subject: 3 Things You Need To Know About Gold Investment [print this page] If you follow the mainstream media, you may be hearing a lot about the current popularity of gold investment. With Wall Street in turmoil and banking systems subject to almost-unprecedented failures and difficulties, many investors are looking for safer ways to accumulate wealth. For many of these smart investors, choosing to stockpile gold Krugerrand coins from South Africa, or gold investment-grade ounces sold through traders, can be the ideal way to "save for a rainy day". After all, for centuries, gold has kept its value like no other commodity on earth.
*Gold Keeps Its Value - It's actually been proven that gold is an excellent way to trade for necessary survival items in disaster or crisis situations. Therefore, it's really exciting learning about gold investment and how it can protect you from problems later on. Survivalists love gold because it retains its value in almost every type of situation; however, survivalists aren't the only ones turning to gold to store and grow their wealth...at the moment, people from all walks of life and all backgrounds are learning how to invest in gold, because it's more secure than a "paper" investment (such as a bond or stock share) that might lose all of its value due to the ups and downs of the stock market and world banks.
*Gold Needs Special Security - One issue with gold investment is security; once you've started buying shiny, valuable, weighty gold pieces, you'll need to store them securely. Where you choose to secrete your stash of gold is really up to you; some people opt for hidden safes, while others will use a safe-deposit box or some other type of bank-based private vault. How you store your investment may largely depend on the level of trust you place in banks.
*Buying Gold "On Paper" - If you don't want to store gold, there are ways to buy it "on paper". Learning about Exchange Traded Funds is one clever way to find out how to own gold without having to hold it or store it - another strategy is finding out how others who physically own gold pieces keep them safe in their homes, or store them outside of their homes.
Discovering how to follow gold prices online and to search for the best deals (and the best times to buy, sell or trade) is also important, and this can be learned by studying the exchange markets, as well as the auctions held by private gold dealers. After all, gold exists in bullion form, and also in lot of other forms, such as jewelry, antiques, and so on.
by: Susan Bean
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