There are many different gold and silver investment solutions, whether for gold paper certificates, ETFs, metal accounts, bank storage, or even mutualized gold. But all of these solutions come with two main issues:
Fabrice Drouin Ristori (Fondateur et CEO de Goldbroker.com): "I’ve been investing in physical gold and silver since 2008, and I have tested all the different investment solutions that you can find on the market, but none of them really offered the absolute guarantee that I owned the physical gold and silver, and was not exposed to any counterparty risks. That’s why I decided to launch Goldbroker.com."
Egon von Greyerz is the founder of Von Greyerz AG (formerly Matterhorn Asset Management), and a Goldbroker.com advisor. He’s been in the gold and silver markets since 2000, and is counted among the Top 5 gold fund managers worldwide. In 2003, he advised his clients to put up to 50% of their wealth in physical gold. Mr. von Greyerz explains why it’s important to own physical gold and silver, outside the banking system:
“The banking system is in a mess. There is a hundred times more paper gold issued than physical gold, and the banks could never meet those obligations. The system could collapse, so it's critical to hold it in physical form, outside the banking system, with your own access to your gold.”