| The historic price ratio of silver to gold shows | | | | At present 90% of all silver is made to a |
| that about 10 ounces of silver would buy one | | | | standard 925%Sterling silver,which means it has a |
| ounce of gold, a 10:1 ratio. Recently, the ratio is | | | | small amount of impurities added ,However for an |
| about a 50:1 ratio (with silver at $20/oz., and gold | | | | investment this just isn't good enough .and it gets |
| at $1000/oz.) As the silver to gold ratio returns to | | | | worse ,if you do buying trips for silver from lets |
| historic values, from 50:1 to 10:1, you may make | | | | say to Asian countries,the majority of silver in |
| over 5 times more money investing in silver, than | | | | street stalls would not pass the assay test 925 |
| gold! | | | | that's because the manufacturer has added large |
| More than all of the silver produced by the mines | | | | amounts of copper or bronze with the silver in |
| each year is consumed by industry, which leaves | | | | order to be able to sell it cheap. |
| little to no room for substantial investment | | | | There are no tricks to buying silver ,firstly you |
| demand. A marginal increase in investment | | | | must establish a good customer relationship with a |
| demand will drive prices sky high. | | | | reputable manufacture or wholesaler. |
| Most silver is produced as a by-product of mining | | | | Secondly he should be happy to provide |
| gold, copper, zinc, or lead. Higher silver prices | | | | documentation of were the raw silver comes |
| might not substantially increase the amount of | | | | from with a assay test certificate. |
| silver mined each year. Consider, in 1980, when | | | | Thirdly try and buy silver that's |
| silver prices went up to $50/oz., less silver was | | | | Monogrammed,Customers love having designer |
| mined than in 1979. | | | | name brands such as KDL,and you will find that if |
| So watts this mean to the jewelry sector | | | | a manufacturer is name stamping his silver |
| ?.Simple a huge increase in the cost of silver | | | | jewelry he has a reputation to protect. |
| jewelry and with that will come a bigger demand | | | | So to sum things up ,Yes invest in silver jewelry |
| by the general public. | | | | ,but only in 98%pure silver ,wear it ,use it and |
| Now this is were it gets tricky ,if you are a | | | | wait for the price increase then you truly have a |
| jewelry retail shop or a customer you have to be | | | | valuable asset ,you can even have it melted down |
| sure that the silver your selling or the silver | | | | and re sell the silver .Its a win win over gold .Even |
| jewelry item your buying is of the highest | | | | if gold increases in price it will not match the |
| standard,98%fine silver is the best.It is quickly | | | | percentage profit that silver is now starting to |
| becoming the new fashion standard. | | | | return. |