Coins for Commerce: 700 A.D. to 2013
About 3,000 years ago, Middle Eastern and Asian merchants concluded it was easier to carry small pieces of gold or silver to trade vs. bags of grain or piles of fur. Thus began the practice of using...
View ArticleBase Metal Basics 101
They may not seem that precious at first, but once you learn more about them, you might find that so-called base metals glimmer more than you thought. Base metals are defined several ways. Chemists...
View ArticleThe Free Market Report - 6/28/13
Gold Closing Price: $1234.27 (+30.77) Silver Closing Price: $19.66 (+$0.86) Nations around the world are trying to figure out what should be done about gold. Some national governments have taken it...
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Gold Closing Price: $1,199.10 (-$25.00) Silver Closing Price: $18.50 (-$0.02) Both gold and silver fell today, after the president of the Atlanta Federal Reserve announced that the Fed is planning to...
View ArticleFree Market Report 6/26/2013
Gold Closing Price: $1,224.10 (-$53.20) Silver Closing Price: $18.52 (-$1.07) Gold lost over 4%, while silver lost over 5% today, putting gold at a 34 month low. However GDP reports are out for the...
View ArticleFree Market Report 6/25/2013
Gold Closing Price: $1,277.30 (-$5.00) Silver Closing Price: $19.59 (-$0.04) Gold and silver dipped slightly. Analysts are now trying to determine whether gold and silver are close to bottoming, or if...
View ArticleFree Market Report 6/24/2013
Gold Closing Price: $1,282.30 (-$11.70) Silver Closing Price: $19.63 (-$0.43) Both gold and silver fell slightly today, but nowhere near its falls from last week. Goldman Sachs has lowered its forecast...
View ArticleFree Market Report 6/20/13
Gold Closing Price: $1,278.50 (-$72.50) Silver Closing Price: $19.63 (-$1.71) Both gold and silver fell almost 8% in what some people call a Fed bloodbath. It is believed that the Federal Reserve will...
View ArticleFree Market Update 6/19/2013
Gold Closing Price: $1,351.00 (-$16.10) Silver Closing Price: $21.34 (-$0.27) And the "great" one spoke! Ben Bernanke was optimistic about the economy and concluded that the Fed expects to end its QEI...
View ArticleFree Market Update 6/18/2013
Gold Closing Price: $1,367.10 (-$16.60) Silver Closing Price: $21.61 (-$0.22) Both gold and silver fell about 1% today. Tomorrow Ben Bernanke, the Chariman of the Federal Reserve (Fed) will be giving...
View ArticleFree Market Report 6/17/2013
Gold Closing Price: $1,383.70 (-$6.70) Silver Closing Price: $21.83 (-$0.23) Both gold and silver fell a little, however the market did not move too much because it is waiting to hear from the Federal...
View ArticleFree Market Report 6/13/2013
Gold Closing Price: $1,383.30 (-$5.40) Silver Closing Price: $21.77 (+$0.04) Again, not much change in the gold and silver price. There is a very big discrepancy between the institutions and...
View ArticleThe Free Market Report - 6/28/13
Gold Closing Price: $1234.27 (+30.77) Silver Closing Price: $19.66 (+$0.86) Nations around the world are trying to figure out what should be done about gold. Some national governments have taken it...
View ArticleFree Market Report
Gold Closing Price: $1,199.10 (-$25.00) Silver Closing Price: $18.50 (-$0.02) Both gold and silver fell today, after the president of the Atlanta Federal Reserve announced that the Fed is planning to...
View ArticleFree Market Report 6/26/2013
Gold Closing Price: $1,224.10 (-$53.20) Silver Closing Price: $18.52 (-$1.07) Gold lost over 4%, while silver lost over 5% today, putting gold at a 34 month low. However GDP reports are out for the...
View ArticleFree Market Report 6/25/2013
Gold Closing Price: $1,277.30 (-$5.00) Silver Closing Price: $19.59 (-$0.04) Gold and silver dipped slightly. Analysts are now trying to determine whether gold and silver are close to bottoming, or if...
View ArticleFree Market Report 6/24/2013
Gold Closing Price: $1,282.30 (-$11.70) Silver Closing Price: $19.63 (-$0.43) Both gold and silver fell slightly today, but nowhere near its falls from last week. Goldman Sachs has lowered its forecast...
View ArticleFree Market Report 6/20/13
Gold Closing Price: $1,278.50 (-$72.50) Silver Closing Price: $19.63 (-$1.71) Both gold and silver fell almost 8% in what some people call a Fed bloodbath. It is believed that the Federal Reserve will...
View ArticleFree Market Update 6/19/2013
Gold Closing Price: $1,351.00 (-$16.10) Silver Closing Price: $21.34 (-$0.27) And the "great" one spoke! Ben Bernanke was optimistic about the economy and concluded that the Fed expects to end its QEI...
View ArticleFree Market Update 6/18/2013
Gold Closing Price: $1,367.10 (-$16.60) Silver Closing Price: $21.61 (-$0.22) Both gold and silver fell about 1% today. Tomorrow Ben Bernanke, the Chariman of the Federal Reserve (Fed) will be giving...
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