Protect your wealth by investing in allocated physical gold, securely stored outside the banking system in your own name and with direct access to the vaults.
GoldBroker is the result of a personal experience and the challenges faced by those who understand the relevance of investing in gold and silver, but lack the technical knowledge to do so optimally.
I decide to invest in gold and silver to protect my wealth.
I see that galloping inflation is eroding the purchasing power of my savings, I fear a bank failure, stock market investments are too risky for me (2008 crisis), and I am reluctant to invest in real estate because of the current overvaluation of prices.
I consult my banker, who recommends investing in certificates, trackers or ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) linked to gold and silver.
By investing in a certificate/tracker or ETF, you have no guarantee whatsoever of actually holding physical gold, and you remain exposed to the risk of default or bankruptcy of the certificate issuer.
At no point do you directly hold physical gold, but rather “paper” gold, which is often non-convertible into physical gold.
If you doubt this, try requesting physical delivery of the shares you hold in an ETF... This proves almost impossible or involves exorbitant fees, which would wipe out the profitability of your investment.
In the current context, this type of solution does not guarantee maximum protection of your assets. What's more, many issuers of certificates and ETFs don't hold enough physical gold and silver to meet any demand for delivery of the quantities held by all their clients.
For this reason, avoid “paper” investments. If you invest in gold to protect your assets and to guard against a financial crisis, it is better to hold PHYSICAL gold in your own name.
I therefore choose to buy physical gold and silver in the form of bullion bars or coins, and to store them either at home or in a safe deposit box at my bank.
Storing at home is risky, and you're usually not insured. In the event of burglary, you could lose all your gold. Storing precious metals or valuables is a specialty that requires expertise; it is therefore best to trust recognized professionals.
If you store your gold in a bank, you may not have access to it when you need it most, especially in the event of a financial panic and temporary bank closures. And if you store your gold in your country of residence, you also risk government confiscation, as already happened in the United States in 1933. This is an important factor to consider in the current context.
Furthermore, since physical silver is almost twice as bulky as gold, it cannot be stored in large quantities in a bank safe deposit box or at home.
GoldBroker' investment solution addresses all the above issues:
Precious metals are fully allocated, without intermediaries, and stored outside the banking system, with insurance, in ultra-secure vaults located in free trade zones and safe jurisdictions.
The client, as the sole legal owner of the precious metals, has direct access to the vaults to inspect or withdraw his assets, without the presence of a GoldBroker representative. Metals are insured against all risks, according to their LBMA value, throughout the storage period.
What's more, GoldBroker guarantees the liquidity of its clients' investment by buying back metals held in storage vaults within 2 working days.