The Simple Truth Behind Precious Metals

Many times, we complicate our lives by bringing outside factors into it. In the world of precious metals, it is healthy to remind ourselves of some of the simple facts behind the benefits of owning physical gold and silver.

Precious metals offer unique inflationary protection:

  • Gold and silver have intrinsic value
  • They both carry no credit risk
  •  These hard assets cannot be inflated (you can't print more of them).
  • They are genuine "upheaval insurance", against financial or political/military catastrophes.

 From a historical investment standpoint, precious metals also provide low or negative correlation to other asset classes like stocks and bonds. This means that even a 25% allocation of precious metals in a portfolio will reduce both volatility and risk.

South of the Border in the United States:

  • Payrolls increased more than forecasted in February & the jobless rate unexpectedly fell to a five-year low of 7.7%.
  •  Employment rose 236,000 last month after a revised 119,000 gain in January that was smaller than first estimated.

At home, in Canada, housing starts rose to 180,710 annualized.

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