Investing in gold. Is it profitable to keep money in gold?

World crises make one think about investing in something permanent and practically unchanged. A person wants to be sure of the safety of his funds at the moment, and for the future. What options exist for such investment and how good they are, let's judge together.

Introduction

A person, having a lot of money, will always take care of their safety and value. Therefore very often he invests money in any projects, developments, shares. With such investments, he still remains uncertain in the future. The project can fail, or something can just go wrong, so you can safely say about the unreliability of such investments. And here there is a logical question: "And what to do, what to invest in, so as not to stay in the red after years?" The answer is simple: investments in gold and other precious metals will help.

Precious metals: in which to invest?

Today, you can find many different investment options. But whether they are reliable for years or even decades, no one knows. One man knows for sure: precious metals and stones will always remain in value. For example, gold or silver. These metals have permanent and unchanged physical properties - this is precisely their difference from cash. Metals can not completely depreciate, and the currency can become a simple paper in a matter of seconds.

And as we have already guessed, investments in gold and silver are the most popular and available in our time. History shows that these two metals have always been in price. Investing in gold gives a lot of advantages:

• Invested money can always be returned.
• Gold can not lose its price.
• Gold can not deteriorate (for example, burn or get wet).

Thus, choosing investing in a precious metal, you can be confident in the future and not be afraid of crises at all. Investing in gold will not leave you in the red. However, it is worthwhile to understand that such an investment is a long-term one. And if you want to earn an investor you need to play on the difference between the purchase price and the sale price of your gold.

Gold as the main currency of the past

The past shows that gold was quite popular. This is proved by all sorts of "gold rushes" in the Wild West. On this occasion, even works were published. Nathan Lewis wrote the book "Gold: Money of the Past and the Future". It talks about the instability of such a currency as the dollar, and the permanently strong and non-oscillating value of gold, as well as the impact of crises and decades on these two currencies.

With the main idea of the author it is impossible not to agree, since keeping money in gold is now much more reliable than in currency. After all, it is the yellow precious metal that has always been valued, valued and valued - only the equivalent of valuation will change.

The past can also boast of gold and silver coins, which for quite a long period were common in most rich countries. However, over time, people realized that it was unreasonable to use such an expensive metal to evaluate cheap things, and began to replace gold with cheaper options.

Where can I buy gold?

To date, almost every good bank can buy gold or, more correctly, invest in gold. Sberbank of Russia, for example, can easily sell you this precious metal in several ways:

• Gold bullion. They come in various weights: from the smallest to the largest kilogram ingots.
• Golden coins. Most often, such coins are also collectible. Therefore, they pay more attention to collectors. However, if you are rich, you can make a nice gift to a friend on your birthday, buying him a gold coin as a gift.
• And the third type of investment in precious metal is the purchase of gold jewelry . If you buy gold for your beloved wife, it will not only be a luxurious gift, but also a good investment in the event of a global economic collapse.

Gold Sberbank sells to almost everyone. Of course, the buyer must have a certain age. In addition, for his purchase, you still need money and desire. Thus, it becomes obvious that investing money in gold is available to all who have this opportunity.

Tendencies of popularity of gold and silver for a given year

In this, in 2014, the "golden investors" were able to earn quite well on the difference in the purchase and sale of gold. First of all, this is due to the fact that in past years, gold was worth a little cheaper, based on the price per gram. For this year there is an increase in gold prices by about 7 percent of the value of 2013. Looking at this percentage, you can congratulate investors who have relatively large gold reserves - they have become a little richer compared to the past.

It is worth noting that the percentage of the percentage of the value is constantly increasing, and as long as there are no prerequisites to stop this growth, let alone reduce this percentage. But the advice for those who have not yet started investing in gold: it's better to keep money. This is due to the high cost of metal at the moment. Having invested money now, you can simply lose a certain part of the funds due to a drop in the price of gold in the future.

Keeping of gold investments

Many people have a question: "Where to store gold?" At its core, it is very correct and problematic. In modern world conditions, with an increase in the criminal component of society, most human habitats are unreliable for the storage of a large number of values. Therefore, investors are looking for more secure places and keep their gold in them. One of them is a bank that has special repositories.

For example, Sberbank stores gold in special rooms, which are protected by the latest technology. There is no way to reach thieves or scammers, and only the owner will be able to look at his wealth. In addition to banks, in Europe there are special private cash vaults that keep any material assets safe and secret from all.

If you think that all these options are unreliable, you can organize your own storage by purchasing and installing a modern safe in your house, which is very difficult to crack, let alone carry away. Investments in gold require special storage conditions for it.

Buying gold bars as an investment

Gold bars - this is probably the most boring way of investing in gold. They can not be looked at like coins, they can not be worn as jewelry, but they can be stored in a very large volume, and this is the biggest plus of this type of investment. Weight of gold bars can reach 1 kilogram.

Gold Sberbank sells in ingots of various volumes, starting with 2 grams. Thus, anyone can come and invest their money in the metal currency. Having bought this metal in this form, you can immediately open a gold account, on which your grams or kilograms will lie. It is very important when buying to choose a reliable bank for this business. For example, some state or the most quoted in the country. Having done this, you can safely invest money at the time of falling prices for gold.

Purchase of gold collection coins as an investment

It has long been known to everyone that gold coins are also a subject of investment. Those who are bored with storing gold bullion can buy it in coins. This, in our opinion, is more interesting, and there is always some variety.

Buy gold coins is very simple. First you need to find a bank that sells them. Information about this should be known to any employee in the bank. Having learned that such products are sold, we approach a competent employee and express a desire to buy investment coins. If you are lucky, the bank will be able to offer several varieties of coins and set a price for them. And then you yourself will choose this or that option and buy it. Investments in gold through the purchase of coins are very developed in the countries of America, Europe, and recently began to develop in our country.

If in the future you are going to sell gold coins, it's best to take them to private collections or pawnshops. It is possible that the price in these places to buy gold will be slightly larger than in the bank in which you bought. And it's worth thinking about. After all, the main purpose of investment is to save money, and not spend it.

Investment in gold: jewelry

Investing in gold, or more precisely, in gold jewelry, is the most difficult option for making a profit. However, this type of investment is the most pleasant for you. Now let's explain why. Ingots and coins are, of course, good, but products from these precious metals show your material status. A person who has beautiful, heavy jewelry from gold is always perceived as a rich man. In addition, it is much more pleasant to make your wife a gift in the form of a gold ornament and thereby, perhaps, to provide your family with a future.

This option of investing money is the least profitable, because, in addition to weight, money is also taken for the work done - for the manufacture and sale of the product. On the other hand, it will become the most pleasant for you. However, as always, choose you. As they say, how many people, so many opinions.

Conclusion

Having considered the concept of investing in gold, types of investments and how to properly profit from this, we can say that this type of investment is reliable and promising. Choosing gold, you will protect yourself almost 95 percent of any global crises, because it will always remain in price. It proves to us history - yes, a centuries-old history, in which this metal always had great value.