• Preserving eternal
values and increase.
• Preserving eternal
values and increase.
Increase in value
Precious metals – all-rounders in the fields of industry, finance and culture.
Precious metals have always been of great importance for humans.
The value of precious metals is determined by their outstanding properties and their rarity.
In particular, their resistance to corrosion and their stability at high temperatures make them usable in industrial processes and high-quality high-tech applications. Precious metals are indispensable for manufacturing industry.
Precious metals are also stable in value, however, and represent prosperity, beauty and luxury. In addition to their wealth of symbolism and their cultural significance for thousands of years, reserved for the powerful in previous ages, • gold • silver • platinum and • palladium, as secure assets, are now acquiring an important role in the development of financial independence.
It is always worth investing in precious metals, even with small amounts, so as to achieve aims thanks to their continually growing value.
In view of the interest rate hike which is to take place in the ECB region, it should be pointed out that:
with increasing interest rates, gold prices have been developing significantly upward since 1999.
Gold price development after interest rate increase:
Interest rate increase on 4.2.1994
after 3 months –8.5 %
after 6 months –15.5 %
Interest rate increase on 25.3.1997
after 3 months –1.5 %
after 6 months –7.5 %
Interest rate increase on 30.6.1999
after 3 months appreciation +11.1 %
after 6 months appreciation +19 % (!)
Interest rate increase on 30.6.2004
after 3 months appreciation +3 %
after 6 months appreciation +11.4 %
Interest rate increase on 16.12.2015
after 3 months appreciation +15.8 %
after 6 months appreciation +12 %
Growing industries, including in e.g. China and India, which are partly already trend-setters in technology, are generating a globally increasing demand for precious metals. We are using the resulting increase in value professionally for our customers’ precious metal purchasing.
The performance of precious metals:
1 ounce/oz gold
01.01.1999: 243.04 euros
29.01.2024: 1,874.29 euros
Increase in value in 25 years and 1 month: 671.19 %
1 ounce/oz platinum
01.01.1999: 307.45 euros
29.01.2024: 853.05 euros
Increase in value in 25 years and 1 month: 177.46 %
1 ounce/oz silver
01.01.1999: 4.23 euros
29.01.2024: 21.25 euros
Increase in value in 25 years and 1 month: 402.36 %
1 ounce/oz palladium
01.01.1999: 283.30 euros
29.01.2024: 901.11 euros
Increase in value in 25 years and 1 month: 218.08 %
Bernard Baruch, US financier and stock market speculator