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number of investors in Europe and the US are moving from the safety of currency and shares to a more solid investment, personally owned gold bullion. To buy gold though isn’t the easiest of tasks and holding it can prove to be an even bigger challenge.
People usually by gold in the form of coins like the Canadian Maple coins or the American gold Eagle coins, there are also mutual funds, gold minig shares and there are certificates where you can buy gold but here I am focusing on cutting out the intermediaries and owning it directly in the form of gold bars.
Research shows today that roughly 1,000+ people are searching for ways to buy gold through the internet. There are two major patterns that researchers have found that cause people to want to possess physical bullion and store it in a vault and one is a lack of faith in the major currencies, especially the Dollar and even the Euro.
Physical bullion trading cost have come down in recent times because for a long time the bars of bullion have always been to large for the average private investors and in the professional bullion market it is required that each bar has a history for right at the time it was manufactured into a bar and that they have always been stored within a vault. When a private investor takes a small bar out from the vault into a private storage place, it immediately loses its integrity and in turn devalues it by somewhere between 3-5% compared to the professional bars on the market.
Now with the aid of the internet, retail buyers and sellers can cut out the middle man and meet up directly cutting the costs down. Investors find this method very appealing as they feel in control because they know exactly how much gold they own. Some people might want to hold the physical coins still but as I said, this devalues the gold by a few percent and holding it in a safe storage on a permanent basis is the most secure method.
Bullion Vault, a company within the UK makes use of Brinks Allied vaults for the safe keeping of their gold and having Brinks storing you investment; you can be assured that your investment is safe. Buying online is a very liquid method trading, if you buy a sum of gold one day, you can off load it the next over the internet immediatly. In this fast paced world, real spending power with real currency such as gold can prove useful for years to come.
Gold is the greatest security investment when it comes down to it. The recent growth we’ve seen from early 2006-08 tells us that gold as an investment that cannot be dismissed when it come to building a sound investment portfolio. Investment and financial analysts agree that between 15 – 20% of investments should consist of the most hard of all assets, precious gold bullion.
By: Gavin Conway
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People usually by gold in the form of coins like the Canadian Maple coins or the American gold Eagle coins, there are also mutual funds, gold minig shares and there are certificates where you can buy gold but here I am focusing on cutting out the intermediaries and owning it directly in the form of gold bars.
Research shows today that roughly 1,000+ people are searching for ways to buy gold through the internet. There are two major patterns that researchers have found that cause people to want to possess physical bullion and store it in a vault and one is a lack of faith in the major currencies, especially the Dollar and even the Euro.
Physical bullion trading cost have come down in recent times because for a long time the bars of bullion have always been to large for the average private investors and in the professional bullion market it is required that each bar has a history for right at the time it was manufactured into a bar and that they have always been stored within a vault. When a private investor takes a small bar out from the vault into a private storage place, it immediately loses its integrity and in turn devalues it by somewhere between 3-5% compared to the professional bars on the market.
Now with the aid of the internet, retail buyers and sellers can cut out the middle man and meet up directly cutting the costs down. Investors find this method very appealing as they feel in control because they know exactly how much gold they own. Some people might want to hold the physical coins still but as I said, this devalues the gold by a few percent and holding it in a safe storage on a permanent basis is the most secure method.
Bullion Vault, a company within the UK makes use of Brinks Allied vaults for the safe keeping of their gold and having Brinks storing you investment; you can be assured that your investment is safe. Buying online is a very liquid method trading, if you buy a sum of gold one day, you can off load it the next over the internet immediatly. In this fast paced world, real spending power with real currency such as gold can prove useful for years to come.
Gold is the greatest security investment when it comes down to it. The recent growth we’ve seen from early 2006-08 tells us that gold as an investment that cannot be dismissed when it come to building a sound investment portfolio. Investment and financial analysts agree that between 15 – 20% of investments should consist of the most hard of all assets, precious gold bullion.
By: Gavin Conway
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If you are interested in the prospect of investing in gold bullion then you can visit my web site at http://www.wheretobuy-gold.com and find plenty of information on gold bullion and e-gold accounts. My blog at http://howtobuy-gold.blogspot.com/ has an RSS feed so you can get my most recent articles posted to your email or website.
Thank you for reading this article.
Lon Ko
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The gold rally is just getting warmed up, and I firmly believe it will continue at least through 2007. I predict that we will see its value rise to between $3,000 and $5,000 per ounce.
