Investing in gold is popular these days. People are investing in gold like never before, but a little known fact is that silver bullion investment is also gaining in popularity. Watch this short 5 minute YouTube video that explains the differences between gold versus silver investment.

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT

Hi, I’m Dr Marc Dusault, I’m here with the Managing Director of the Australian Bullion Company Mr Peter August and we’re sitting here with gold, and this is 105 ounces of gold bars and this is another ounce of a coin.  And I just wanted to show you what it actually looks like; and it’s actually as heavy as it sounds.

Now just so you can see, this is a regular blackberry mobile phone and we have a series of YouTube videos that explains why you should invest in gold.  But what I wanted to do in contrast, and I’m just gonna move the phone over here just so you can see the difference in size.  Again this is just a regular, this would be about the size of a 20 cents piece wouldn’t it?

Yes.

Okay, so a 20 cent Australian piece, and it’s actually you know very attractive because once again it’s a coin, whereas these are bars which have a little bit more of a rough texture.  But the contrast I want to show you is with silver.  Now this is 1 kilo which is about, it’s about all of this isn’t it?

One kilo is that.

Is that.  So this, is that.

It’s a dramatic difference isn’t it?

Yeah, it’s a huge difference.  Now this is silver and I, you have to sense how heavy this is and when you look at it it’s got that rough texture we talked about in the other YouTube video about bullion, and it’s stamped, and it’s actually when you touch it it’s got a really nice feel to it.  I want to show you another one, this one is how much, 5 kilos.

That’s correct.

Now I’m not gonna drop it from too high up okay, but… Read more…

Watch this short interview with Australian Bullion Company’s Peter August on why you should consider investing in gold. As Dr Marc Dussault’s interview reveals, gold prices have had quite the run as of late, but this candid interview reveals why the trend is not expected to be short-lived based on historical data.

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT: GOLD INVESTMENT: WHY GOLD?

Hi everyone, I want to thank you for taking some time to watch this YouTube video.  I’m Dr Marc Dussault and I’m here with Peter August of Australian Bullion Company.  And I just wanted to take a few minutes and ask him a few questions on why would anyone want to invest in gold.

And what we have here is some gold bars and some gold coins.  And as you can see I just have a regular blackberry mobile phone so you can see the difference in size.  First of all how much gold is actually on the table?

Well we’ve got 105 ounces altogether sitting here Marc.

So this is 20, 20, 20, 10, 10, 10, 10 and then…

Five 1 ounce bars. Read more…

The Australian Bullion Company’s very own Peter August was interviewed on television recently. Watch the YouTube version of the interview to find out why the Gold Price is on the rise and why it’s expected to keep increasing based on expected global demand…

Peter August On The Gold Price

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT: GOLD INVESTMENT TV INTERVIEW

It has soared to record highs on news that India’s Central Bank has bought 200 tons of it from the International Monetary Fund.  The 6.7 billion dollar purchase over the last 2 weeks of October surprised the markets.

It was the biggest single central bank purchase over such a short period in the last 30 years.  The price of gold jumped by more than US$30 to an all time high of $1,087 an ounce.  The country has until now has been the biggest consumer of the precious metal, primarily because of its deep seated affection for jewelry and gold ornaments.  Experts say India’s interest in diversifying into bullion is a sign that gold’s run has only just begun.

For a while there had been a sort of a philosophy that gold no longer was relevant in a modern society, but with all the printing of money that is going on around the world gold has become the ultimate safe haven and has become the safe asset of choice, not only by individuals but by central banks.

The change of attitude appears to be due to a shift in strategy by investors to hedge against a weaker dollar and the threat of inflation.  It also heightens speculation that there may be more official purchases.

The Chinese we know are very worried about holding so much US denominated debt and cash.  You’ve got the Middle East petro dollars that need to be recycled into a store of wealth that they can rely upon.  There’ll be no shortage of takers.

The IMF plans to sell about 400 metric tons of gold this year in an effort to shore up its finances and increase lending to developing countries.  India’s purchase represents about half of that amount.  The question now is who will buy the rest of the IMF gold.

Neena Mairata, World News, Australia.

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In a recent BRW article, they reported that people could actually go and buy gold from their retail counter. That’s how popular gold has become!

An excerpt from the article is below:

When in Knightsbridge

Thursday, 22 October 2009 | BRW | Kevin Chinnery

Opinion may be divided over what the weakness of the United States dollar means, but you know something is going on when alternative investments such as gold are being sold over shop counters. Not any old shop counters, of course. Wealthy investors can now buy gold bars at their London store of choice, Harrods in Knightsbridge. Harrods has teamed up with Swiss gold refiner Produits Artistiques Metaux Precieux to offer the full range of physical bullion. These are being sold at the Harrods Bank branch, which is discretely located on the lower ground floor. Interested shoppers will need something more substantial than one of those green and gold Harrods plastic carrier bags to take away a 12.5 kilogram gold bar, however. The head of Harrods Gold Bullion, Chris Hall, told the United Kingdom newspaper The Daily Telegraph that “the financial environment has kindled a new demand for physical gold among private investors in Britain – for many people this is a new and unfamiliar asset class that demands absolute trust”.