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METALS

What is Metals Trading

Precious metals such as gold and silver have been traded either as currencies, or at least as the basis of currencies, or commodities, for hundreds of years. These products are traded on the COMEX exchange. The prices you see are the market prices on the exchange at any given time. In 1933, the COMEX was established through the merger of four smaller exchanges; the National Metal Exchange, the Rubber Exchange of New York, the National Raw Silk Exchange, and the New York Hide Exchange. On August 3, 1994, the COMEX merged with NYMEX, and now operates under the NYMEX name and is the world’s largest commodities futures exchange.

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Gold and silver are heavily traded these days and are viewed as having a certain “security” and are considered a “safe” investment. As they have been highly valued in our culture for so long, their value is now known intrinsically to us and in times of economic hardship or global economic strife the value of these metals will rise as investors will see them as “safe-havens” for their capital.

Please regard the chart below:

Recent Gold Price Chart

There has been steady rise in the price of gold over time if you look at the long term trend. Towards the end of 2007 through to 2008 Gold rocketed over fears of the credit crunch led investors to seek safer assets for their capital. Gold hit a high of $1023.50 on March 17th 2008.

The value of gold not just intrinsically but as a secure asset has led to great increases in trading volumes of late, as well as record-breaking prices.

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