Blair Harris, Author at First Gold Group

Reality Check: What is actually happening when your metals dealer says: you purchased gold, you should have purchased silver.

If your precious metals dealer encourages you to sell one metal and invest in another, for any reason whatsoever, they are attempting to engage in a practice known as “swapping.” To be clear, they are trying to take advantage of […]

Gold for the Long Term

Over the years we have seen instances where new investors enthusiastically acquire their metals, only to immediately cancel their order following a pullback of their metal’s spot price. As sure as the sun rises and sets, metals’ prices will fluctuate, […]

A Potentially Risky Silver Acquisition

I was recently introduced to my neighbor’s brother who is an ardent investor in precious metals. As we discussed the excitement around the current metals market, he shared that just prior to March 2020 he had invested what constitutes the […]

How to Invest in a Post-Covid World

Barron’s recently posted an article titled “How to Invest for a Post-Covid World” where they surveyed top advisors, money managers, and asset-allocation experts to help determine the investment landscape path forward. Experts such as John Rogers, chairman and CEO of […]

A hedge against what some investors fear is the potential collapse of the entire monetary system

Forbes recently published an article highlighting the roughly 30% rise in the price of gold since March 2020 and a couple underlying fundamentals which are typically correlated with an increase in the price of gold, namely the falling value of […]

A well-diversified portfolio is one of the keys to successful investing

My wife attended and received her MBA from a well-known and respected business school in upstate New York. During a lecture her finance professor advised the class of a study conducted where the returns of a group of stocks picked […]