1) Avoid Silver shot . Silver shot or silver grain refers to silver granules or really tiny balls essentially, usually being around a ¼ inch in diameter. These tiny silver balls are formed during the sterling silver casting process by throwing molten silver into cold water. This action makes silver break up into small silver…
I want to discuss pre-33 gold, and three tips I have if you’re thinking of buying it. Personally, I love Pre-33, but of course I can only add so much at a time, because I go for 1oz. coins most of the time. However. if you’ve never bought any let me, give you 3 tips…
In this post, I want to talk about fractional gold, the advantages and disadvantages. Fractional gold is any gold coin or bar less than an ounce. I like to keep a small portion of my precious metals stack in fractional gold for the following reasons: (1) Great in a barter type situation- To me this…
In today’s episode, I want to talk about the demand decreases and what we’ve seen recently. More specifically, why gold and silver, appear to be defying the law of demand and supply behaving more like luxury item goods, status symbols, perhaps more than ever. And this might seem somewhat counterintuitive as most stackers tend to…
Today we’re going to discuss why I think more Americans don’t own precious metals and if they do, why don’t they own more. I’ve seen all sorts of different estimates in terms of how many people own a decent amount of gold or silver, meaning at least 5 percent of net worth. It’s clear though…
Is now the time to stack copper. Copper doesn’t get the same attention that silver and gold get but should it ? I’m bullish on copper for the following 3 reasons: (1) The first reason is Emerging markets. Emerging markets are countries that have some characteristics of Developed nations but not everything. For instance Brazil,…
Today I want to talk about myths when it comes to buying precious metals and other hard assets. (1) The 1st myth is that buying gold and silver is just scare tactic. And we see this quite a bit with, investment officers and personal finance gurus saying don’t buy it, someone is just trying to…
Welcome today I want to talk about getting more young people into stacking precious metals and why I think they’re not into it. From my experience, most stackers tend to be older , 35-40 and up. So, why do we need more young stackers? (1) The first reason is that young people can market the metals….
1) Buy from a Reputable Dealer. When you’re first starting out , you’re gonna want to buy from a reputable dealer. In the beginning you don’t know what your doing really and you might not able to spot the best deals. Now, I personally would suggest the big bullion dealers like SD Bullion , APMEX , JM…
I want to talk about fractional gold and the advantages and disadvantages. Fractional gold is any gold less than an ounce. I like to keep a small portion of my stack in fractional gold for a variety of reasons, for example: (1) Great in a barter type situation- To me this is one of the…
