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What analysts are saying
- Steve Forbes "A return to the gold standard by the United States within the next five years now seems likely, because that move would help the nation..." Human Events: "Forbes Predicts U.S. Gold Standard Within 5 Years" (5/11/2011)
- John Embry - $100.00 (no period cited) "We haven't even really seen money start to significantly flow into hard assets... it's going to have an outsized impact on the price [of silver and gold.]... King World News (July 2011)
- Doug Casey - $5,000 (by end of 2013) "Gold could hit $5,000 an ounce in the next couple of years, as paper currencies in the United States, Europe, and Japan drop in value..." Mineweb (03/2011)
- Tom Fitzpatrick - $100.00 (no period cited) "While the high so far this year was at the same level as the peak in January 1980, we are not convinced that the long-term trend is over yet." Bloomberg (July 2011)
- Hal Lehr - $2,000 (in 2011) "Gold, which reached a record on May 2, may surge a further 30 percent by [2012] as investors seek to protect themselves from 'economic uncertainty'..." Bloomberg (5/2011)
- Peter Krauth - $250 (no period cited) "...silver prices could reach as high as $250 per ounce before the silver bull finally stops running." Commodity Online (May 2011)
- Robert McEwen - $5,000 (by end of 2015) "Gold is a favored asset relative to equities and other assets. In times of financial stress, you have people going towards precious metals and hard assets..." CNBC (4/2011)
- Dr. Stephen Leeb - $200 (by August 2013) "My guess is that 24 months from now, that silver coin you are holding that you bought for $35 or $40, you are going to see a $200 tag on it." King World News (August 2011)
- John Paulson - $4,000 (in 3-5 years) "Gold prices could go as high as $4,000 an ounce over the next three to five years, as the U.S. and U.K. flood the money supply." Wall Street Journal (5/2011)
- David Morgan - $75 (no period cited) "The next leg up [for silver] could take out the $50/oz. level after a few tries and then not look back until establishing a new nominal level of $65/oz. - $75/oz. Silver demand is growing for both industry and as an investment." The Gold Report (August 2011)
- Jim Sinclair - $5,000 "Looking for a major upturn in gold as soon as June and targeting $5,000 as a longer term objective." Mineweb (5/2011)
- Charles Oliver - $50 to $100 (next few years) "...the long-term story for precious metals is still very firmly intact." Reuters (May 2011)
- Christopher Wyke - $2,000 (by 2012) "Gold has been going up for the past ten years, but we think gold is going to continue to rally over at least next five years..." Professional Advisor (3/2011)
- Louise Yamada - $2,000 (in next year) "Gold looks fine as it is moving to a new high. Gold remains in a structural bull market that was initiated in 2002." King World News (3/2011)
- Peter Krauth - $86.75 "An important metric to understand and watch is the silver-to-gold ratio. It tells you how many ounces of silver it takes to buy one ounce of gold..." Silver Price Forecast" (12/2/2010)
- Mac Slavo - $50.00 "Based on just the supply/demand equations, the price of silver should continue to rise and approach its historical silver-to-gold ratio..." Silver Will Be Worth More Than Gold" (12/31/2010)
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How To Buy Silver
Many investors ignore silver, and how to buy silver is seldom asked. The world seems focused on gold. Granted, as gold passes $1,500 an ounce, there seems to be reason for silver to be ignored but not by those in the know, and not for those who already know how to buy silver.
Another way of looking at this is if you had a pile of gold valued at $1,000,000, and a pile of silver worth $1,000,000, which is worth more? Obviously, they are the same. If the price of gold drops to $1,000 an ounce and silver's price stays the same, which would you rather have? The gold that has lost value or the silver that is still worth the same $1,000,000?
In the real world that is what sometimes happens. Any "How To Buy Silver" primer has to note that gold and silver (and other precious metals) all have their own markets and different forces that affect their values. All of the precious metals offered by United Gold Direct are good investments, and that is a fact, not an opinion.
Some of these metals (silver and gold, especially) are best known as coins, but their use in industry is legendary, too. Platinum and palladium have no substitute either and they have a monopoly in certain industrial processes.
United Gold Direct was formed because its founders felt that no one should invest their hard-earned cash without knowing a great deal about investment in precious metals. And with the advent of the internet to bolster traditional educational sources like schools, universities and libraries, gaining that knowledge is now achievable by virtually anyone. For any investment firm to tell you how to buy silver was seen as a conflict of interest, and it is. And yet many companies do just that.
One can also learn a great deal from the experiences of others, and our website here at United Gold Direct contains testimonials from those who have achieved success in the precious metals market. It is a given that customers who buy from United Gold Direct know about the silver market if not how to buy silver. In many ways that is the job of our account managers (there are no advisors here), people selected for their ability to get the most bang for your buck. Account managers are great at that. Financial advisors? Don't bet on it. And United Gold Direct doesn't recommend gambling!
So, how to buy silver isn't the question that you should be asking yourself as our account managers will walk you through the process but, rather, you should first decide if silver is right for you along with when and how much to invest. That just makes sense and hopefully, lots of dollars.
