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When you first start learning about gold as an investment‚ it’s easy to get overwhelmed. Should you choose Gold ETFs‚ pooled accounts‚ individual accounts… Or‚ maybe you should just buy gold outright. There are websites that’ll sell gold with a huge markup‚ and even pawn shops that sell gold around the corner from your favorite taco stand. If you’re new to buying gold‚ you first need a trusted resource to lay out the plain facts. You need to know a brief history‚ why gold works‚ and the options available to you. Thankfully‚ there’s a new‚ easy-to-read guidebook that’s opening minds and growing investment accounts. Genesis Gold is offering a free guide that has everything you need to learn about investing in gold and other precious metals. In just a short‚ 12-page read‚ you’ll learn what clues the Bible gives about man-made money (paper currency). You’ll even learn the three simple steps to investing in metals like gold. And‚ you’ll also get a quick tutorial on: Which precious metals are approved by the IRS The different forms of gold‚ silver and other precious metals – coins‚ ingots‚ bars Why the symbology (i.e. olive branches) matters on gold coins Why there are different sized measurements of gold coins and bars And a stunning innovation made by the Swiss Genesis Gold is giving you the tools to make your own decisions. Instead of trusting in fly-by-night investment opportunities‚ or Wall Street lies‚ you can learn the long-term strategy that has worked since Moses. As it says in Ezekiel 28:4 – By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself and amassed gold and silver in your treasuries. Click here to get this free pamphlet from Genesis Gold and begin your journey to investing with the wisdom of Solomon. Here is what conservative star Dean Cain says about working with Genesis Gold Group: ==>;Click here to contact Genesis Gold Group today and receive a free Definitive Gold Guide and learn more about protecting your life’s savings from the various threats we’re facing today. (Note: Thank you for supporting American businesses like the one presenting a sponsored message in this article and working with them through the links in this article which benefit WLTReport. We appreciate your support and the opportunity to tell you about Genesis Gold!  The information provided by WLTReport or any related communications is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice. We do not provide personalized investment‚ financial‚ or legal advice.)  RELATED: Costco Gold Selling Out Within Hours… Last week I told you that Costco would begin selling gold. They have‚ and they can’t keep it in stock. Selling out within hours! As you know‚ I’m a big fan of gold and I’ve been telling you about it here for a while… I was on this before Costco‚ which is why so many people love and trust our reporting…because we beat the MSM and now we’re beating the big retailers like Costco! By the way‚ keep reading and I can get you connected with someone who has MUCH BETTER prices than Costco for gold and silver… But first‚ the news: Costco‚ $COST‚ is selling one-ounce gold bars and they are selling out within a few hours‚ per CNBC. — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) September 27‚ 2023 Costco is apparently selling gold bars that consumers are snapping up at a record pace. https://t.co/BVMASNZ4An — Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) September 29‚ 2023 From Breitbart: Costco is apparently selling gold bars that consumers are snapping up at a record pace. On Wednesday‚ CNBC described the gold bars as one-ounce gold PAMP Suisse Lady Fortuna Veriscan bars. They were reportedly being sold for approximately $1‚900‚ the outlet said. Costco’s chief financial officer‚ Richard Galanti‚ said Tuesday during the company’s quarterly earnings call that the bars were selling fast. “I’ve gotten a couple of calls that people have seen online that we’ve been selling 1 ounce gold bars. Yes‚ but when we load them on the site‚ they’re typically gone within a few hours‚ and we limit two per member‚” he commented. When Breitbart News searched the Costco website Thursday morning‚ the company had listed the gold bars as a “Member Only Item‚” and buyers must sign into their accounts to view the price: And from ZeroHedge: Just think about this for a moment: people are buying gold from Costco. This tells us that the average American has grown so weary of our government’s reckless spending and the Fed’s irresponsible monetary policy that they literally want to fill their shopping cart — online or in person — with something they know is real money. From People: The retail giant has recently been selling 1 oz. bars of authentic 24-karat gold from South African mining company Rand Refinery and Swiss precious metal supplier PAMP Suisse on their website for $1‚949.99 and $1‚979.99‚ respectively‚ according to Insider. According