While everyone seem to be involved in a Gold Rush Silver has been steadily growing in worth .
Although Silver has not grown at the same rate as gold it will probably never reach the dizzy heights of gold.
One investor tried to corner the market in silver but was eventually foiled .

by jon rubin

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Gold Bullion Investment and the Gold Price  
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Article by Willy Davis

At that time the range of of gold investments was severely limited to a small number of funds and to a far smaller number of gold equities. They were all performing very poorly and to purchase gold at that time was the ultimate contrarian investment.My bank, which had been running a precious metals fund for more than 10 years, decided to close it in 2001, forcing me to relocate my funds. I'm sure you won't be surprised to hear, that in the normal far-sighted approach banks seem to display, many funds were closed at or near the bottom of the market, or even when the market had begun to show signs of rising. Futures and Options - And at the top end of the gearing and risk scale are gold and silver futures, or options on gold and silver futures. This is a highly specialized area which can win or lose fortunes.Gold is one of the world's most popular commodities in which to trade and invest. It is bought and sold as a safety net against political and economic influencers including social crises and regime collapses. Compared to currency, the value of gold bullion is fairly stable with relatively minor fluctuations. There are several factors that can influence the price of gold with supply and demand playing a major part.Annual production plays a small role in how the price of gold bullion changes. This is because the amount of stored gold is high compared to the amount of new gold mined each year. The World Gold Council has estimated that the total amount of gold mined annually over the recent years has been 2500 tonnes, with 2000 of those going to the production of jewellery and dental/industrial products. That leaves 500 tonnes for retail investors and trade funds. It has been estimated that there is demand for another 1000 tonnes of gold bullion for investment purposes.The success of gold bullion investment relies heavily on the world's major central banks and the International Monetary Fund, as they play a important role in the price of gold. In 2004central banks and other official organisations held 19% of all above-ground gold as official reserves, and they are restricted to how much gold they can sell by the Washington Agreement on Gold (WAG). The member states of WAG include the US, Europe, Japan, Australia, the Bank for International Settlements and the International Monetary Fund. They are forbidden to sell more than 400 tonnes of gold each year, which limits the amount of gold available to independent investors.China and Russia, which are not members of WAG have shown an interest in growing their gold reserves, which has added another competitor onto the gold bullion investment market.What actually influences the price of gold on the market can be separated into three major factors; failure of the banks, low or negative real interest rates and social/political crisis.o When banks fail in the public's eyes there can be nation-wide bank runs, in which citizens are quick to remove all of their savings from the bank. When citizens take gold from the banks, this can lead to the price of gold increasing as people are worried that the value of paper money is worthless.o The demand for gold and other investment commodities increases when the return on investment in the form of stocks, shares and real estate is not worth the risk.

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Gold Price question by Aria: Do you think the gold price go up or down next week?
It seems the gold price will go down soon. What do u think?

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Answer by m1waters
Up,
More and more people are entering the market every day and online trading has taken off. I use a site that gave me 1 free gram of gold to trade, you could do the same and watch your free gold increase in value and learn how to trade.