Is It Still A Good Time To Buy Gold?
27/04/2012Daniel Fisher
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With the financial world as we know it crumbling all around us, it is difficult to know where to put your money to preserve its value and secure your wealth and future.
Gold has always been the obvious investment in unstable times, but the price of gold fell 20% at one point in September while the stock markets also tumbled. Does this signal the end of gold’s meteoric rise or does it represent a fantastic buying opportunity?
Owning gold means you have portfolio insurance against any catastrophes threatening your investments. If there is a terror attack, currency collapse, escalating Government debt, high inflation or record unemployment – gold tends to increase in value as a safe haven asset.
You could achieve a 40% discount off the gold price through tax relief whilst also protecting your profits from tax by purchasing gold bullion as part of your Self Invested Personal Pension (SIPP). Investing in certain UK gold coins is VAT exempt and Capital Gains Tax (CGT) free, a great opportunity to diversify AND reduce your Inland Revenue exposure.
Experts agree that to achieve a diversified portfolio, 10-30% of your liquid assets should be held in gold. This should ideally be held for a minimum of 3-5 years plus, but the great thing about gold is that it’s incredibly liquid and easy to sell at any time.
Live Gold Spot Price in Sterling. Gold is one of the densest of all metals. It is a good conductor of heat and electricity. It is also soft and the most malleable and ductile of the elements; an ounce (31.1 grams; gold is weighed in troy ounces) can be beaten out to 187 square feet (about 17 square metres) in extremely thin sheets called gold leaf.
Live Silver Spot Price in Sterling. Silver (Ag), chemical element, a white lustrous metal valued for its decorative beauty and electrical conductivity. Silver is located in Group 11 (Ib) and Period 5 of the periodic table, between copper (Period 4) and gold (Period 6), and its physical and chemical properties are intermediate between those two metals.