to the product details on Costco’s page‚ Rand Refinery’s gold bars are individually stamped with a unique serial number and arrive in a sealed black assay card‚ while PAMP Suisse’s gold bars are individually “controlled‚ registered‚ and secured” within CertiPAMP packaging with an official Assay Certificate and a digital certificate accessed with a QR Code. Both items are non-refundable‚ provide air shipping via UPS and currently have a 4.9 out of 5 average rating on the company’s website‚ with one member writing on Rand Refinery’s gold bar customer rating that it was a “beautiful piece of gold” and “brand new.” It’s an incredible commentary on the average American citizen. Americans are literally choosing to transact U.S. dollars for gold. Now keep reading for our original report and for a place to get gold and silver with better pricing that Costco: Costco To Begin Selling Gold I love it when we beat the big players to the table. We take great pride in our reporting and I love to see when that reporting is confirmed like what just happened here. For the past few months we’ve been telling you that it might be time to look into Gold and Silver. You know‚ “God’s Money”. Since the beginning of time‚ that has been the only enduring sound money. So it made sense‚ especially as they print the U.S. Dollar into oblivion. When you can just print trillions of new Dollars whenever you want‚ it doesn’t take an economist to realize that soon the Dollars in your pocket have less value. They’re literally “worth less” and in the future may even be entirely “worthless”. But Gold and Silver have always endured. We’ve been telling you over and over and what just happened this week? Now Costco is telling you. In addition to selling you 18 bottles of ketchup and a 32-pack of Mac-and-Cheese‚ Costco will now be selling GOLD. Simple question‚ and again it doesn’t take an economist to figure this out: What do you think all that increased Demand is going to do to the price of Gold? Yup. Looks like Costco is joining the gold trade. In time we may see a run for gold bars where lineups out the door at Costco not for groceries but for gold. #gold #costco pic.twitter.com/JGstjxdilL — Mario Stifano (@Mario_Stifano) September 6‚ 2023 This is a bit technical‚ but it shows just how well Gold has done recently: While $GOLD prices may be falling‚ it’s important to remember that gold has held up extremely well considering the rise in real yields on treasuries. Once real yields inevitably fall‚ gold prices can be expected to soar. pic.twitter.com/3q7TKPIZTi — GOLY ETF Fan | Stocks &; Gold (@GOLY_ETF) August 27‚ 2023 Many are saying the Costco pricing is “not great” on Gold: Costco getting a piece of the action! #Gold Can’t complain about Costco’s service however the premium on their 1 OZ Gold Offer is STEEP! Check the link in the comments to get the best hookup on your Precious Metals! pic.twitter.com/p9bM8hrmzF — Zach Rector (@ZachRector7) September 10‚ 2023 From The Daily Mail: Bulk-buy retailer Costco starts selling GOLD worth up to £24‚500 in its supermarkets – but shoppers are warned to be wary because of violent price fluctuations Bulk-buy specialist Costco is now offering bars of gold for up to £24‚500 a time Experts warned people could be getting a poor deal after swings in gold market The price of gold has risen 28 per cent in past 12 months‚ but it’s a volatile market It’s not an item likely to be on the weekly shopping lists of many households – but one supermarket giant has started selling gold bullion alongside its everyday groceries. Bulk-buy specialist Costco‚ more normally known for its ‘pile-’em-high‚ sell-’em-cheap’ philosophy‚ is now offering bars of the precious metal for up to £24‚500 a time. But experts last night warned shoppers they could be getting a poor deal‚ particularly after violent swings in the gold market this year. While the company’s mark-up on gold is up to seven per cent on the market rate‚ it is also selling silver bars at a whopping 28 per cent premium. Many investors have been turning to what they see as the security of gold this year‚ amid huge uncertainties in the world economy caused by Covid-19‚ international tensions and political discord in America. But while the price of gold has risen by 28 per cent in the past 12 months to almost $1‚900 (£1‚469) an ounce‚ it is a volatile market‚ declining by more than six per cent in the past two months alone. On September 24‚ Costco’s 100g bar was on sale for £4‚939.99‚ when the market price for that much gold was £4‚619.70 – equal to a seven per cent mark-up in store. Now‚ take this and remember what Andy Schectman just told us…. Have you seen this? Gold and Silver: “No one wants to sell at these make believe prices” I’ve been telling you for a long time now that Gold and Silver are vastly undervalued. I’m not a financial advisor and I can’t tell you what to do‚ but I can look at historical data and I can easily