In the past, people have invested in gold or silver as a method for storing value when a currency was losing its value. But today, our currency is no longer backed by gold per se. It is backed by the gross domestic production of the nation. Now there are many other reasons people have for investing in these precious metals. For the last several years, the consumption of gold, silver, platinum and palladium has far exceeded its production. This is coupled by the fact that the market price of t...
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