Forex Super King subscribers have experienced substantial profit trading the forex, with an average of 1,000 pips (price interest points) per month, and a 100 percent return on stocks purchased. As usual, we have recommended that they place part of their profit into gold.
Here is an update on gold: The Federal Reserve announced that it will no longer publish M3 data showing the amount of paper currency issued in the U.S. In 1980, for every ounce of gold in America, the financial system carried $6,966. That’s $1.8 trillion total. At the end of 2005, the total real money supply shot up to over $10 trillion. That’s $40,000 in circulation for every single ounce of gold. So the question becomes: How much is $1 really worth?
China, Japan and most of Southeast Asia are all shifting from the dollar. To the Chinese, a weak dollar is neither solid nor reliable. Yu Yongding, who sits on the Chinese Central Bank Monetary Policy Committee, told the China Securities Journal he was worried America would drop interest rates in 2006, putting pressure on the dollar and the yuan. China just recently cashed in about 2.4 percent of its dollar reserves to buy gold. China Galaxy Securities quietly hinted China’s Central Bank should quadruple its gold reserves in the very near future.
Here is the update on silver: Over the long term, gold has sold for about 30 times the price of silver. In 1991, you needed 98 ounces of silver to buy a single ounce of gold, which currently sells for 62 times the price of silver.
If gold continues its meteoric rise in value, there will be a gain of at least 700 percent for silver. Silver is in demand in the industrial sector despite being in short supply. Unlike gold, there is no silver Exchange Traded Fund yet. To launch an ETF, a bank or financial institution actually has to buy enough of the underlying asset (in this case, silver bullion) to back every dollar invested in the fund. Barclays Bank is expected to launch a silver ETF soon, at which point silver will explode.
Forex Super King offers subscribers a plan of trading by which they can control up to $100,000 worth of silver for $1,000. Since silver’s potential has yet to be reached, it is easily exchanged into other currencies and is ripe for trade.
Claude Grespinet is president and head of trading at Forex Super King.
By: Samuel Martin
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Forex Super King subscribers have experienced substantial profit trading the forex, with an average of 1,000 pips (price interest points) per month, and a 100 percent return on stocks purchased. As usual, we have recommended that they place part of their profit into gold.
Here is an update on gold: The Federal Reserve announced that it will no longer publish M3 data showing the amount of paper currency issued in the U.S. In 1980, for every ounce of gold in America, the financial system carried $6,966. That’s $1.8 trillion total. At the end of 2005, the total real money supply shot up to over $10 trillion. That’s $40,000 in circulation for every single ounce of gold. So the question becomes: How much is $1 really worth?
China, Japan and most of Southeast Asia are all shifting from the dollar. To the Chinese, a weak dollar is neither solid nor reliable. Yu Yongding, who sits on the Chinese Central Bank Monetary Policy Committee, told the China Securities Journal he was worried America would drop interest rates in 2006, putting pressure on the dollar and the yuan. China just recently cashed in about 2.4 percent of its dollar reserves to buy gold. China Galaxy Securities quietly hinted China’s Central Bank should quadruple its gold reserves in the very near future.
Here is the update on silver: Over the long term, gold has sold for about 30 times the price of silver. In 1991, you needed 98 ounces of silver to buy a single ounce of gold, which currently sells for 62 times the price of silver.
If gold continues its meteoric rise in value, there will be a gain of at least 700 percent for silver. Silver is in demand in the industrial sector despite being in short supply. Unlike gold, there is no silver Exchange Traded Fund yet. To launch an ETF, a bank or financial institution actually has to buy enough of the underlying asset (in this case, silver bullion) to back every dollar invested in the fund. Barclays Bank is expected to launch a silver ETF soon, at which point silver will explode.
Forex Super King offers subscribers a plan of trading by which they can control up to $100,000 worth of silver for $1,000. Since silver’s potential has yet to be reached, it is easily exchanged into other currencies and is ripe for trade.
Claude Grespinet is president and head of trading at Forex Super King.
By: Samuel Martin
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Ferdinand Cly
Gold coins have gone up a great deal in value in the last couple of years and since they are now so expensive, there are a few things you should watch for when making your purchases. With the advent of the internet, you are not limited to the local coin dealer anymore. This can give you the opportunity to get better prices on many coins, but also may introduce a few more things for you to think about when buying your gold coins.
