So a better strategy is to refrain from considering jewellery as an investment vehicle, which, strictly speaking, it’s not. For our financial investments in gold, it is best to look at twenty-four carat gold in the form of coins and bars. Most jewellers stock pure gold coins and bars, and so do banks and other gold outlets. The biggest advantage here is that the pricing is transparent: you can walk into any jeweller’s store and buy a gold coin or bar at the official per-gram price plus taxes. Buyers generally need to pay import duty and value added taxes on all the gold they need to buy. These
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