It's interesting to see that Jastram's Golden Constant, which has been recently updated in a new edition is out of stock on both Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com.
I am still reading mine along with several other books. It's a unique kind of work and is definitely worth reading to get a grasp of the true power of gold and you can pre-order from the links above.
In the meantime, lots of bullion merchants have had their stocks replenished and I took the opportunity to place an order for various gold coins while the premium are very low and availability is high. Silver is still quite expensive, with premiums of about 20-30% before VAT or GST depending on the country.
Interestingly, please not that gold is not subject to VAT nor capital gains tax in the UK. So it's really the best invesment you could possibly make in the UK. Unfortunately, silver is subject to both.
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2009-02-22
Jastram's Classic: The Golden Constant [2009 edition] [update]
[This is an updated release of the post I made back on the 19th of November 2008]
Roy Jastram's Classic, The Golden Constant, has been out of print for many years now and I have been unable to find it for less than about $500 on Amazon's MarketPlace before it totally disappeared... and reappeared. The Golden Constant is a very important work on the price stabilizer role of gold throughout modern times (from 1560 to 1976 when the book was published) aas a store of value and as a way to keep prices stable.
It is now being republished — this is great news — and even better, the data has been updated by Jill Leyland.
I can't wait to receive my copy!
[update:] Amazon.com already lists it, and now Amazon.co.uk as well, with an availability date of 1 May 2009. I have pre-ordered it already and can't wait to receive it.
E-Elgar upcoming titles:
Roy Jastram's Classic, The Golden Constant, has been out of print for many years now and I have been unable to find it for less than about $500 on Amazon's MarketPlace before it totally disappeared... and reappeared. The Golden Constant is a very important work on the price stabilizer role of gold throughout modern times (from 1560 to 1976 when the book was published) aas a store of value and as a way to keep prices stable.
It is now being republished — this is great news — and even better, the data has been updated by Jill Leyland.
I can't wait to receive my copy!
[update:] Amazon.com already lists it, and now Amazon.co.uk as well, with an availability date of 1 May 2009. I have pre-ordered it already and can't wait to receive it.
E-Elgar upcoming titles:
The Golden Constant
The late Roy W. Jastram, formerly of University of California, Berkeley, US with updated material by Jill Leyland
With the gold price reaching new records in 2008, this new edition of Roy Jastram’s seminal work, considered by some to be the finest empirical study of the gold price, is timely. Published in 1977, the author’s painstaking work on historical statistics enabled fluctuations since 1560 in the value of gold and its purchasing power to be studied. It established, for the first time, how gold’s purchasing power had been maintained over the centuries. This edition reprints Jastram’s entire original text but adds two more chapters to bring the book up to date shedding new light on gold’s relevance today.
2008-11-19
Jastram's Classic: The Golden Constant [2009 edition]
Roy Jastram's Classic, the Golden Constant, has been out of print for many years now and I have been unable to find it for less than about $500 on Amazon's MarketPlace before it totally disappeared... and reappeared. The Golden Constant is a very important work on the price stabilizer role of gold throughout modern times (from 1560 to 1976 when the book was published) aas a store of value and as a way to keep prices stable.
It is now being republished — this is great news — and even better, the data has been updated by Jill Leyland.
I can't wait to receive my copy!
Amazon.com already lists it, while still nothing the Amazon.co.uk site. [update: it's available on Amazon.co.uk as well now.]
E-Elgar upcoming titles:
It is now being republished — this is great news — and even better, the data has been updated by Jill Leyland.
I can't wait to receive my copy!
Amazon.com already lists it, while still nothing the Amazon.co.uk site. [update: it's available on Amazon.co.uk as well now.]
E-Elgar upcoming titles:
The Golden Constant
The late Roy W. Jastram, formerly of University of California, Berkeley, US with updated material by Jill Leyland
With the gold price reaching new records in 2008, this new edition of Roy Jastram’s seminal work, considered by some to be the finest empirical study of the gold price, is timely. Published in 1977, the author’s painstaking work on historical statistics enabled fluctuations since 1560 in the value of gold and its purchasing power to be studied. It established, for the first time, how gold’s purchasing power had been maintained over the centuries. This edition reprints Jastram’s entire original text but adds two more chapters to bring the book up to date shedding new light on gold’s relevance today.
April 2009 c 256 pp Hardback 978 1 84720 261 1 c £59.95
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