Should you buy gold coins?
The most trusted gold in the world is also the cheapest to buy and own, and the safest. It's generally thought the easiest way to buy gold, and it’s certainly the easiest gold to…
How to use gold as an inflation hedge
In this guide for gold investing, we explore the causes of inflation and look at periods of high inflation and examine the tools and policies that were used to bring…
Silver
Once you start looking for silver around you in everyday life, you'll find it everywhere.It's in your mirror, it's under the keys of your computer, it's in your car, your…
Gold
Gold has been used to store wealth for more than 3,000 years. Why? Because gold is very rare – and gold today is becoming ever-more difficult to find and mine.Gold…
Platinum investment guide
How do I begin investing in platinum?Platinum investing can take several forms, from small bars and coins to ETF trust funds and derivatives. Each way brings different costs and risks…
Guide to platinum
Platinum - at least in terms of wedding anniversaries (70th) or the record sales required for the plating of a commemorative disc - sits above silver and gold at the…
Why invest in silver?
Silver has been used as a store of wealth for 5,000 years and even as recently as 1964 US quarters were made of 90% silver. Today silver bullion coins such…
Buy silver bullion online
How to buy silver bullion online at the lowest costsYou can buy and own physical silver in a number of ways. The key difference and biggest cost factor is whether…
Guide to silver
Silver can be used for a vast range of industrial purposes, as well as an investment option. It’s one of the most important elements in the history of mankind: the…
US Annual asset class performance comparison, 1974-2023
Gold's annual investment returns compared with other major US asset classesANNUAL PERFORMANCE of the major investment asset classes has varied widely over the past 50 years.But how widely? And here in 2024, how…