Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Buying Gold

By Jack Wogan


Gold has been considered a precious metal for many years. Its extraordinary blend of indestructibility, beauty, value and rarity has transformed this precious metal into a universal currency for decades. Nations and empires have fought wars to posses this glittering metal as they considered it the medium for international exchange and as a way to preserve their power and wealth. These days, inflation and the rise and fall of the national currencies can all be avoided with the help of this metal.

Throughout history there hasn't been an asset that has had a greater appeal than gold. These days more and more people have become interested in this precious metal as the macroeconomic, geopolitical and monetary system have weakened the economy. When you are interested in making a successful investment then you should start thinking about diversification and management risk. This means that you should never have all your eggs into one basket.

What should have been clear by now is that markets do crash and if you are not tightly secured you will lose a lot of money. A healthy portfolio means that you should have at least some assets and equities with exposures to different market sectors, bonds, a property investment, a cash component and 5 to 15% allocation for gold and gold bullion. Today we are living in some hard financial times this is why we have to make sure that we are going to be on the safe side if something worst happens with the world wide economy.

If you are tempted to invest in gold then you should make sure that you are aware of what form of gold you would like to invest in. The best thing that you can do these days is to invest at least 10% of your savings in the glittering metal. Another important detail that you will have to figure out is whether you are a long term or a short term investor. It might seem hard to believe but the type of investment that you are going to make will have everything to do with your motivation for making a purchase.

Gold can be considered a finite currency that can be found in every central back around the world. Try not to look at this glittering metal as an investment per se but look at it as your savings for rainy days. You should keep your gold somewhere safe and make sure that you don't trade it. Nobody trades their insurance policy so why should you? There are tons of way that you can invest in gold, so what are you waiting for?




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