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Everything Regarding Silver As Being An Investment - Strategies To Investing In Silver by Karri Owens





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Silver is a lot like three other precious metals (gold, palladium, and platinum) when it comes to being regarded as an investment commodity. In fact, this precious metal has been thought to be a form of currency and a store worthwhile for over four centuries.

You will find different ways by which one may purchase silver. Six are presented here:

Buying silver coins:

This is a popular way of taking hold of silver - physically. Perhaps the best example of a silver coin is the Canadian Silver Maple Leaf, which consists of 99.99% pure silver. Silver coins either can be "fine silver" or "junk silver". Junk silver coins are older coins having a lower percentage of silver. Samples of these are the dime, quarter, and fifty-cent U.S. coins minted in 1964 or earlier. These coins contain 90% silver and are 8/10 troy ounce per 1 USD of face value.

Buying silver bullion bars:

This is actually the most traditional way of investing in silver. Silver bullion bars can be bought or sold over the counter for most banks in Switzerland. They might be stored in safe deposit boxes in banks or used in non-fungible (allocated) or pooled (unallocated) storage using a silver dealer.

Opening a silver account:

An angel investor may open a silver account using one of the major banks in Switzerland. Here, silver can be obtained or sold over the counter just like any foreign currency. However, the bank client will not own the actual silver metal. Instead, he/she has a claim against the bank for a specified quantity of the metal. A silver account is backed most likely through allocated or unallocated storage.

Running a silver certificate:

In lieu of storing actual silver bullion, an angel investor may opt for ownership of the silver certificate. A silver certificate allows an investor to buy and sell the security sans the inconveniences associated with the physical silver's transfer. The Perth Mint Certificate Programme, which is fully guaranteed by the Government of Wa, is the only silver certificate enter in the world that is guaranteed by way of a national government.

Trading in Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs):

A venture capitalist can have an easy way of gaining exposure to the price of silver through an ETF. Some of the well-known ETFs include iShares Silver Trust (with ticker symbol NYSE: SLV), Central Fund of Canada (with ticker symbols TSX: CEF.NV.A, NYSE: CEF), and ETFS Silver Trust (with ticker symbol NYSE: SIVR). Trading in ETFs means getting rid of the inconveniences associated with the handling of physical silver bars.

Entering in the Contract For Difference (CFD):

A few of the noted financial services firms, particularly those in the United Kingdom, provide Contract for Difference (CFD). With this silver investment vehicle, two parties (a "buyer" along with a "seller") enter into a contract, in which the seller agrees to cover the buyer the difference between the current worth of silver and its value at contract time. If your difference is negative, the owner receives payment instead from your buyer. A CFD, therefore, allows an investor to take advantage of long or short positions, enabling him/her to take a position on these markets.

It must be mentioned here though that silver has lost its forced tender status in the usa since the abandonment of the silver standard, when, on August 15, 1967, then U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announced that the U.S. would discontinue redeeming currency for silver (or another precious metal).

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