When it comes to investing in precious metals, gold is one of the best choices you can make. Why? Security!

While gold is subject to market value fluctuations, its value has remained stable. For Example, according to the World Gold Council, the price of gold between 1900 and 2011 deviated less than 5% (when adjusted for today’s prices.) When you take into account a century’s worth of politics, market shifts, and overall changes in society, that stability becomes even more apparent.

Precious Metals in your IRA:
For several years only gold and silver U.S. American Eagle coins were allowed as IRA investments. Since 1998, the new platinum U.S. American Eagle coin has also been allowed, as well as gold, silver, platinum and palladium bullion which meet certain standards.
We have made it easier than ever to open a precious metals IRA account through our established working relations with Gold Star Trust Company and Sterling Trust Company.

Your metal will be stored at an internationally recognized precious metals depository. Your Custodian will provide you with a semiannual account hardcopy statement, showing all activity in your account and the fair market value of your investments as well as providing you with 24/7 online access to your account.
When it is time to take distributions from your IRA, you may choose to convert your precious metals investments to cash through your dealer, or take a distribution of the actual coins or bullion.

Once the account is established and funded we will purchase and place your precious metals in your IRA. Always contact your PGS Capital representative with questions about your precious metals, and Contact either GoldStar Trust Company or Sterling Trust with questions about your IRA.
Please call us at 888-PGS-4142 if you need further assistance.

It is important to know that only 24 karat gold bars are permitted in a precious metals IRA, and they must include a NYMEX/COMEX, LME, LBMA, NYSE/ Liffe/CBOT, or ISO-9000 accredited hallmark. There are similar requirements with gold coins with one exception (the 22 karat US Gold Eagle coin).

USING GOLD AS AN INVESTMENT SAFE HAVEN

During troubled or volatile economic times, much like those facing investors today, many savvy investors will look to protect their wealth, capital, and other assets by placing this money into areas considered safe or less risky.

From the dawn of civilization, gold’s beauty and luster have produced a rare mythical quality unmatched by any other metal. One of the earliest and most valued metals known to man. For centuries men everywhere have dreamed of finding gold. Men have mined it, bartered with it, and even died for it since the beginnings of civilization. These facts are not so surprising when you consider its rarity, durability and unusual properties. Today gold has thousands of uses. It can be found in everything from calculators to space craft, jewelry and much more. It is virtually indestructible, resists corrosion, blocks 98% of radioactivity and conducts electricity. Its uses are almost endless and have just begun to be tapped.

LIMITED SUPPLY - Today some 90% of the world’s gold is found in only four countries: South Africa, the former Soviet Union, the United States and Canada. South Africa has dominated world gold production and accounts for about 50% of the total world supply. The former Soviet Union accounts for 32%, the United States for 6%, and Canada for 3%. The rest of the world combined produces about 9%. The total yield, however, has been incredibly small. Unlike other such commodities, because of hoarding and stockpiling, each year’s production is a very small part of the available supply. An estimated 2/3 of all the gold on earth has already been mined. Only about 88,000 tons have been extracted from the earth in all of recorded history. All of this could be formed into one cube 18 yards high. It is this scarcity, along with gold’s beauty, durability, and compactness, that has made gold the ideal standard and store of value.

WORLD WIDE LIQUIDITY – Perhaps the most amazing feature of gold is its stability as a standard of real value. Although its value may fluctuate, history proves its buying power tends to remain the same. Gold has been the most coveted metal in the world and the single most trusted international medium of exchange for thousands of years. Trade between countries frequently is based on gold value as the most reliable currency. While paper currencies have been devalued, eroded by inflation, and become virtually worthless, gold has maintained its purchasing power. Gold has been the established monetary standard for centuries. During times of inflation, people have turned to gold for profit and protection. Gold, unlike paper currencies or other commodities, has retained its value during both crisis and calm periods throughout the history of civilization.

