[...]... in minutes Fortunately, (for me and for you), this For Dummies guide is not a clunky, laborious read The writing is not stuffy and loaded with academic or industrial jargon I get to write the book in my own voice; otherwise I’d fall asleep myself! It’s a fun way to find out more about precious metals, and you can apply the info from this book immediately 2 Precious Metals Investing For Dummies Conventions...x Precious Metals Investing For Dummies The investor 25 The trader .26 The speculator 27 Knowing Whether to Get Physical or Own the Paper .28 For the conservative investor 28 For the growth investor .29 For the speculator 30 For the trader 30 Getting the Amount Just Right .31 For the conservative investor 31 For. .. your fridge and pulling out what interests you As you watch the precious metals markets become more popular (for many good reasons), come back and discover more as well as get pointed in the right direction for more and better ways to profit from precious metals Part I: Breaking Down Precious Metals W In this part hy precious metals? For answers a lot better than “why not?”, check out the chapters... don’t tell people that precious metals are great because I wrote a book; I wrote a book because precious metals are great For Dummies guides have become the quintessential nuts ’n’ bolts introduction to a popular or necessary topic Why not precious metals because I think they are necessary and their popularity is strong and growing? The time is now and the place to be is in precious metals (and some related... places, too, such as base metals) About This Book Over the years, I have read and reviewed many investing books and lots of stuff on precious metals, but I didn’t see much that could offer enough information and guidance for anyone interested in precious metals, especially if you are a novice in the topic You may have some headlines on gold or even some commercial from some precious metals firm selling gold... 112 The up and down for base metals 112 Base metals and inflation 112 Base metals versus precious metals 113 Past performance .114 Covering All the Bases .114 Copper 114 Aluminum 115 Nickel 116 Zinc .117 Lead 117 Tin 118 Other metals .119 Base Metal Investing Vehicles ... Introduction T he time for precious metals has come Emerging from the doldrums of a two-decade-long bear market, this millennium is witnessing a historic bull market for precious metals Yet, the public hasn’t caught on yet As you read this book, you can catch on as well and hopefully before the crowd does In recent years, I have told my clients and students that precious metals are (and will be)... market fundamentals for palladium (and the other metals) look very attractive going forward (I am writing this in early 2007) Grappling with Bulls and Bears The 1970s showed us a decade-long bull market while the 1980s and 1990s were an extended bear market (it was generally a period of falling prices for precious metals) The factors that made the 1970s very positive for precious metals (especially... on precious metals (and your potential profits) The skullduggery can be found in Chapter 19 After you start raking in the big bucks, then, of course, you have to grapple with taxes Chapter 20 is the place to start Part V: The Part of Tens The Part of Tens reads like top-ten lists for common topics on precious metals Whether you need reminders on mining stocks (see Chapter 21), rules for metals investing. .. 297 Balance Sheet Strengths 297 Regulatory Environment .298 Hedging and Forward Sales 298 Valuable Projects or Properties 299 Extraction on Cost Per Ounce 299 Political Considerations 300 xvii xviii Precious Metals Investing For Dummies Chapter 22: Ten Rules for Metals Investors 301 Diversifying Your Vehicles 301 Having . y0 w0 h0" alt="" by Paul Mladjenovic Precious Metals Investing FOR DUMmIES ‰ 01_130872 ffirs.qxp 12/21/07 11:45 PM Page i Precious Metals Investing For Dummies ® Published by Wiley Publishing,. Chips off the Table 319 Index 321 Precious Metals Investing For Dummies xviii 02_130872 ftoc.qxp 12/22/07 12:08 AM Page xviii Introduction T he time for precious metals has come. Emerging from. Page ix Precious Metals Investing For Dummies x The investor 25 The trader 26 The speculator 27 Knowing Whether to Get Physical or Own the Paper 28 For the conservative investor 28 For the growth