Check out some of these financial podcasts from many of the most prescient minds in global markets.
http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/Broadcast/Broadcast.htmlhttp://www.financialsense.com/financial-sense-newshourI cannot reccomend these highly enough. My rates of return on metals far, far outstrip the stock markets, etc, over the last 12 years.
Superb article on how to buy and store.
http://solari.com/articles/Options_for_Storing_Precious_Metals/great 'dollar cost averaging' purchase programme for long term wealth preservation
https://silversaver.com/great 'silver streaming company' called Silver Wheaton
http://www.silverwheaton.com/good interview with silver Wheaton's new CEO
http://www.blubrry.com/financialsensenewshour/1057341/randy-smallwood-the-new-ceo-of-silver-wheaton-6-01-2011/Gold has increased by double digits as a percentage gained for the last 10 years in a row. Can you say the same of the NASDAQ? The Dow? The S&P? The US dollar? US Treasuries? The average US IRA? LOL! How about your paycheck? How about the value of the average American house?I have been long gold AND silver since 1998 (in physically-held, allocated non-bank secure vault accounts), when the US trashed the Glass–Steagall Act and legalized derivatives under the Clinton/Rubin/Greenspan troika. I have an average gain of over well over 300%, whilst the Dow is utterly stagnant from the tech bubble crash of early 2001 till now. In fact, it is off greatly, due to inflation, and many were crushed in the stock crash of 2008-2009, and pulled out, locking in huge losses that they could have somewhat recovered in the QE 1 and QE 2 fueled bubble that is now unraveling. Check back with me in 3 or 4 years when those 300% figures are closing in on 1000% profits.
In 1970, the average US car cost $3900 and it took 114 ounces of gold to buy. In 2011, that same car is around $29,000 yet takes less than 19 ounces of gold to buy. Hello dollar debasement!good luck, do your due diligence, and prosper