1. Whether you are buying from a bricks and mortar dealer or buying online through a website or and auction site like EBay, check the reliability of the dealer first. For a store, at least check with the local Better Business Bureau. If the dealer is a member of the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG), that is a big plus. For an EBay auction, check the seller’s feedback rating. If it’s very low, or there are many negatives, think twice (and a third time) before spending a large sum with them. Even if the feedback seems good, look closer, some people will buy or sell a number of very inexpensive items to build up their ratings, then jump in selling big ticket items. On large ticket items, ask if the seller will agree to use Escrow.com. They act as a middleman in the transaction and the money doesn’t pass to the seller until the buyer is satisfied with the item. There is a charge, which the buyer would be expected to pay, but its well worth it when big money is changing hands.
2. One of the biggest problems buying collectible gold coins is grading. Your idea of an MS65 may be different than the dealer’s. Many coins have a huge gap in value between grades. Avoid the issue by buying only coins that have been graded by one of the third party grading services. Make sure that you only accept the major services (ANACS, NCG, PCGS, NCS, ICG) grading, there are some lesser known grading services whose grading may be suspect. You should also want the grading to have been done in the recent past. Grading standards have changed over time and what was an MS65 five or ten years ago, might only be an MS63 or 64 today.
3. Make sure the seller has a return policy that will allow you a refund if you are not satisfied with the coin. This should apply to both on-line and off-line dealers. This is especially important if you are buying a non-certified coin. You want to have the option to return it if your grading service returns a lower grade than you bought it at.
4. Buy the scarcest coin in the best condition that you can afford. Many collectible gold coins sell near the melt price of gold because there are more than enough around to cover demand. This is especially true in the lower grades. When gold increases or decreases in value, these coins will follow by a like percentage. But the higher the grade, the lower the population and demand will push up the price rather than just following the price of gold.
5. Try to invest regularly. As with the stock market, it’s very difficult to call the tops and bottoms of the coin market. Over the course of time, you will fare better by dollar cost averaging than investing a large amount at one time.
By: Ken MacKenzie
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1. Whether you are buying from a bricks and mortar dealer or buying online through a website or and auction site like EBay, check the reliability of the dealer first. For a store, at least check with the local Better Business Bureau. If the dealer is a member of the Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG), that is a big plus. For an EBay auction, check the seller’s feedback rating. If it’s very low, or there are many negatives, think twice (and a third time) before spending a large sum with them. Even if the feedback seems good, look closer, some people will buy or sell a number of very inexpensive items to build up their ratings, then jump in selling big ticket items. On large ticket items, ask if the seller will agree to use Escrow.com. They act as a middleman in the transaction and the money doesn’t pass to the seller until the buyer is satisfied with the item. There is a charge, which the buyer would be expected to pay, but its well worth it when big money is changing hands.
2. One of the biggest problems buying collectible gold coins is grading. Your idea of an MS65 may be different than the dealer’s. Many coins have a huge gap in value between grades. Avoid the issue by buying only coins that have been graded by one of the third party grading services. Make sure that you only accept the major services (ANACS, NCG, PCGS, NCS, ICG) grading, there are some lesser known grading services whose grading may be suspect. You should also want the grading to have been done in the recent past. Grading standards have changed over time and what was an MS65 five or ten years ago, might only be an MS63 or 64 today.
3. Make sure the seller has a return policy that will allow you a refund if you are not satisfied with the coin. This should apply to both on-line and off-line dealers. This is especially important if you are buying a non-certified coin. You want to have the option to return it if your grading service returns a lower grade than you bought it at.
4. Buy the scarcest coin in the best condition that you can afford. Many collectible gold coins sell near the melt price of gold because there are more than enough around to cover demand. This is especially true in the lower grades. When gold increases or decreases in value, these coins will follow by a like percentage. But the higher the grade, the lower the population and demand will push up the price rather than just following the price of gold.
5. Try to invest regularly. As with the stock market, it’s very difficult to call the tops and bottoms of the coin market. Over the course of time, you will fare better by dollar cost averaging than investing a large amount at one time.
By: Ken MacKenzie
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Ken is a successful writer and online entrepreneur. He has developed Gold Coin Investing as a portal for presenting articles, information, resources, news and links about buying and investing in gold coins.
Valarie Brawner
The recent 25% correction in the price of gold per ounce has a lot of bullion investors wondering if the bull market in gold is over.
I’m going to provide you with a little bit of historical gold trivia that I hope will reassure you that the fundamental reasons for owning gold bullion, as a safe-haven investment, are still valid . . .
In March of this year, the price of gold per ounce hit an all-time high of $1,030.80.
On August 15th, gold hit a nine-month low of $773.
