If you want to move a portion of your financial assets into gold, there are several ways to do it. Gold can be a solid segment of your investments, but buyers need to know what the current price of gold is in order to know how much overage they are paying in mark-ups and dealer add-ons.

Generally, if you buy gold without fancy packaging and directly from mints or wholesalers, you’ll pay less than if you buy from retailers or the post office (because the gold has changed hands twice, and the middleman had to be paid). Also, the more gold you buy, the better the price. As your volume increases, the retail price should go down. (more…)