Hard Currency Articles

Governments’ easy money policies can have profound effects on the long-term value of many of your investments. Monetary policy can erode cash value and any asset denominated in cash value. Monetary policy decisions may also be disruptive to fixed income asset prices like bonds and Treasuries.

Investors should consider adding a diversified selection of hard currencies to their portfolios. “Hard currencies” refers to currencies in which investors have confidence, such as those of economically and politically stable countries. Coincidentally, gold is the only currency with intrinsic value and, as such, qualifies as a hard currency.

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Implications of Chinese yuan Appreciation (updated)

Dollar to fall relative to Chinese yuan, commodities to rise, Asian and Australasian currencies to benefit

22 June 2010 | Learn More | Add to Favourites

U.S. Fights Global Debt Hangover

As the U.S. is fighting the global debt hangover, it may itself be at risk of getting more drunk on credit and spending

17 June 2010 | Learn More | Add to Favourites

Why you can forget the euro as a hard currency

The fundamental problem is that Greece cannot repay its debts. Nothing about this package which makes repayment more likely

10 May 2010 | Learn More | Add to Favourites

Europes $970 billion bailout

Central banks diversify their FX reserves into baskets of currencies - investors may also want to consider baskets of currencies

10 May 2010 | Learn More | Add to Favourites

Video: Why it Costs Two Cents to Make a Penny

MarketWatch: Obama wants to tinker with America's change to save money and plans on making coins from cheaper materials

10 May 2010 | Learn More | Add to Favourites

Video: How much is the gold price going to rise?

GoldMoney's James Turk explains at the Gold & Silver Meeting Madrid 2009, why we need to invest in physical gold and silver

07 May 2010 | Learn More | Add to Favourites

Video: Balance between leverage and hyperinflation

James Turk explains how hyperinflation is created and the delicate balance between leverage and hyperinflation

06 May 2010 | Learn More | Add to Favourites

Video: GoldMoney on gold price manipulation

James Turk explains at the Gold & Silver Meeting Madrid 2009, why some analysts speak of a gold price manipulation

05 May 2010 | Learn More | Add to Favourites

Video: Federal Reserve to go back to Gold Standard?

James Turk explains at the Gold & Silver Meeting Madrid 2009, why the Federal Reserve will not reintroduce the Gold Standard

01 May 2010 | Learn More | Add to Favourites

Greece’s fiscal problems cannot be resolved by ECB

Greece’s liquidity issues morphed into a solvency crisis - it’s challenges are fiscal and cannot be solved by the ECB

28 April 2010 | Learn More | Add to Favourites

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