That is a correction of 25%!
In just one month alone – from July 15th to August 19th – gold has fallen 20%.
Now, that is just downright scary! I know there is a lot of gold bullion investors out there that are probably wondering if the gold bull market is over. At this point, you’re probably fed up and are thinking seriously of dumping whatever hard assets you have.
I want you to take a deep breath. Just relax. And keep reading.
It may be comforting to know that the last great gold bull market of the 1970′s was also interrupted by similar corrections.
1. In November of 1978, gold had a 20% correction.
2. In October 1979, gold lost 13% in four days!
3. Gold had a horrendous correction in 1975, falling 50% from $200 per ounce to $100 in 1976.
At that time, everyone proclaimed that the bull market in gold was over. As gold investors well know, the price of gold continued its climb over the course of the next few years, not stopping until it hit $850 in 1980.
Okay, I know what you are thinking.
That was then. This is now.
Ah, but even in the current bull market, gold has had corrections similar to what we are experiencing now.
1. In the summer of 2006, gold fell 21%.
2. But by the end of 2007, gold had risen 45%.
The point I’m trying to make is that corrections, painful as they are, are normal in bull markets.
Now that we’ve taken a hard look at the statistics, we need to determine if the fundamentals for buying gold bullion are still intact.
Let’s go back to March when gold had climbed over $1000 an ounce.
You were pretty excited, huh?
Now, ask yourself: what was causing the price of gold to rise?
1. Inflation was on the rise
2. The dollar had long-term problems
3. Banks were failing
4. Mortgage lenders were facing insolvency
5. Housing prices were falling
6. The economy was on the brink of recession
7. Oil faced a long-term supply shortage
Okay, now ask yourself: have any of the 7 elements listed above changed? Think about it. If the gold bull market were over, we would have:
1. Low inflation
2. Healthy banks
3. Stable housing prices
4. A new, major oil discovery
5. Increasing job creation
6. A falling unemployment rate
7. A fiscally responsible government
8. A strong dollar due to a balanced budget and a shrinking deficit
I don’t see any of the above happening anytime soon. Do you?
In conclusion, I would say it is safe to assume that the fundamental reasons for owning gold bullion, as a safe-haven investment, are still valid. I would further venture to say that gold – at $800 per ounce – is the buying opportunity of a lifetime!
By: Christina Goldman
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I’m going to provide you with a little bit of historical gold trivia that I hope will reassure you that the fundamental reasons for owning gold bullion, as a safe-haven investment, are still valid . . .
In March of this year, the price of gold per ounce hit an all-time high of $1,030.80.
On August 15th, gold hit a nine-month low of $773.
That is a correction of 25%!
In just one month alone – from July 15th to August 19th – gold has fallen 20%.
Now, that is just downright scary! I know there is a lot of gold bullion investors out there that are probably wondering if the gold bull market is over. At this point, you’re probably fed up and are thinking seriously of dumping whatever hard assets you have.
I want you to take a deep breath. Just relax. And keep reading.
It may be comforting to know that the last great gold bull market of the 1970′s was also interrupted by similar corrections.
1. In November of 1978, gold had a 20% correction.
2. In October 1979, gold lost 13% in four days!
3. Gold had a horrendous correction in 1975, falling 50% from $200 per ounce to $100 in 1976.
At that time, everyone proclaimed that the bull market in gold was over. As gold investors well know, the price of gold continued its climb over the course of the next few years, not stopping until it hit $850 in 1980.
Okay, I know what you are thinking.
That was then. This is now.
Ah, but even in the current bull market, gold has had corrections similar to what we are experiencing now.
1. In the summer of 2006, gold fell 21%.
2. But by the end of 2007, gold had risen 45%.
The point I’m trying to make is that corrections, painful as they are, are normal in bull markets.
Now that we’ve taken a hard look at the statistics, we need to determine if the fundamentals for buying gold bullion are still intact.
Let’s go back to March when gold had climbed over $1000 an ounce.
You were pretty excited, huh?
Now, ask yourself: what was causing the price of gold to rise?
1. Inflation was on the rise
2. The dollar had long-term problems
3. Banks were failing
4. Mortgage lenders were facing insolvency
5. Housing prices were falling
6. The economy was on the brink of recession
7. Oil faced a long-term supply shortage
Okay, now ask yourself: have any of the 7 elements listed above changed? Think about it. If the gold bull market were over, we would have:
1. Low inflation
2. Healthy banks
3. Stable housing prices
4. A new, major oil discovery
5. Increasing job creation
6. A falling unemployment rate
7. A fiscally responsible government
8. A strong dollar due to a balanced budget and a shrinking deficit
I don’t see any of the above happening anytime soon. Do you?
