Why Buy Physical Bullion
Physical assets such as gold, silver, platinum and palladium provide investors protection and insurance against the devaluation of the U. S. dollar during this time of economic uncertainty we are currently experiencing. It is also used to balance client portfolios against underperforming securities such as stocks and bonds. We also provide a great opportunity to take physical delivery on the bullion at any point in time.
Many financial advisors suggest that each portfolio should contain at least 10 %-30 % physical precious metals.
Advantages of owning physical precious metals � Hedge against inflation; � Hedge against the devaluation of the USD; � Protection against political uncertainty- crisis in European markets namely Greece, but also includes Italy, France, Ireland, Portugal and Spain; � Demand increasing more rapidly than supply; � Currencies can devalue quickly / collapse; � Gold / silver will never have zero value; � Scarce resource; finite amount. There is only limited amount of gold / silver in the world; � Global demand is increasing quickly in countries such as China, India, and Russia; � Take delivery at any given time; � Precious metals like silver have several uses in the industrial world, including, semiconductors, water purification, jewellery, and electronics such as plasma and LED TVs. Due to the difficulties of recovering metal from wasted products, there is a steady demand in these precious metals.
Buying silver vs. gold � Used in many products – electronics, as anti-bacterial agents, jewellery, semi conductors, engines etc.; � There is less silver available in the world than gold; � Trading currently below equilibrium price. Ratio throughout the past 25 years was 1:80 and as of today is 1:50. Analysts and economists believe the accepted historical ratio is around 1:15 to 1:10;
� Lagging heavily behind gold.
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