{"id":419347,"date":"2020-07-24T07:36:27","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T05:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=419347"},"modified":"2020-07-24T07:36:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T05:36:27","slug":"gold-has-surged-30-and-could-keep-going-heres-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/419347\/gold-has-surged-30-and-could-keep-going-heres-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold has surged 30% and could keep going &#8211; Here\u2019s what you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As global stock markets tick further into unchartered territory, another asset class has been catching investors\u2019 eyes: Gold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gold has become a favourite investment for many in 2020, including some financial gurus like Ray Dalio. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gold\u2019s spot price has reached a high of $1,860 per ounce, that it hasn\u2019t seen in almost 10 years and has gained over 20% so far in 2020 and 30% over the past 12 months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, as coronavirus uncertainty continues to push the precious metal higher, some experts are suggesting gold could hit record all time highs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This has left many people wondering whether now is the right time to invest &#8211; or have they missed the boat?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revix.com\/?utm_source=Business%20Tech&amp;utm_medium=July%20Article%203&amp;utm_campaign=July%20A3&amp;utm_content=Link%201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Revix<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the online investment platform backed by JSE-listed Sabvest, offers a simple and low cost way to invest in gold. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With no monthly account fees and no sign-up fees, you can start investing with as little as R500 as a once off investment. It\u2019s the easiest way to get exposure to the precious metal.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revix.com\/?utm_source=Business%20Tech&amp;utm_medium=July%20Article%203&amp;utm_campaign=July%20A3&amp;utm_content=Link%202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Invest in gold with Revix<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><b>Why is gold rallying?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Governments all over the world continue to inject unfathomable amounts of debt based stimulus into their respective economies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, the world has 217 trillion dollars of debt now which has raised some very serious systemic financial risks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This has supercharged existing upward momentum for the precious metal as<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gold is seen as a diversifying investment that acts as a \u201csafe haven\u201d during political and economic uncertainty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why is this? Well, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gold is scarce, and less than 2% of gold\u2019s total value is extracted from the earth every year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, when more paper money is printed relative to how much gold is mined, each ounce of gold becomes more valuable in rand terms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">History is full of collapsing empires, political coups, and the collapse of currencies. During such times, investors who held gold were able to successfully protect their wealth and, in some cases, even use the commodity to escape from all of the turmoil.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revix.com\/?utm_source=Business%20Tech&amp;utm_medium=July%20Article%203&amp;utm_campaign=July%20A3&amp;utm_content=Link%203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Invest in gold with Revix<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><b>Prices set to rise<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last time gold reached an all-time high was in September 2011 as a result of the recession. It took 3 years for the precious metal to respond to the government fueled stimulus programmes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This time round, within weeks over 5x the value of 2011\u2019s stimulus was injected into the global economy by central banks and governments. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This has resulted in analysts predicting that gold&#8217;s rise will happen much faster and go far higher as governments continue to print money at rates we\u2019ve never seen before, with no signs of slowing down.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite hitting its highest levels in several years, there are still returns to be made from investing in gold in the second half of 2020, according to Bank of America who last month backed an \u201call-time high\u201d prediction saying that the precious metal could hit $3,000 per ounce.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><b>Is now the time to buy?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sean Sanders CFA Charterholder and CEO of investment platform <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revix.com\/?utm_source=Business%20Tech&amp;utm_medium=July%20Article%203&amp;utm_campaign=July%20A3&amp;utm_content=Link%204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Revix<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> commented, \u201cEvery investor should have some gold in their portfolio and look beyond what\u2019s happening in front of us right now. We have to think about what the global economy will look like in 3-years time and with the trillions of new dollars in circulation there\u2019s a strong possibility of inflation emerging.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He continued, \u201cIf history is anything to go by then holding gold, and other hard non-inflatable assets like silver or Bitcoin, would be a better risk-adjusted investment than stocks or bonds.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revix.com\/?utm_source=Business%20Tech&amp;utm_medium=July%20Article%203&amp;utm_campaign=July%20A3&amp;utm_content=Link%205\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Invest in gold with Revix<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><b>How to invest?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through Revix\u2019s online platform you can invest in<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> physical gold held on your behalf in fully insured LBMA London vaults and not have to worry about the custody and insurance burdens of physical ownership. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revix offers a Paxos\u2019 gold token which is backed by one fine troy ounce of the highest quality LBMA gold and, unlike other investments, Revix enables you to buy and sell your gold holdings whenever you choose &#8211; whether that\u2019s in a couple of hours after purchase or in many years\u2019 time.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><b>About <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revix.com\/?utm_source=Business%20Tech&amp;utm_medium=July%20Article%203&amp;utm_campaign=July%20A3&amp;utm_content=Link%206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Revix<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revix brings simplicity, trust, and great customer service to investing. Their easy to use online platform enables anyone to securely own the world&#8217;s top investments in just a few clicks. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revix guides new clients through the sign-up process, to their first deposit and first investment. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once set up, most customers manage their own portfolio, but can access support from the Revix team at any time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information, please visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revix.com\/?utm_source=Business%20Tech&amp;utm_medium=July%20Article%203&amp;utm_campaign=July%20A3&amp;utm_content=Link%207\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>revix.com<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This is a paid-for promotion by the party listed above. Always conduct thorough research before investing.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gold has surged 30% due to the pandemic and it could keep going &#8211; Here\u2019s what you need to know about investing now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":419349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[14849],"class_list":["post-419347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-revix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419347"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":419389,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419347\/revisions\/419389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}