Buying Silver and Buying Gold, silver bars or mint coins

Here are some secrets to buying silver and buying gold. You have some choices such as 1000 oz silver bars, 400 oz gold bars, 100 oz, 10 oz or 1 oz silver and gold bars and my favorite 1 oz mint coins.If you want 100 oz. Silver Bars, or bar bullion, (also in 10 oz Silver Bars) to preserve value, go with J.M.s (Johnson Matthey), Engelhard, Sunshine Minting, U.S. Assay, A-Mark, Silvertowne, and APMEX bars. These brands are good because they are well known and trusted and have a stamp of authenticity (and they stack well in safe!).Whatever form you decide on when investing in silver, make sure it’s a purity of .999 fine silver whether buying bullion from a bullion dealer, coin shop, or Ebay.

Bars are good because they have the narrowest bid/ask spread among bullion investments.

Platinum price may peak at $1 900/oz in next six months - Johnson Matthey

The platinum price may peak at $1 900/oz in the next six months, says Johnson Matthey principal analyst Alison Cowley, whose top-of-the range forecast for palladium is $850/oz.