| Do you know that gold has not been touched by | | | | Building a Portfolio |
| inflation over the last sixty years? The same | | | | Before investing in gold, consider what percentage |
| amount of gold that purchased one gallon of gas | | | | of your portfolio should be invested in bullion. |
| in 1940 will buy 1 gallon of gas today. | | | | There is a unique feeling, something primal, |
| While paper money is subject to incredible | | | | satisfying, and secure, when holding a couple |
| fluctuations, and stocks fly, or crash daily, bullion | | | | dozen coins in your hand, or feeling the weight of |
| keeps its value. | | | | a bag of silver. Something clicks, and you suddenly |
| One reason is because gold and silver are | | | | understand the difference between accumulating |
| becoming more rare. In 1971 the US government | | | | money, and building wealth, true wealth that can |
| cashed in their gold reserves. Now, with silver, the | | | | last for ages. |
| demand is expected to outstrip the supply in the | | | | Recession Proof |
| silver reserves within a few years. In fact, some | | | | Many of us have endured set backs in the |
| investors are saying that silver may spike far | | | | economy, but there hasn't been a real, country |
| above gold for a short time. | | | | wide recession in decades. However, while |
| That is why many people are starting to invest in | | | | Rembrandts were given away for a single meal, |
| bullion, building their wealth in gold and silver, | | | | bullion retains its value. |
| instead of cash. One million dollars at today's | | | | When a dollar is not worth the paper it is written |
| value, in gold, is worth more than one million | | | | on, a gold coin will still be traded without hesitation. |
| dollars in paper money. | | | | That one million dollars worth of bullion, will now be |
| All the gold mines in the world combined are only | | | | worth more, while that one million dollars worth of |
| able to gather 2,500 metric tonnes of gold from | | | | cash, will now be worth much less - maybe not |
| the Earth. This gold supply, is quickly being | | | | even $100 000. |
| dwarfed by the ever increasing demand for gold. | | | | Not only that, bullion can be carried across |
| The best estimates suggest that 4,000 to 5,000 | | | | borders, and still retain its value. |
| metric tonnes of gold is purchased each year. | | | | As the NASDAQ bust painfully taught investors, |
| Demand exceeds the gold supply by 60% to | | | | any stock, no matter how solid can crash within |
| 100% annually, creating an acute supply shortage. | | | | hours. This will never, ever, happen with bullion. It |
| Investing in Bullion | | | | has a self-intrinsic value not contingent on a |
| There are several ways to invest in bullion and | | | | person's, or a country's performance or promise |
| take advantage of the situation. Many people buy | | | | to pay. |
| gold bullion, a type of coin that does not have a | | | | A stock market crash may eliminate your |
| stamp or image, and no fixed monetary value. | | | | investment portfolio. Identity thief may cost you |
| Gold stocks, or gold derivatives also provide | | | | every penny in your pension or bank account, |
| opportunities for investors to enter the gold | | | | but, based on historical fact, any bullion purchased |
| investment markets. But, do not be mislead. | | | | at today's prices will command - at least - equal |
| There are risks attached to market tolerance and | | | | value in real goods for your great grandchildren a |
| capital deployment as with any potential | | | | century or more into the future. |
| investment. | | | | |