3 benefits of owning gold instead of bitcoins

Since the rise of bitcoin over the past year, there has been a lot of discussion amongst the anti-government, pro-competing currencies crowd: is gold a better than investment than bitcoin or the other way around? This is an important question in a … [Read more...]

Are people selling their gold, silver to online pawn shops?

Over the past year, the price of gold fell by about 13 percent and because of this many financial experts believe 2014 will be the complete end of the yellow metal’s 13-year bull run. Some gold investors, who were once ecstatic about precious metals … [Read more...]

Peter Schiff: A false Federal Reserve recovery is bullish for gold

Peter Schiff appeared on the Fox Business Network over the weekend to discuss gold prices and how the false recovery purported by the Federal Reserve is actually bullish for the yellow metal. Despite the gold being down by more than a quarter last … [Read more...]

Video: Jim Rogers talks gold, inflation and currency wars

Famed investor Jim Rogers spoke with Birch Gold Group regarding a number of important topics on the economy, including gold, inflation, currency wars, quantitative easing and incoming Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, in an extensive 15-minute … [Read more...]

Will alternative currencies triumph over the U.S. dollar?

This week, Janet Yellen was confirmed by the Senate Banking Committee to succeed Ben Bernanke as the next Chair of the Federal Reserve. The final vote will head to the Senate at an unspecified date where she is believed to garner the necessary 60 … [Read more...]

$1.1 million worth of gold bars discovered in airplane washroom

Following a flight from Bangkok to eastern India’s Kolkata, cleaners discovered 24 gold bars worth $1.1 million in an airplane washroom. Officials at Jet Airways confirmed the incident Wednesday, according to the Associated Press. After the … [Read more...]

Infographic: Gold and silver sales on eBay

Although the visual data is more than a year old, this infographic coincides with part one of Global Gold News's "Gold 101" series in which we discuss the best places to purchase gold. As noted, purchasing gold and silver on eBay can be expensive but … [Read more...]