Investment & Investing

Main holdings are in Blackrock gold and general fund and Ruffer gold Fund that have a mix of gold related assets (physical and derivatives) and equities (mainly large cap producers), I did buy a few 1kg silver bars 20 years ago when they were very cheap, as I liked the idea of having some physical but they are more of a curiosity than an investment. I try to keep my distance from the doomsday prepper crowd when it comes to things like that. Re: gold ETFs I have always tended to prefer the miners for their significant gearing on gold price increase (but works both ways on the downswings…), and I use interactive investor for investments in junior gold and silver exploration companies mostly on TSX venture exchange which is a wild ride casino type arena that has seen me take more losses than gains with 2022 and 2023 being extremely painful, but ultimately I believe the miners are historically and significantly undervalued relative to the price of gold currently and would hope to see outsized returns on those as reversion to the mean happens for the ratio (as long as that is not driven by decrease in gold price!)