What Will Happen to Gold Prices if The U.S. Pulls out of TPP and NAFTA?

What Will Happen to Gold Prices if The U.S. Pulls out of TPP and NAFTA?

If he carries through with his plans and withdraws our country from both trade agreements, what will that mean for the price of gold, both in the U.S. and internationally. In truth, it is a bit difficult to predict, but here are some factors that could affect the price of gold.

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Why Gold Will Never Go Down in Value

Why Gold Will Never Go Down in Value

Some pretty amazing materials have been invented over the last 100 years, including Nylon, Teflon, long-chain polymers and advanced industrial ceramics. They are all remarkable, but they aren’t as amazing as gold. For many reasons, gold still reigns as the perhaps the astonishing material found on earth. Those are the same reasons that explain why gold will forever fascinate people and never decline in value - temporary price fluctuations aside, of course!

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Looking for Gold? Here Are the Scrapped Electronic Devices You Should Buy Today

Looking for Gold? Here Are the Scrapped Electronic Devices You Should Buy Today

Lots of electronic devices are going out of style or being replaced by newer, more advanced models. Just a few weeks ago, the last VCR that will ever be made was boxed up and shipped out. Twenty years ago, hundreds of thousands of VCRs were being made, and now they have gone away. Each of them contained small amounts of gold in their printed circuit boards that a qualified precious metals refiner can extract profitably. 

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Can You Accurately Test Gold at Home?

Can You Accurately Test Gold at Home?

Although those kits are useful, they cannot take the place of the thorough testing and analysis that is offered by a qualified gold refinery like Specialty Metals Smelters and Refiners, the parent company of GoldRefiners.com. Acid-testing kits can only determine the gold content of small individual items like rings or earrings. They can’t determine the gold content in materials like these, which we regularly test for our customers

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