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A 98 year old lady (yes, 98!) actually wrote the following letter to her bank. The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have it published in the local newspaper and we thank him most sincerely for doing so. Perhaps it is something you should require from your bank as well.

The world’s best kept investment secret is GOLD: Gold has gone up 7.5X this century; Gold's compound annual return since 2000 is 9.2% compared to a 7.7% (incl. reinvested dividends) for the Dow Jones so why are only 0.6% of global financial assets in gold? The simple answer is that most investors don’t understand gold because governments suppress the virtues of gold.

the daily chart is currently bearish, indicating the continuation of the correction or consolidation in the short term. However, new lows below USD 60,760 are not yet foreseeable.... A volatile back-and-forth between approximately USD 61,000 and USD 67,000 could be sufficient to build a base and to then generate a new contrarian buying signal within a few days.

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Islamic Finance doesn't have all the answers but if we're going to improve the systems we have, it's important to understand how other systems work — especially one that has been around for a cool 1,300 years, and is now a sector holding $3.2 trillion in global assets.

With the expectations by some that gold is on the verge of a big breakout on the upside, one might be lulled into thinking that such a move would boost mining shares out of their doldrums. That could happen; but, it is not something that is likely. Nor, is it something with historical precedent.

Whether the excitement surrounding Bitcoin is siphoning flows away from gold is unclear, but there does appear to be some disconnect between gold’s price action and investment levels. Historically, the gold price and holdings in gold-backed ETFs have traded in tandem, but starting in 2023, the two began to decouple,

The bullish trend has remained firmly intact again this week, as the market tested the 20-DMA, the bottom of the trend channel, early in the week, which sparked buyers to push the index to all-time highs by the week’s end.

Whether you think the market is in a bubble or just forming a short-term top is mainly irrelevant but if you’re nearing retirement, or are a retiree, your investment horizon is shorter than that of much younger people it may be wise to consider the possibility.

Many analysts are projecting that gold will be going at least as high as $3,000/ozt over the next few years. One analyst even claimed that gold will spike at $87,500/ozt.! Below is an updated list of their names and forecasts.