Welcome to The Global Speculator. This website is designed to provide internationally focused gold investors with news and ideas on how to invest and speculate safely and proactively.

The content presents a macro overview of why we invest in gold today. It looks at key economic issues such as Monetary Inflation. It offers visitors numerous ideas on how to approach investment in gold and gold companies from both a technical and fundamental perspective. Visit the chart section and see our unique gold index analysis featuring the XAU and our in house Australian gold index (The API). We chart gold as well in both US and Australian dollars.

The Global Speculator is intended to benefit newcomers to the sector and speed up the learning process necessary to gain a sufficient level of confidence for independent decision making. We have invested and speculated in the precious metals sector both domestically and internationally since 2002. The content shares much of our experience in the hope that you benefit and save both time and money.

The biggest mistake we see investors make is adopting a similar passive approach to how they would invest in common industrial companies. A gold company is not a passive investment. Once you make a decision to buy it becomes critical to follow the company's progress. Fortunes can change quickly as can financial conditions and the availability of working capital. Our free newsletter provides regular articles and updates on prominent international gold companies to assist you with this process.

Another mistake is relying solely on the advice and recommendations of others. A proactive approach is best. Gain at least a basic knowledge and understanding of how a mining company operates and the issues and risk factors involved. Again our free newsletter and the content of this web site have been designed specifically with this in mind. Good information becomes critical which is why we also joined with a team of sophisticated gold investors to form GoldNerds.

GoldNerds is a research group which provides up to date and comprehensive information on nearly all the precious metals related companies listed on the ASX. A North American version of the product has recently been released. To be able to access and sort information for a large number of companies is a tremendous advantage. If you have decided to take a proactive approach to investing in this sector, I strongly encourage you to pay GoldNerds a visit. For some investment ideas on how the product can be utilized, feel free to check out some of the articles in the GoldNerd's Corner of the Latest Media section.

Another service we have become recently affiliated with is an Australian investment newsletter called Diggers and Drillers. I have been invited to share regular gold mining company recommendation articles. My first article released in the December 08 issue explained our investing approach and recommended 5 of our favorite junior gold producers. To see the 5 companies and an extract from that original article I encourage you to take a look at the Diggers and Drillers 2009 Aussie Gold Investment Kit.

As of the 26th of June 2009 I am pleased to report these stocks are up an average of 133% versus the Australian gold producers index (API) which is up 51%. The two subsequent stock recommendations are up 70% and 48% respectively as of the same date.

For anyone interested in signing up and taking a more in depth look at our investment approach, or to simply learn more about the latest Diggers and Drillers promotions simply click here.

I encourage you to sign up for our free monthly newsletter and hope you find it as useful as it is informative. Most importantly keep educating yourself and never stop learning.    

Troy Schwensen – Editor of The Global Speculator/ Editor of GN North America