Gold Investing: Four Reasons to Invest in Gold

GOLD and SILVER Investing: CONSIDER AS A CORE COMPONENT OF YOUR BALANCED PORTFOLIO

There’s more than luster and glamour to Gold and Silver. For centuries, Precious Metals have been considered a source of value and embraced worldwide. They one of the few assets that have been held as treasure over centuries.

In more recent history, Precious Metals tend to move in worth independently of and often in opposite direction to other asset classes, making them one of the effective ways to balance and diversify your portfolio.

Most investors recognize four main asset classes: stocks, bonds, cash, and alternative or hard assets, which include Precious Metals, real estate, and other commodities.

What is balanced asset allocation? If one asset class performs poorly, because of the independent movement of worth, others may perform well.

For example, during the decade of 2000–2009, stocks had zero or negative returns (as measured by the S&P 500), while Precious Metals had significantly positive returns.

FOUR REASONS TO INVEST IN GOLD, SILVER AND OTHER PRECIOUS METALS

In almost every organized society, virtually everyone in the modern world knows that Gold and Silver is valuable. Among investors, Gold is perhaps the most widely held precious metal.

And here are four reasons why!

Stacie Stewart
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