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Coin or Bar? What Separates a Bullion Coin From a Bullion Bar

A bullion coin is struck by a government mint. A bullion bar is made by a refiner. What each one carries, and how both are weighed and tested.

Insurance and Security for Vaulted Gold and Silver

What is insured, whose metal it is if something happens to us, and who can touch your gold and silver at the SECURE private vault in Atlanta, with the questions to ask any storage provider.

How to Tell if a Precious Metals Dealer Is Legit

Seven checks to make before you hand over money for gold or silver, from written quotes and disclosed fees to a real address you can visit and a buyback you can read in advance.

What Is Institutional Demand? How Big Money Enters the Gold Market

Institutional demand covers pensions, sovereign funds, endowments and central banks. It moves slowly, arrives in size, and behaves nothing like retail buying.

What Is Recycled Gold? The Supply That Responds to Price

Recycled gold is metal recovered from jewellery, scrap and industry. It is the only part of gold supply that reacts quickly to price — which shapes the market.

What Is Mine Production? Why New Gold Barely Moves the Market

Annual mine production adds only a small fraction to the world's existing gold stock. Here is why that makes gold's supply unusually stable and slow to respond.