see that the current price of Gold and Silver makes no sense unless….it’s being manipulated. Now who would want to do that? And the more important question: will it go on forever‚ or do the manipulators eventually release the stretched rubber band and ride an explosion up? I’ve you’ve been paying attention in life‚ you know the answer. You know these crooks on Wall Street manipulate things down‚ then they load their boats‚ then they manipulate them up into a bubble. Where are we in that process right now for commodities like Gold and Silver? Right exactly where I placed that star up above. = You Are Here The Big Boys are loading their boats. But that’s not just my opinion. I’m a nobody. Listen to Andy Schectman who is an expert on these things and he lays it out PERFECTLY in two minutes. Here’s my rough paraphrase: “A concerted effort by the very powerful to use the suppression of commodities (gold‚ silver‚ but also a long list of all other commodities)…these countries are not complaining about suppressed low prices yet because they’re accumulating!  But once it becomes obvious that the availability of these commodities is very scarce and no one wants to sell at these “make believe prices” then the public says “OMG‚ what have we been missing?”  And maybe that all happens in concert with a breakdown of the banking system‚ then the public says “give it to me now” and that’s when you’ll see the circuit breakers be put into affect.  But at that point it’s too late.” Oh my! It’s so much better to listen to him explain it in his own words. It’s just 2 minutes long. Watch here (as presented by my friend the Digital Asset Investor): Comex 589 pic.twitter.com/uPzrOGXhZ5 — Digital Asset Investor (@digitalassetbuy) September 11‚ 2023 But it’s not just Andy either. It’s this latest interview over at SGT Report. Sean does such a great job over there of interviewing people on topics the MSM doesn’t want you to see‚ and his latest is called “$1‚000 Silver — Seriously‚ Stop Laughing”. There’s actually a lot of history that goes into that quote and this was a great discussion by four very smart individuals. Watch here: I’ve been sounding the alarm for a while now… Have you taken action? As always‚ there’s one thing I always say and it’s never been proven wrong:  Watch what they DO‚ not what they SAY. Who is “they”? The same people Andy Schectman was talking about. Big Governments. Central Banks all over the world. Big Business. What are they doing? They are LOADING THEIR BOATS with as much Gold and Silver as they can find and they’re laughing all the way to the bank because they’re buying at what Andy says are “make believe prices”. Are you? After the Great Financial Crash of 2008‚ I made a decision. From that point forward‚ I would simply do what the Big Boys were doing. I would simply watch what they’re doing and copy it. Oh‚ and if they had Jim Cramer telling people the OPPOSITE (i.e. Cramer says Gold is a loser‚ but the Central Banks are buying with both fists) that was usually the perfect confirmation I needed. So that’s been my strategy since 2008 and it’s worked very well for me. Here’s more…. Here’s Why Banks Are Buying Up All of the Gold I’ve got Jordan Peterson and Peter Schiff in a fascinating conversation about the Value of Gold. And it’s not just some academic debate. This could very soon be one of the most important things in your world when the U.S. Dollar crashes and gets its value cut in half….or worse. These guys know what they’re talking about and this short 8 minute clip is definitely worth your time to watch. I always say this: don’t listen to what the “Elites” tell you….watch what they are DOING. And what are they doing? Stacking gold and silver. As much as they can get their hands on. Look‚ I hope I’m wrong but I think we’re in for a massive event that is going to destroy bank accounts and destroy the U.S. Dollar. So what happens to YOU when that happens? Watch this and then scroll down for how I can help you stay safe right now…. Watch: For those who can’t listen‚ here’s the transcript (and then scroll down for what YOU can do right now!  That’s the most important thing!): One of the reasons that people are so arrogant particularly in America that the dollar status is not in jeopardy and so that we can keep on running these huge deficits we can create keep on creating inflation and the world’s got no choice right but to stick with the dollar because are they going to go to the euro are they going to go to the Yen you know the pound I mean they’re winning B I agree all of those currencies also have problems and so do you really want to switch from one flawed fiat currency to another even if those other Fiat currencies may be less flawed than the dollar right do you really want to make that shift I don’t think that that’s what’s going to happen what everybody is missing is that there is an alternative to the dollar that doesn’t involve another fiat currency