching the tone of the trousers and boots really well.
A movie about
gold prospecting in Indonesia, it was very loosely based on
real events, but the names, circumstances and time period were changed, so Matthew McConaughey wasn't
actually playing someone specific when he chose to gain weight for the role, make himself bald and smoke in virtually every scene.
One can only hope this is a joke, and not just because the terms of service indicate the binoculars are not
actually made of
real gold.
I just wanted to toss this suggestion your way and the motivation is partly selfish, but given the decline in
gold the last 3 - 4 days (I
actually exited all my long positions around 1500 - 1505 last Friday based on the breach of the technical support level at 1525 - 1535 and am now short in my trading account from that same level) I'd be interested to get your qualitative thoughts and maybe an update on your refined quantitative model with negative
real interest rates and where it says
gold should be trading.
The irony is that you can
actually exchange bitcoins for cash much faster than you can for
gold or
real estate.
Not only has platinum outperformed
gold as a weak - dollar currency play, but platinum
actually has
real - world industrial utility whereas
gold... well, that's arguable in comparison.
While bonds and savings generate some return, and
gold holds its value well over time, none of these other assets generate
real earnings because none of these other assets
actually generate profits from providing a good or service.
In a significant inflation scenario,
gold would soar, long T - bonds would tank, T - bills would
actually earn nominal but not
real money, and stocks would likely trail inflation, aside from investors that invest in low P / E stocks.
You can argue I still earned that
gold through gameplay, so it's okay, but I don't really see how clicking a few buttons to do my garrison missions is any more worthy of reward than going out and
actually earning a wage in the
real world.
Bluray, mandatory installs that use your hard drive, built in wifi since launch, games for
gold (at least after 8 months and not over 7 and a half years after the service on the console started like with 360) thus giving actual real value to the Gold Sub, keyboard and mouse support, massive online player capabilities / MMOs, no file size limitations on devs on how large demos, free2play games (which aren't actually free on Xbox anyway), Xbox Live «Arcade» games can
gold (at least after 8 months and not over 7 and a half years after the service on the console started like with 360) thus giving actual
real value to the
Gold Sub, keyboard and mouse support, massive online player capabilities / MMOs, no file size limitations on devs on how large demos, free2play games (which aren't actually free on Xbox anyway), Xbox Live «Arcade» games can
Gold Sub, keyboard and mouse support, massive online player capabilities / MMOs, no file size limitations on devs on how large demos, free2play games (which aren't
actually free on Xbox anyway), Xbox Live «Arcade» games can be.
As others have mentioned, this is going to be a
real doozy as the media narrative runs completely counter to what (it's so fun to
actually be able to use this phrase in this context...) «the science
actually says», based on the «
gold standard» that we were told time and again is the IPCC bible (s), backed supposedly by those «97 % of scientists».....
It remains to be seen which of these two values comes closest to the
real value of Bitcoin
Gold once the currency is
actually released.
With most Realtors spending the majority of their time prospecting via the online streams, like desperate old - time
gold - rush miners sifting for nuggets in
real - world streams (they
actually worked... physically), is it any wonder that the new - age Realtor knows far more about computer programs and how to be an online presence than he / she knows about actual
real - world
real estate?