PROVEN HEDGE AGAINST INFLATION - The primary factors influencing gold prices are anticipated inflation caused by huge U.S. deficits and the diminishing power of world currencies. As people lose confidence in a government’s ability to control inflationary pressures, they turn to gold. While gold prices may fluctuate from day to day in world markets, the long-term demand for this timeless treasure can be expected to continue. The current gold market conditions offer profitable opportunities; take advantage of these opportunities and own gold today.

SUPPLY AND DEMAND OF GOLD GLOBALLY

Like all other commodities, gold price fluctuates most basically on a level of supply and demand. The production of new gold supply is today relatively inelastic in spite of rising gold prices and demand for gold. The sustained growth of gold, in turn, will only continue due to the consistent level of increasing demand and the inelastic production of new supply. The foundations for a positive outlook regarding gold investing is better than ever.

GOLD PRICE VERSUS STOCKS

Though stocks and gold bullion are completely different asset classifications, the performance of both items are often compared. Gold retains a store value, while stocks return profits to investors through a return on value. Typically speaking, stocks and bonds will only perform well in stable economic and political times, while gold maintains even higher levels of performance amidst these tumultuous times. Given the political uncertainty, economic downtrend, and financial crisis facing the United States and other nations, the hedging of losses, and in turn, returns on investments, from gold have continually outperformed stocks and bonds of all kinds

During troubled or volatile economic times, much like those facing investors today, many savvy investors will look to protect their wealth, capital, and other assets by placing this money into areas considered safe or less risky.

From the dawn of civilization, gold’s beauty and luster have produced a rare mythical quality unmatched by any other metal. One of the earliest and most valued metals known to man. For centuries men everywhere have dreamed of finding gold. Men have mined it, bartered with it, and even died for it since the beginnings, of civilization. These facts are not so surprising when you consider its rarity, durability and unusual properties. Today gold has thousands of uses. It can be found in everything from calculators to space craft, jewelry and much more. It is virtually indestructible, resists corrosion, blocks 98% of radioactivity and conducts electricity. Its uses are almost endless and have just begun to be tapped.

LIMITED SUPPLY - Today some 90% of the world’s gold is found in only four countries: South Africa, the former Soviet Union, the United States and Canada. South Africa has dominated world gold production and accounts for about 50% of the total world supply. The former Soviet Union accounts for 32%, the United States for 6%, and Canada for 3%. The rest of the world combined produces about 9%. The total yield, however, has been incredibly small. Unlike other such commodities, because of hoarding and stockpiling, each year’s production is a very small part of the available supply. An estimated 2/3 of all the gold on earth has already been mined. Only about 88,000 tons have been extracted from the earth in all of recorded history. All of this could be formed into one cube 18 yards high. It is this scarcity, along with gold’s beauty, durability, and compactness, that has made gold the ideal standard and store of value.

WORLD WIDE LIQUIDITY – Perhaps the most amazing feature of gold is its stability as a standard of real value. Although its value may fluctuate, history proves its buying power tends to remain the same. Gold has been the most coveted metal in the world and the single most trusted international medium of exchange for thousands of years. Trade between countries frequently is based on gold value as the most reliable currency. While paper currencies have been devalued, eroded by inflation, and become virtually worthless, gold has maintained its purchasing power. Gold has been the established monetary standard for centuries. During times of inflation, people have turned to gold for profit and protection. Gold, unlike paper currencies or other commodities, has retained its value during both crisis and calm periods throughout the history of civilization.

PROVEN HEDGE AGAINST INFLATION - The primary factors influencing gold prices are anticipated inflation caused by huge U.S. deficits and the diminishing power of world currencies. As people lose confidence in a government’s ability to control inflationary pressures, they turn to gold. While gold prices may fluctuate from day to day in world markets, the long-term demand for this timeless treasure can be expected to continue. The current gold market conditions offer profitable opportunities; take advantage of these opportunities and own gold today.