In conclusion, I would say it is safe to assume that the fundamental reasons for owning gold bullion, as a safe-haven investment, are still valid. I would further venture to say that gold – at $800 per ounce – is the buying opportunity of a lifetime!
By: Christina Goldman
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Santina Dorl
Very few people are so rich or so secure that they never worry about their money, and for the rest of us, there’s gold! With today’s fluctuating market, more and more people have returned to this standard of wealth for a degree of security that has become harder and harder to find. While some people decide that they want to horde gold jewelry in their mattresses for the next Depression, other people take the time to decide on what pieces they want to invest in.
Investing in gold is an ancient tactic which has been in practice for thousands years. There are so many motives and causes behind this investment. Some do it in hope of future increment other do it because they just like and love this sparkling yellow metal where some do it because they hope to increase their value.
There are many advantages to investing in gold. When governments struggle with paper currency and minted coins, gold could usually be depended on to maintain the buying power that people needed. While the price of gold might have fluctuated, it has never done so as wildly or as unexpectedly as printed currency. You’ll also find that gold is quite liquid, meaning that it can be transferred and manipulated quite easily.
When you are looking to buy gold for investment, you’ll find that there are many forms of this precious metal that even a buyer with even a limited amount of buying power can afford. On a very small scale, you can consider things like gold jewelry, but this is on a level that is quite private. When you think about buying gold, think about things like gold bullion products and gold coins. These are recognized units that have a worth that is easily determined, and you’ll find that they are a significantly sounder investment.
When you start looking for gold coins and gold bullion, you’ll find that there is more value in some pieces than others. Take gold coins, for example. If a gold coin has some sort of historical value, it’s value will increase over the cost of the gold alone, which might already be considerable. In this way, you can have the advantage of purchasing gold jewelry as well as the advantage of buying something as solid and stable as a gold coin.
You’ll also find that that the rarer a gold coin is, the more valuable it will be. With the increase of specialized auctions for Coins collector organized these last years, some lucky owners have sold one coin at a much higher value than their real value.
Many people have decided that in these uncertain times that they need to diversify their portfolio, and gold is a great way to do that. Gold gives you a certain stability that other investments lack, and it can be the anchor that holds your finances together through rough times. Take some time to research this investment, and speak with your financial adviser about it as well. Think about what your needs are, and see if gold can keep you solvent while you make riskier investments.
By: Daniel Millions
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Investing in gold is an ancient tactic which has been in practice for thousands years. There are so many motives and causes behind this investment. Some do it in hope of future increment other do it because they just like and love this sparkling yellow metal where some do it because they hope to increase their value.
There are many advantages to investing in gold. When governments struggle with paper currency and minted coins, gold could usually be depended on to maintain the buying power that people needed. While the price of gold might have fluctuated, it has never done so as wildly or as unexpectedly as printed currency. You’ll also find that gold is quite liquid, meaning that it can be transferred and manipulated quite easily.
When you are looking to buy gold for investment, you’ll find that there are many forms of this precious metal that even a buyer with even a limited amount of buying power can afford. On a very small scale, you can consider things like gold jewelry, but this is on a level that is quite private. When you think about buying gold, think about things like gold bullion products and gold coins. These are recognized units that have a worth that is easily determined, and you’ll find that they are a significantly sounder investment.
When you start looking for gold coins and gold bullion, you’ll find that there is more value in some pieces than others. Take gold coins, for example. If a gold coin has some sort of historical value, it’s value will increase over the cost of the gold alone, which might already be considerable. In this way, you can have the advantage of purchasing gold jewelry as well as the advantage of buying something as solid and stable as a gold coin.
You’ll also find that that the rarer a gold coin is, the more valuable it will be. With the increase of specialized auctions for Coins collector organized these last years, some lucky owners have sold one coin at a much higher value than their real value.
Many people have decided that in these uncertain times that they need to diversify their portfolio, and gold is a great way to do that. Gold gives you a certain stability that other investments lack, and it can be the anchor that holds your finances together through rough times. Take some time to research this investment, and speak with your financial adviser about it as well. Think about what your needs are, and see if gold can keep you solvent while you make riskier investments.
By: Daniel Millions
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Investing in Gold and can be a very profitable venture.
Barry Gizzo