Gold

     For more than 5,000 years, man has treasured gold as a store of value and trusted medium of exchange during times of both prosperity and crisis. Through the rise and fall of powerful dynasties and great civilizations, gold has always endured, it’s value never falling to zero. Today, the demand for gold continues to flourish among world governments, industry ,individuals and institutional investors.

     Some Investment experts and financial advisers customarily include gold as a key component in their own balanced investment portfolios. Gold is a perfect foundation for a diversified investment philosophy because the price of gold has frequently increased in response to events and factors that tend to reduce the value of mere paper assets such as stocks, bonds and currencies. Among the many factors and events that have historically caused the price of gold to increase are: high inflation or fears of high inflation; stock and bond market declines; declines in the value of the US dollar and other currency-related crises; instability in the banking sector; global geopolitical tensions and crisis; increases in the prices of other commodities, especially oil; government debt crises; and increased industrial and investment demand for gold.    

     Though the price of gold can be volatile in the short-term, gold has maintained its value over the long-term, providing excellent protection against the decline of the purchasing power of paper money. Moreover, periodically, there have been periods when gold investments have outperformed virtually all other investment sectors.

     There are many ways to own gold, including a broad selection of bullion coins and bars, in addition to rare gold coins.

Silver

     Silver has been used as money for over 2,000 years, enduring for centuries in all types of economic and political environments, always emerging as a universally accepted currency and store of value.

Due to its scarcity and brilliant luster, silver has also been used for thousands of years in objects of value, especially jewelry. But silver also has substantial utility. It offers an unequaled combination of thermal and electric conductivity, malleability and resistance to corrosion. Industrial and commercial uses for silver include telecommunications, electronics, photography, computer components, medicine, chemistry, and aerospace applications.

     Just as with gold, there are many ways to own silver, such as bullion coins, bags of “junk silver” coins minted prior to 1964, bars of various sizes and, of course, rare silver coins.

Platinum

     Often referred to as “high octane gold,” platinum is the rarest of the precious metals.

     The word “platinum” has a certain cachet which even gold and silver lack. Products qualified as platinum immediately conjure up images of ultimate quality, distinction, individuality and authenticity. This is true as in platinum coins, platinum credit cards, and wedding bands and necklaces. As a mark of distinction, platinum is unsurpassed.

     Platinum exhibits unique chemical and physical properties that essentially make it indispensable in a wide range of industrial and environmental applications. Some 20% of all consumer goods either contain platinum or are produced using platinum. Consequently, investing in platinum is a way to invest in worldwide economic growth.

     Platinum bullion coins offer a way for individual investors to participate in the platinum market, while the metal’s unique fundamentals offer both the ability to hedge against uncertainty and the potential to participate in profit-driven upswings.

     SMGMT makes a two-way market in internationally recognized bullion coins and bars for physical delivery upon receipt of cleared funds 17 hours per day from 2:00 am to 7:00 pm CST, M-F. In addition, SMGMT also offers its clients the option to set up a Worldwide Insured Storage Account for delivery of their bullion coins and bars. To Place an Order or to find out how to set up a Worldwide Insured Storage Account call or text our trading desk at 504.356.9880 or email eje@strategicmanagementllc.net

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