Investing in Gold & Silver For Dummies by Paul Mladjenovic

Investing in Gold & Silver For Dummies by Paul Mladjenovic

Part 1
Getting Started with Gold and
Silver

IN THIS PART …
Discover why gold and silver are great additions to your
investment portfolio.
Figure out your approach in gold and silver — investing, trading,
or speculating?
Get a handle on what you should know (and do) before you
invest.
Minimize all sorts of risk facing your money (and how gold helps
you better than typical investments).

Chapter 1
Exploring the World of Gold
and Silver
IN THIS CHAPTER
Exploring reasons to consider gold and silver
Discovering strategies to use before you invest
Chaos. Mayhem. Crashes. Massive unemployment. Scandals and
collapse. And that was only last week! The world throws plenty at us,
and we must do what we can to get by. As they say, we can’t control the
world, but we can control our response to it.
As a “Raving Capitalist” (I’m not kidding; that’s my website, too), I
believe that building wealth and financial security is a two-pronged
approach where you build your prosperity using both passive wealthbuilding

strategies (having your money work for you such as with
stocks, mutual funds, and options) and also active wealth-building (such
as starting a home-based business in your spare time). You are your own
greatest asset, so you can do plenty of things to assure greater financial
security.
Given that, I’m delighted that you have this book in your hands. As part
of your wealth-building approach, I want you to seriously consider
adding some gold and silver, especially when you take a full, realistic
view of what’s going on in our society, economy, and financial markets.
Yes, there’s ugliness out there. You and I can’t make the world pretty,
but we can add some attractive positions in our assets so we can sleep
better. Those positions start with some gold and silver. In this chapter, I
briefly explain the benefits of gold and silver in today’s world and give
you some actions to take before you jump into investing.

Investing in Gold & Silver For Dummies by Paul Mladjenovic