and that’s gold that is real money everybody forgets that for thousands of years gold was money it was money because it worked now over the course of time uh we had paper currencies that would rise and fall I mean hundreds of years ago they were paper currencies that are now worthless and you don’t even know their names you know they come and go but gold has has stayed you know gold works as money and so I think what these central banks are going to do is as they get out of dollars they will just increase their Holdings of gold gold will be the monetary anchor gold will be the reserve monetary asset just the way it was before the dollar it wasn’t the British pound I mean the British pound was a dominant currency but gold was what everybody owned the British back to pounds do you see any do you see any evidence that some of these alternate currencies are starting to back their currency claims with gold oh yeah you can what’s happening on the central banks are now buying more gold than they’ve bought in in in decades especially a lot of the uh you know the Emerging Market countries not even maybe so much the United States isn’t buying any gold and maybe you know some of the more mature uh countries but a lot of other countries that had predominantly held dollars and then to a lower degree Euros or Yen or pounds these countries are increasingly buying gold that’s why gold is at a record high I mean Gold’s around two thousand dollars an ounce but in terms of just about every other currency on the planet gold has been hitting all-time record highs uh and again that’s not really gold going up that’s all these Fiat currencies going down but what are the reasons that countries would want gold as opposed to the dollar is the US government doesn’t have any control over it you know gold is an asset that’s not also somebody else’s liability and nobody could create it you have to mine it no one country you know has the advantage so you know why would you want to take away uh that that privilege that the United States has and just bestow it on somebody else who is going to abuse it the same way I mean the United States abused that privilege that we had and we we we exported all this inflation to the world we took advantage of the this the position that we were in uh so why would you want to put another nation in in a position to similarly take advantage of the world it’s much better to go back to to honest money and again even when we were on Bretton Woods before you know 1971 and we were on the dollar standard it was because the dollar was backed by gold again if you held dollars you held gold that’s where the saying came from the dollar is as good as gold in fact the legal definition of a dollar is a is a weight of gold that’s what a dollar is dollars are gold the the the paper currency that circulated Federal Reserve notes are not dollars they are notes of the Federal Reserve initially the those Federal Reserve notes were payable in dollars the dollars were the gold that the Federal Reserve notes paid because if you think about what a note is a note is a promise to pay something a Federal Reserve Note is supposed to pay something well what did it pay it paid gold it paid dollars today Federal Reserve notes pay nothing their ious nothing the Federal Reserve is not obligated to give you anything I mean if you have a ten dollar bill okay so people people might object and they and they have that well gold is just another arbitrary standard of value it has some intrinsic worth it’s useful for jewelry it’s useful for certain industrial applications but it’s just another psychologically valuable currency without any intrinsic value and so it shouldn’t be a repository of value in principle that’s any more stable than let’s say a well-managed or even a badly managed fiat currency and so what do you what do you why is it that gold has proved itself let’s say over centuries or Millennia as a storehouse of value what is it about gold intrinsically let’s say that seems to have given it that edge the idea that gold doesn’t have any intrinsic value is just pure nonsense it’s obviously politicians have a vested interest in in trying to diminish gold as a monetary alternative to the Fiat system and even now you have a lot out of cryptocurrency enthusiasts who say the same thing well you know gold has no value because they want to justify something like Bitcoin which also has no value and say well gold worked as money and it has no value so so Bitcoin could work well it’s not true that gold has no value gold is the most valuable the most useful metal on the periodic table gold became money because it was such a valuable commodity but gold has a lot of properties that make it uniquely qualified to be money more so than than other Commodities that’s why gold was so successful over the centuries as money because people preferred to use it as money it wasn’t governments that decided gold is