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So How’s My American Buffalo Gold Coin Doing?

Posted by Sun on April 10, 2007 Comments Off

It has been more than a month since I bought one (and only one) American Buffalo gold coin from Bullion Direct. The coin was received about two weeks after the order was placed (the hold period that they require to clear the check and release the coin for shipment) in excellent shape. The price I [...]

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Invest in Gold (II) — GoldMoney: Buy Gold and Use it as a Checking Account

Posted by Sun on March 5, 2007 (7) Comment

This is the second part of the Invest in Gold series. In the first part, I compared several gold dealers, mainly from the angle of price (price of the gold, shipping fees, and insurance charges), and the direct outcome of that research was the purchase of a gold coin myself last week from Bullion Direct.
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Finally, I Bought an American Buffalo Gold Coin

Posted by Sun on March 2, 2007 (14) Comment

I finally did today what I have long been considering doing: Buy gold. Today the waiting is officially over after I bought an one ounce American Buffalo gold coin from Bullion Direct, at the time when recent selling pressure has pushed the spot gold price from a nine-month high of $689 reached early this week [...]

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Invest in Gold (I) — Where to Buy Gold, Kitco or Bullion Direct?

Posted by Sun on February 6, 2007 (12) Comment

My first gold investment was made five years ago on February 8th, 2002, when I opened an account with Tocqueville Fund to buy $1,000 of their Tocqueville Gold Fund (TGLDX). At that time, the share price of TGLDX was $18.05. Since then, I bought TGLDX almost every month and have accumulated about 200 shares at [...]

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