Moon Bullion: Savvy, more liquid investments that don’t cost the Earth
Moon Investments carries an affordable range of smaller bars and medallions, making investing more accessible to those with limited budgets or who want to spread their investment over a selection of items. Included in the Moon in-house range are Gold medallions in weights of 1g, 2.5g, 5g, 10g, 1oz, 50g and 100g; 1oz Platinum medallions; and Silver medallions in weights of 1oz and 50g. Our 100g Silver die option comes in the form of a bar. These smaller items are also much more liquid than the large bars, allowing investors to sell percentages of their physical bullion. When compared to Numismatic coins (also known as rare or collectable coins) our medallions are attractive for their verifiably high precious metal content and do not carry the premium mark-up that make collectable coins an inefficient way to invest. Additionally, buyers need not worry about diminishing or subjective value when cashing in, as Gold dealers base their buy-back price on the melt value of the item rather than prevailing tastes or collector opinion. We also offer larger 1kg and 500g cast Silver bars, as well as Gold bars from Rand Refinery in weights of 10g, 50g and 100g; and Gold Krugerrands (1oz and half oz), and 1oz Silver Krugerrands. All items are sold with proof of authenticity, and (barring the Krugerrands, which display their Fine Silver or Gold status) are minted with the 99.9 purity stamp for Silver, 999.9 purity for Gold.
Moon Investments manufactures all our in-house bullion from 100% recycled, ethically sourced precious metals
Moon Investments is a related entity to Cape Precious Metals (CPM), a registered precious metal refinery that recycles all precious metals from a variety of sources. All Moon in-house bullion products are manufactured from metals sourced directly from CPM, who are proud to be playing their part to ensure that refining and mining processes do as little harm as possible to the planet (especially with regards to cyanide and mercury use), and that their suppliers are not involved in forced or child labour, human rights abuses, or illegal or criminal practices. CPM produces absolutely all of their purest-quality precious metals from scrap products, and only source through verifiably legitimate and ethical channels. By extension, you can be assured that your Moon in-house bullion investment is not indirectly funding terrorist or illegal armed groups, and that its metals come from sources that are not involved in money laundering, fraudulent activity, bribery, corruption, or conflict-affected mines. The Responsible Jewellery Council’s robust certification process is independently audited and ISEAL accredited, upholding the highest standards. Via our sister company CPM, Moon investments in-house bullion products are the gold standard in ethical investing, because there’s nothing more precious than the Earth, and its people!
Billionaire investors John Paulson and Mark Mobius think you should own some gold
Article courtesy of Kitco News The gold market continues to struggle to attract bullish momentum as prices hover above $1,800; however, the precious metal still has significant support from significant billionaire investors. This week John Paulson, president and portfolio manager at Paulson & Co and Mark Mobius, founder of Mobius Capital Partners, both made headlines for bullish calls on the precious metal. Monday, in an interview with Bloomberg’s David Rubenstein, Paulson said that he prefers gold over bitcoin and that the precious metal looks attractive in the current inflationary environment. “Gold does very well in times of inflation,” he said. “The last time gold went sort of parabolic was in the 70s when we had two years of double-digit inflation.” Paulson added that gold can go “parabolic” because it is relatively small compared to the overall financial market. “If you own long-term Treasury bonds that are yielding 2% and interest rates move up to 5%, those bonds fall materially in value. Likewise, if you have cash sitting in a bank that you are earning 0% on and inflation’s 4%, you’re gradually eroding the value of your money,” he said in the interview. “As inflation picks up, people try and get out of fixed income. They try and get out of cash. And the logical place to go is gold,” he added. “Because the amount of money trying to move out of cash and fixed income dwarfs the amount of investable good, the supply and demand imbalance causes gold to rise and the more it rises it sort of feeds on itself and as the potential to go parabolic.” Meanwhile, in a septate interview with Bloomberg, Mobius said that investors should hold 10% of their portfolio in gold. He said that he also sees value in gold as the purchasing power of fiat currencies continues to erode. “Currency devaluation globally is going to be quite significant next year given the incredible amount of money supply that has been printed,” he said. “It is going to be very, very good to have physical gold that you can access immediately without the danger of the government confiscating all the gold.” Despite the positive sentiment in the gold market among influential fund managers, the gold market has been caught in a relatively narrow trading range with support at $1,800 and resistance at $1,820 an ounce. Many commodity analysts have noted that gold is struggling to attract attention. Investors are laser-focused on a potential shift in U.S. monetary policy as the Federal Reserve looks to reduce its monthly bond purchases by the end of the year. For many analysts, Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report will be an essential catalyst for gold. Some analysts have said that weak job growth in August could force the Federal Reserve to delay its tapering plans, which could send gold prices back to $1,900 an ounce. However, at the same time, a stronger than expected employment report could solidify the Federal Reserve’s plan and push gold prices back to their recent lows.
Billionaire recommends 30% of your portfolio should be in gold
According to Egypt’s second-richest man Naguib Sawiris, gold should form a major chunk of your investments when concerns over escalating costs of business and living expenses are as widespread as they are currently. Speaking to CNBC, the billionaire chairman and CEO of Orascom Investment Holding noted “The world is worried about inflation. This is a cycle we had seen before. You need to have part of a portfolio invested in gold. I say 20% to 30%. I used to be at 50%. It is something that is fundamental”. In a political, social and economic climate battered by regulations aimed at stemming the tide of Coronavirus infections (and with wave after wave predicted), as well as major upheavals in government and sporadic civil unrest, gold provides comfort against uncertainty. An already stressed investor community would do well to cut themselves some slack and take the sting out of market volatility by investing heavily in gold. “Let’s say inflation comes in, and there is a crash in the stock market. You’ll be very happy that you have a position in gold.” On the potential for a stock market crash, he commented: “[It] has been at the highest range for a very long time now. At some point, [the crash] should happen. There is a lot of uncertainty. I want to go to sleep at night and not be affected by the stock market or the pandemic.” While Mr Sawiris did caution that rising interest rates can diminish the gains gold enjoys from inflation, in South Africa the rates are still at an all-time low, and even if they should rise in future, long-term investors will always look to own gold as a safe haven asset in tumultuous times. So certain of gold’s value in these times, the billionaire set up a $1.4 billion gold mining fund last month (July 2021), the primary investment objective of which is to provide capital for new opportunities in the sector and hold his gold mining investments. “Transitioning to a fund structure and welcoming new investors is timely when we are seeing opportunities in a gold mining sector…”