going to be money the people decided that gold was going to be money and once the people decided that gold was going to be money if you were a king you know well you would tax people in Gold because if you wanted to pay your soldiers to protect you your soldiers wanted gold right so it was the money created in the free market and it beat out all other forms of money because gold you know a gold coin uh all they’re all all the same you could melt gold down and you can make it into coins uh it’s fungible it’s portable it’s divisible but the other aspect of goal that is the key you can save gold because if I have an ounce of gold in 100 years in a thousand years it’s exactly the same it doesn’t lose any of its properties and in fact even if I take my gold and I make you know I make a ring out of it or I I use it to make a watch right you can melt this ring down and you get your gold back and it’s exactly the way it was you could do something else with it there’s really no other metal you can keep using it over and over and over again I mean they fill teeth with gold if you find somebody buried in the ground you know you could take their fillings and you know the Gold’s still there you know there treasure ships from the 1400s 1500s they sink if they recover the wreckage the only thing that’s still there is the goal it’s an it looks exactly the way it looked when the sink when the ship sank 500 years ago so from a point of savings because money has to satisfy three primary conditions two of them are a unit of account an immediate exchange but the third one is the store value and that’s important because it’s also makes it possible to do loans that I can borrow money you can lend money and you can be repaid and you know that the money that you’re going to get repaid is going to retain its value and so that’s something that gold that gold does better than than other metals but the value of gold even if I’m not using my gold today as a metal let’s say I have gold stored in a safe and you say well you know you’re not using it for anything that’s true but I’m preserving the future use of that gold somebody in the future is going to need that gold and so I’m storing it right now because you know there are more uses for gold that are discovered all the time because of its very unique properties I’m sure in a hundred years or a thousand years there will be more uses for gold than there are now So‚ what can YOU do to protect yourself? To protect your family? To stay safe? Simple: you need to get some #Gold or #Silver in your own possession. It’s called “physical” gold and silver. Not paper traded garbage on the stock exchanges that isn’t backed by anything. Don’t touch that stuff. I have two special hook-ups for you. Both involve PHYSICAL gold and silver. Because if you do NOTHING else‚ make sure you own “physical” gold and silver‚ not paper contracts. The paper contracts (like stock ticker SLV and GLD) could very well go POOF one day and disappear or go to zero‚ because they’re not actually backed by the gold and silver they claim to represent. It’s a massive game of musical chairs out there and when the music stops (and I think it will stop soon…) people who only own paper might find themselves owning something not worth the paper it’s literally written on. And I know you’ll never forget it if I give you this GIF so….Let’s Get Physical: Now…WHERE do you get physical gold and silver and how do you know it’s real and safe? And that you’re getting the best price? Oh‚ and how about personal one-on-one real customer service? You know‚ like you were some Big Wig millionaire at Goldman Sachs who could just call their personal banker and get help? That’s what I’m about to tell you.   I have two killer connections for you… The first is for purchasing gold and silver bullion. That means bulk bars. That’s the cheapest and most economical way to do it‚ to stretch your dollar into as much gold and silver as possible. The website is called WLT Precious Metals and when you see my logo in the top left-hand corner‚ you’ll know you’re in the right place. You’ll get a personal phone call with Ira Bershatsky (or someone on his team) and they will work with you free of charge for as long as needed to answer any questions you have and get you taken care of. How about that! You don’t see that much anymore‚ but Ira and his team pride themselves on good old-fashioned real customers service: No sales pitch‚ just real‚ actual help. And the best prices you will find. Here’s the only disclaimer I will give you: because they do pride themselves on dedicated service‚ it might take a few days before you get a phone call back.  