SUPPLY AND DEMAND OF GOLD GLOBALLY

Like all other commodities, gold price fluctuates most basically on a level of supply and demand. The production of new gold supply is today relatively inelastic in spite of rising gold prices and demand for gold. The sustained growth of gold, in turn, will only continue due to the consistent level of increasing demand and the inelastic production of new supply. The foundations for a positive outlook regarding gold investing is better than ever.

GOLD PRICE VERSUS STOCKS

Though stocks and gold bullion are completely different asset classifications, the performance of both items are often compared. Gold retains a store value, while stocks return profits to investors through a return on value. Typically speaking, stocks and bonds will only perform well in stable economic and political times, while gold maintains even higher levels of performance amidst these tumultuous times. Given the political uncertainty, economic downtrend, and financial crisis facing the United States and other nations, the hedging of losses, and in turn, returns on investments, from gold have continually out performed stocks and bonds of all kinds

Over the course of time, silver bullion has been a mainstay of the world’s financial markets. The durability, malleability, and industrial importance of silver still remains constant to this day, as well as the inherent value of silver as one of the preeminent precious metals. Unlike gold, however, silver is in constant demand for industrial purposes, aside from its uses in jewelry and other luxury items. Due to silver’s ideal properties including strength, ductility, conductivity, and malleability, silver investing has only increased in demand due to industrial and manufacturing activities over the past thirty years.

HIGH INDUSTRIAL & MEDICAL DEMAND

Aside from the constant demand of silver stemming from industrial and manufacturing industries, the healthcare industry also utilizes a large amount of silver in their medical practices and procedures due to specific antibacterial aspects of silver. In hospital burn wards across the country, a medical device known as the “silver bullet” is utilized by healthcare professionals to prevent bacterial infection in burn victims on a regular basis. The dressings of the burn victims’ wounds will incorporate a layer of bandage incorporating silver, which prevents secondary infection in suffering burn victims. Additional countless other amounts of silver are being utilized in studies and efforts to prevent the spread of disease stemming from silver’s special microbicidal traits.

SCARCE RESOURCE

New mining production is not stimulated by silver prices. Mining production is fairly fixed because over 70 percent of the silver produced is a by product of copper, lead and zinc. Economists agree that silver consumption exceeds production, that the shortage is being supplied from private above ground hoards, and that the price of silver has risen dramatically as the result of it. Part of that shortage is made up from recycling jewelry, film and some electronic parts. The majority however, is supplied by a diminishing world´s supply of silver.
Precious metal industry experts have concluded that nearly ninety-five percent of all the existing silver extracted from the earth in the past has been utilized already in industries across the world. This silver, in turn, was consumed in these processes, and is no longer available for consumption by either industry or individuals. For example, at the turn of the twentieth century, an estimated twelve billion ounces of silver existed globally. Currently, there is less than three hundred million ounces, only a fraction, available in a refined fashion today. For an investor familiar with the current price of silver, the entire lot of existing silver in the globe above ground and refined could hypothetically be purchased for around four billion dollars. The consistent influx of the world’s economies trending towards a global and much more macroeconomic forum, coupled with the geopolitical volatility in many regions, makes a very profitably opportunity for financial analysts taking a serious look at the silver market. The consistent and continued demand for silver, either in industry or as a luxury good, makes the future of investing in silver seem very bullish indeed.

HIGH INVESTMENT RETURN POTENTIAL

A decent number of the globe’s most savvy and renowned financial analysts have indeed already capitalized on the outlook and current demand of silver and silver investing. As silver retains its inherent demand throughout the globe, as well as the upside potential in the silver market, many silver investors have already begun to profit from their investments in one of the globe’s most important commodities.
Normally, silver prices are anticipatory rather than reactionary. Once the forces of the inflation index begin to be felt, investors will buy into the market to make sure they are in position before the general public. Their buying will drive prices upward.