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University of Texas invests $500,000,000 in gold

CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,125 ✭✭✭✭✭
From its investment fund:

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  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
    "The gold purchases represent only 3 percent of the University of Texas Investment Management Co.'s $22.3 billion in investment funds,...."

    Not a large percentage of their total investments.
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    Good moveimage
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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,125 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>"The gold purchases represent only 3 percent of the University of Texas Investment Management Co.'s $22.3 billion in investment funds,...."

    Not a large percentage of their total investments. >>



    But $500,000,000 more than "nothing."
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  • 57loaded57loaded Posts: 4,967 ✭✭✭


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    But $500,000,000 more than "nothing." >>



    my thought exactly.
    "into gold" there are many was to be "into gold", though yet....
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  • Agree that it's a small percentage. They should have invested 2,000,000,000 instead.
  • mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭
    Gotta start somewhere
  • fishcookerfishcooker Posts: 3,446 ✭✭
    Wow, that settles it! When I grow up I want to be an investment manager at the Univ. of Texas. I bet those guys even got applauded for "diversifying" the trust (9 years late!).
  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,303 ✭✭✭✭✭
    3% here, 3% there, and pretty soon you're talking about a lot of gold. What if every major university and pension fund did the same thing?

    Let's hope they didn't spend that $500 MILL on paper gold rather than a physical gold fund that actually has the metal in their hands.

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  • derrybderryb Posts: 36,795 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks like a perfect storm is settling in for gold and smart fund managers are starting to see the big picture.

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  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,303 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Now if only Harvard had done this when Larry Summers was running the place instead of buying a lot of derivatives that they took a bath on.

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  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    Is that paper gold, or the real physical McCoy Gold?
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  • dpooledpoole Posts: 5,940 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Is that paper gold, or the real physical McCoy Gold? >>




    From the full article:

    He said most of the gold purchases have been through futures trading, but he said UTIMCO may take physical possession of some gold.
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,125 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Is that paper gold, or the real physical McCoy Gold? >>



    I wondered that myself......
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  • guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,266 ✭✭✭


    at $1185 spot, that's 421941 oz. that's alot of yella.


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  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    I guess that they can have the football team ,carry the ingots in.
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  • they're cost averaging
  • Wolf359Wolf359 Posts: 7,656 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Is that paper gold, or the real physical McCoy Gold? >>




    From the full article:

    He said most of the gold purchases have been through futures trading, but he said UTIMCO may take physical possession of some gold. >>



    Had to be phony paper Gold. 500 million of Real Gold delivered would probably cause a COMEX default.
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,125 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How much would two 24kt goalposts cost??????????????

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  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    So they bought paper. What a bunch of idiots.

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  • DrBusterDrBuster Posts: 5,378 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>How much would two 24kt goalposts cost??????????????

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    Plated or solid?

    I know the Georgia capital dome is coated in 43oz of gold.
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,125 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>How much would two 24kt goalposts cost??????????????

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    Plated or solid?

    I know the Georgia capital dome is coated in 43oz of gold. >>



    Solid, man!
    This is TEXAS we're talking about!!!!!!

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