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Gold & Silver
5 articles
All articlesPhysical Gold vs a Gold ETF: Which One Solves Your Problem
The real differences between holding gold and holding a fund that tracks it — counterparty risk, cost, liquidity, tax and what happens in the scenarios each is meant to protect against.
How to Spot Fake Gold: Tests You Can Actually Do
Practical ways to check whether gold is real — hallmarks, the magnet test, density, the ping test — what each one catches, and the one fake that defeats almost all of them.
How to Invest in Gold: The Four Ways, and What Each One Really Costs
The practical ways to own gold — bullion, jewellery, ETFs and mining shares — what each actually costs, how the spread and purity work, and the mistakes that lose people money.
How Gold Prices Are Set: From the Global Spot Price to the Shop Counter
Where the gold price comes from, what the LBMA auction is, why the price at your local shop is different, and how to work out today's fair price per gram for any karat.
Gold vs Silver: Why They Behave So Differently
How gold and silver actually differ — industrial demand, volatility, the gold-silver ratio, storage cost and tax treatment — and which questions decide between them.