Should You Choose Gold Investment?

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Are precious metals beneficial for investment?
Now almost everybody can be a witness of a buzz about gold investment. So I’d like to offer you an alternative view on this matter which is quite opposite to that one typical for most of consumers.

At first I should define gold as a tool for preserving somebody’s capital in times of instability. For example such kind of situations occurring in the world today such as wars or terrorism can be considered to be precisely such a moment. Gold began to rise in price when the war started in Iraq and then after a certain period of time reached a value of more than 400 dollars per ounce. Prior to the growth of the gold price was below 300$ per ounce. But before the war, the price of gold fell within 6-7 years. For example in 1996 the price of gold was 380 dollars per ounce. Can we consider gold as an attractive tool for investment? In my opinion, we can’t consider such an investment to be rational.

First of all, we must answer the question what purpose you are going to invest your money for?
If your purpose is closely connected with preservation then unlike bonds investing in gold does not guarantee you a sufficient degree of safety, because the price can fall at any time and keep on low marks for a very long time. Thus, at a particular time when you need money, your "golden" asset may be unprofitable.

If there’s a purpose of obtaining a high yield then gold isn’t suitable once again because under the absence of serious tension in the world the price of gold can remain with no movement for a long time. Certainly you can wait for a period of instability but such periods can’t occur very often to our great luck. By the way I’ve heard that this recession is almost over. So you are somewhat late with your golden investment. It goes without saying that the price of gold is relatively high now. But on the other hand this means that the price may intend to fall from that high mountain suddenly and press you down underground.

You should understand first of all that gold is a tool for obstinate pessimists for those who don’t believe in the dollar or Euro, or in any other currency in the world but at the same time are likely to believe in this precious metal.

Let’s consider another precious metal such as platinum. Unlike gold, platinum keep on a increasing in price steadily as rare metal for the last 10 years. Perhaps, this metal is less risky for investment. But it's hard to say. But I want to repeat in my conclusion that all the precious metals can’t serve as a tool for achieving any of those goals mentioned above.

Right now during recession lots of people resort to selling their gold to get some cash. Nothing new in the cash for gold model. However you can be losing big money when getting cash for gold if you work with the "middle men" on this market.

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March 5, 2011

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December 22, 2011

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