Just be patient. Good things come to those who wait! You can contact Ira and WLT Precious Metals here. Ok‚ that was #1. Now I want to tell you about option #2. An equally great company‚ I am so happy to be working with these guys. This next company is called Genesis Gold and this is for people who want to purchase real physical gold or silver in their IRAs (Investment Retirement Accounts). You know what the beauty of that is? TAX FREE baby! I’m not a tax advisor‚ but that’s a general oversimplification. Never pay more taxes than you are legally required to pay. And that’s why I love getting gold and silver in my IRA (and why I hold a large chunk in an IRA myself!). There’s so much to love about Genesis Gold‚ starting with the fact they are proudly and un-ashamedly Christina! They call it “Faith-Driven Stewardship” and they put it right on the homepage of their website along with a quote from Ezekiel: Wealth Preservation With Gold &; Silver – The Genesis Gold IRA By your wisdom and your understanding you have made wealth for yourself‚ and have gathered Gold and Silver into your treasuries – EZEKIEL 28:4 Genesis Gold Group believes the Bible gives clues on how man-made currencies (paper money) represent instability‚ and a lack of virtue and encourages living wastefully in excess. Conflicts have beleaguered us since the dawn of civilization‚ and they can all be encapsulated into one battle. The battle is between currency‚ man-made paper‚ and gold and silver — the two precious metals found in our Earth’s crust‚ sent to us by our Lord to use as money. Man-made currency always leads nations down the path to increased war‚ greed‚ and ultimate collapse. History has shown that abandoning gold and silver has always been a bad idea. Gold and Silver enforce discipline‚ nurture self-constraint‚ self-reliance‚ and balance‚ and lead to confidence‚ a restrained government‚ and a more stable foreign policy. Genesis Gold Group believes in empowering faith-driven stewardship with Gold &; Silver are an integral part of a balanced portfolio. Protecting your finances with precious metals has never been more crucial during these trying times. With a combined 50-plus years in the precious metals industry‚ let your Genesis gold and silver experts guide you through the simplicity of asset protection and growth with our Genesis Gold IRA. Sincerely‚ Genesis Gold Group Empowering Faith-Driven Stewardship Oh….and they’re VERY good at what they do. You also get physical gold and silver with Genesis‚ believe it or not!  The gold and silver is purchased for you (in whatever combination of coins and bars you prefer‚ a picture taken and sent to you‚ and then stored safely in a vault for you! I love what these guys are doing. Here’s more on why gold and silver in your IRA are so powerful: You can contact Genesis Gold here. They are also very backed up with record demand‚ so you may have to wait a bit‚ but someone WILL get in touch with you for personal customer service and assistance! Tell ’em Noah sent ya! Oh‚ and did you know Genesis is recommended by SUPERMAN himself? It’s true. Superman himself‚ Clark Kent — Dean Cain — came on my show a few weeks ago and we broke it all down: Watch here: Stay safe! Make sure you can weather the storm when it hits! Because the storm always hits eventually‚ doesn’t it? As for me and my house‚ we will be ready.

Bo Polny was back on my show today and boy oh boy was he fired up! I think I maybe got a few words in along the way‚ but that’s a good thing since people want to hear what Bo has to say.  And he had a LOT to say! The next 90 days are going to be pretty incredible‚ with a major emphasis on March and April. The timing for our interview was incredible because the crypto market was taking off literally as we were talking — and just as Bo had told us to watch for in his Newsletter. We talked about that‚ the death of Jacob Rothschild‚ 3/22 (Purim) upcoming‚ THREE Blood Moons coming up‚ and 4 or 10 days of darkness‚ perhaps related to the Solar Flares‚ Cyberstrikes and cellular outage we saw last week. Oh‚ and of course we talked about Gold and Silver. Bo pointed out that we’ve never seen so many insiders on Wall Street selling their shares…. And he’s right. The Walton Family (Wal-Mart) made headlines this week with their massive sales and Jamie Dimon (JP Morgan Chase) selling shares for the first time in‚ I believe‚ 19 years.  Not to mention Jeff Bezos (Amazon) and many others. They know. They all know what’s coming. And so does Bo. “Bo Knows”. Hey‚ that’s a good phrase‚ someone should run with that‚ it’s catchy! Anyway‚ the entire thing was really good and I think you’re going to love it. Enjoy: Bo Polny’s website (Newsletter Signup): https://www.gold2020forecast.com Cryptocurrency School‚ The ABC’s of How/Where to Start: https://www.easycryptoschool.com Promo Code: WLT49 Backup here on Rumble: As promised‚ here are the links you need: Download Bo’s slides for free: https://qrco.de/beefal If you want Bo’s trading Newsletter‚ go to https://www.gold2020forecast.com/cryptocurrency-index use code WLT49 (LIMITED TIME DISCOUNT) For access to the Easy Crypto School‚ go to https://www.easycryptoschool.com use code WLT49 (LIMITED TIME DISCOUNT)