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James Turk

James Turk has specialised in international banking, finance and investments since graduating in 1969 from George Washington University with a B.A. degree in International Economics.

James Turk has written several essays and numerous articles on money and banking, much of which can be found on his Free Gold Money Report website. He is the co-author of The Coming Collapse of the Dollar (Doubleday 2004), which has been updated for a paperback version entitled The Collapse of the Dollar.

James founded GoldMoney together with his son Geoff Turk in 2001.

News & Analysis by  James Turk

Saving real money

Up until the late 1960s, it was considered prudent for everyone to have some savings. By forgoing consumption, savings gave the ability to consume more at a later date through the accumulation of interest income. This result is similar to what one hopes to achieve with an investment, but savings and investments should not be confused. A ...

2013-JUN-11 · James Turk

buy gold, buy silver, fiat currency, inflation

Warren Buffett on gold

Wall Street legend Warren Buffett has famously declared that gold is not an investment. He is correct, but he stopped halfway. He did not go on to say what gold really is, perhaps purposefully intending for people to draw their own conclusions. In my view, there is only one conclusion possible, because there are only two alternatives when ...

2013-MAY-25 · James Turk

gold standard, inflation, sound money, Warren Buffett

Will the US dollar hyperinflate?

The hyperinflation of a currency is typically described as an event, as if one day everything is normal and then the next day hyperinflation is manifest throughout the economy. This description explains, for example, how the hyperinflations that destroyed the currencies in Germany in the 1920s, Serbia in the 1990s and Zimbabwe more ...

2013-APR-27 · James Turk

debt ceiling, fiat currency, inflation, USA

What’s next for gold?

I have found over the span of my 45-year business career that very few axioms remain unchanged over time. What may have been considered as undeniable truths in one decade are often seen as pure folly in the next. One axiom that does not change, however, is that the future is unknowable. No one can predict the future. This reality ...

2013-APR-19 · James Turk

dollar, gold price, USA

Gold or a gold ETF?

It is always important to use the correct tools for the work you intend to accomplish. That reliable adage is true whether you are building a house or an investment portfolio. There are many tools available to buy gold, which is the bedrock of any portfolio. These include coins, bars, futures contracts, certificates, options, and what ...

2013-JAN-19 · James Turk

buy gold, ETF, gold price

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