gold

Money making hobby: panning for gold

Posted April 9, 2009 - 12:49 by Xin Lu

Making Extra Cash, Lifestyle

Gold flakes

Lately many Californians have been heading to the rivers and streams to prospect for gold. The increase in people taking up this activity has some newspapers writing about "the new gold rush". Although very few people can make a living off of finding gold, it is a decent money making hobby since gold is worth around $900 an ounce currently. Here is how you can get in on the action.

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So, will Cash4Gold offer me cash to kill this story?

Posted February 5, 2009 - 09:49 by Paul Michael

Consumer Affairs

Pirate gold

You’ve seen the tacky ads; you’ve been entertained by Ed McMahon and MC Hammer; but hopefully, you haven’t fallen for any of it. Cash4Gold has a simple promise; send them your unwanted gold (and we all have a ton of unwanted valuables lying around I’m sure) and in return they’ll pay “top dollar” for it. But as you’ll see from over 260 complaints to the Better Business Bureau, top dollar certainly doesn’t mean what it used to.

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Book review: Game Over

Posted January 11, 2009 - 10:45 by Philip Brewer

Green Living, Investment

Cover of Game Over by Stephen Leeb

Stephen Leeb's new book makes that case that we're running into resource limits on every front--energy, metals, water--and that this problem is going to affect everything we do. Then, it looks at what can we do about it, as individuals and as a society.

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Why invest in the stock market?

Posted October 27, 2008 - 04:24 by Philip Brewer

Personal Finance

New York Stock Exchange

The conventional reason for investing in the stock market--perhaps offered with a bit less confidence now that we're in the midst of a stock market crash--is, "It offers higher returns." But that gets us ahead of ourselves. We can learn a lot by taking a couple of steps back and looking first at our financial goals.

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How to live with inflation

Posted January 18, 2008 - 00:10 by Philip Brewer

Personal Finance

Balloon inflating

Of the various ills the economy can face, inflation is simultaneously the worst for society as a whole, and yet the easiest for individuals to deal with successfully. The strategies for dealing with inflation are pretty straightforward.

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Gold as an investment

Posted August 30, 2007 - 03:26 by Philip Brewer

Personal Finance

Real Gold Price in 1983 dollars/oz 1913-2006

There are those who point to the 1980 peak gold price of $850/oz and observe that the price would have to go up to $2149/oz just to get back to that point. I say, take a second look at the data.

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Turn brass pennies into gold.

Posted 2 years ago by Paul Michael

Filed Under: Life Hacks

gold coins

I was never very good at chemistry at school. Or physics. I'm a writing kind of guy. So I'm always in awe when I see the real power of science at work, before my very eyes. And seeing alchemy work (or look like it works anyway) is a real bonus. Here, a talented chap called Kent shows you how to turn ordinary brass pennies into silver, and then, GOLD.

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