Over the past 12 months, the price of gold has risen steeply, a sure fire indication that the publics faith in paper is falling dramatically. Gold shares are becoming a realistic option to storing savings in bank, in light of the fragility of some of the world’s biggest organisations. The most familiar and traditional way to buy gold is through the acquisition of small bars or coins. This can... 

Gold has had a special value for human beings and the ruling classes of ancient Egypt knew the value of gold, several thousand years ago. This attraction to gold continued into the modern age, but in the twentieth century, this attraction gave way to the attraction of stocks and shares. For a good many years, people made millions on the stock market, ignoring the lesson of the Wall Street crash. Now,... 

The world financial crisis has done a lot for the gold market. Gold does tend to keep its value and people who might previously have invested in gold shares are taking their money out of that and putting it into solid gold. More people are now saying ‘lets buy gold’ because they regard it as a hedge or safety net against inflation.    Time was when only the very rich and those who knew...