LONDON, 16 June 2016 – UK politics journal Prospect today quotes BullionVault analysis in a feature on the benefits, and risks, of investing in gold.
The magazine also recommends owning vaulted gold over holding small bars or coin in your possession, due to the lower cost compared to home insurance premiums.
"Gold tends to do well when other assets fall," Prospect says, quoting analysis from BullionVault head of research Adrian Ash.
"If you'd put £100,000 into 60% equities and 40% bonds a decade ago you would now have £183,516...[suffering a] worst year in 2008 with a 13.1% drop.
"However, if back in 2006 you'd put 5% of your investment in gold and split the rest 60:40 between equities and bonds you would have made £5,000 more. Your losses in 2008 would have been reduced to 10.3%.
"The bottom line," says Adrian, "is buy a little gold, and hope it goes down...[because] that usually means the rest of your portfolio should be rising."
You can read the Prospect article here:
