COMEX futures for April gold rose above $1,100 and December gold went to $1,227.50 early on the first day of February, 2010, as the rally in the dollar stalled. Traders are betting that gold will keep going up and the dollar will head down again. Gold Eagle coins, both the American Eagle gold bullion coin and rare American Double Eagles, Eagles, Half Eagles, and Quarter Eagles have increased in value over the years as the United States currency has progressively devalued. Based on the news from COMEX, it would seem that Gold Eagle value is heading up again.
The huge budget deficit numbers are having a very sobering effect on many investors. Wise investors are switching assets from bank accounts and the stock market to Gold Eagles and other forms of gold investment. The thought of another $10 Trillion dollars in US debt by the end of the next decade makes people think of how inflation has destroyed economies and nations. When currencies decline, gold can hold much of its value as a store of wealth and a means of providing economic security. Gold Eagle bullion coins were, and are explicitly minted to provide investors with a mean of owning gold bullion.
As gold prices corrected in December and January, many investors throughout the world continued to buy gold bullion. A wise investment strategy in gold coins or gold bars could well be to buy throughout the year, taking advantage of temporary pullbacks in the gold market to gain a little extra in the event that gold continues its upward climb.
Joshua Harris
Senior Staff Writer - Gold-Eagle.org