Gold Q&A: Answers to our Subscribers' Most Pressing Questions

• Which ETF is better: GLD or CEF?

  July 8, 2011, 12:00 PM

  Which of the two: GLD or the Central Fund of Canada (CEF) do you like better for speculation, and which for a long-term investment?

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• Which Indicator From the Charts Section is Most Useful for Me?

  September 18, 2010, 12:00 PM

  Although I am a new subscriber, I have followed you for some time. I congratulate you on your abilities and insight. I will see if I can get lucky twice and raise a couple of additional issues:/

  My only opportunity to trade significantly in precious metals is through my 457 plan in a fund - "OGMCX"; which of your indicators would serve me best in this regard?

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  Below is the link to the fund profile, better so that I don't leave anything out that you might want to consider. Again, this is my only choice - only good thing is that the 457 avoids all the sale charges. I find, performance-wise, that it pretty much is a proxy for GDX. If you could identify which of your indicators would serve me best, that would be great. And with respect to those indicators, may I presume that no entry on a given day means follow the last entry given previously?

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• Which mining stocks should I hold?

  November 19, 2010, 12:00 PM

  Can you tell me which mining stocks I should put into my portfolio? Are there any specific rules I should remember of when picking stocks? Or maybe you publish some kind of stock ranking that could help me?

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• Which scale is better: linear scale or logarithmic scale?

  March 31, 2011, 12:00 PM

  You are using the Stockcharts system for your articles and analysis. The vertical axis is logarithmic. Stockcharts themselves have a link which outlines the benefits of linear/arithmetic charts against logarithmic. I would be very interested in your comments on this aspect.

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• Which trading platform do you use?

  November 9, 2012, 12:00 PM

  Which trading platform do you use to place your trades? Does this platform have the option to place short and long trades? I really want to follow your instructions by doing it on the same platform.

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• Why are your definitions of risk-tolerance and risk-aversion different than the general ones?

  July 1, 2011, 12:00 PM

  Your definitions of risk-tolerance and risk-aversion are not in tune with the general definitions. In fact, your definitions seem to be contrary to those I’ve encountered in other sources. Could you explain that?

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• Why do we need graphs, slopes, etc.? Can't we just stick to fundamentals?

  March 12, 2010, 12:00 PM

  You know, all this "technical analysis", graphs, slopes etc does not mean much if anything. Markets don’t look back and are not related to the past at all , except some people look for similarities. The gold price at this time is dictated by the flow of speculative capital , usually nervous in such situations : what to do and where to go to make some profit. A lot of naïve and confused investors still out there ( ref. Barney Madoff story).

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• Why do you look at gold priced in Japanese yen?

  November 4, 2011, 12:00 PM

  I was wondering why you look at gold priced in Japanese yen? Since gold is priced in London why not look at it in GBP? Are the signals from the Gold:GBP chart the same as those from the Gold:YEN chart?

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