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Portfolio investment opportunities in precious metals
New research and investment strategies for asset managers in precious metals In this handy new e-book, bestselling author David M. Darst provides valuable perspective on the role and positioning of gold and other precious metals within an economic, financial, and portfolio context. It covers the advantages and disadvantages, risks and rewards of investing in precious metals and sheds light on the key factors that drive prices, including supply and demand forces, inflation and deflation, geopolitical conditions, interest rates, and the global monetary system. The book also offers detai.
Wiley RealTime Finance: Portfolio Investment Opportunities in: Precious Metal; Contents; About the Author; Introduction; Section 1: Advantages and Risks of Precious Metals; The Gold Debate; Fundamental Forces against Gold; Valuation Forces against Gold; Psychological, Technical, and Liquidity Forces against Gold; Fundamental Forces for Gold; Valuation Forces for Gold; Psychological, Technical, and Liquidity Forces for Gold; Section 2: Precious Metals Investment Performance and Correlations; Correlations of Annual Returns of Precious Metals; Principal uses of Precious Metals.
Section 3: Overview of GoldHistory and Background of Gold; Why Central Banks Hold Gold; Gold Sales under Central Bank Gold Agreements (CBGA); Major Central Banks' Gold Holdings; Gold as an Asset Class; Demand, Supply, and Global Gold Holdings; Jewelry and Net Retail Investment in Gold; Above-Ground Stocks of Gold, Demand and Supply Flows; The Price of Gold; Gold Demand Outlook; China and Gold Ore Reserves; Origins of Gold Demand in China; Long-Term Outlook for the Chinese Gold Market; China and Gold; India and Gold; Gold Price Relative to the S & P 500; Gold Prices during Periods of Uncertainty.
Gold Price versus the DJIA and the S & P 500Ratio of the Price of Gold to the Price of Silver; Annual World Production of Gold since 1900; Global Supply of and Fabrication Demand for Gold; Investment Performance of Gold Share Indices; Physical Gold; Section 4: Overview of Silver; History and Background of Silver; The Price of Silver; Annual World Production of Silver since 1900; Global Supply and Demand Data for Silver; Physical Silver; Section 5: Overview of Platinum and Palladium; History and Background of Platinum and Palladium; The Price of Platinum and Palladium.
World Production of Platinum and PalladiumGlobal Supply and Demand Data; Physical Platinum and Palladium; Section 6: Overview of Precious Metals Companies; Select Factors Leading to Price Divergence between Precious Metals and Precious Metals Mining Shares; Select Precious Metals Mining Shares Indexes; NYSE Arca Gold BUGS Index; Philadelphia Stock Exchange Index; Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners Index; FTSE Gold Mines Index; S & P/TSX Global Gold Index; Examples of Precious Metals Companies; Precious Metals Futures and Options Contracts; Section 7: Select U.S. Legislation Affecting Gold.
The Gold Confiscation Executive Order of April 5, 1933The Trading with the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917; Executive Order 6102 of April 5, 1933: Forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates; Reports of Safe Deposit Box Seizure; Section 8: Additional Information on Gold; Background Information on Gold; Characteristics; Monetary Exchange; History; Occurrence; Production; Consumption; Symbolism; State Emblem and State Mineral; The California Gold Rush and the Panic of 1857; When Wall Street Rescued the U.S. Treasury; Britain's 1999-2002 Sale of Gold Reserves.