Sabrina Ritz

Gold or Bitcoin? At first glance, both assets address surprisingly similar questions. Both are associated with scarcity, international transferability and a degree of independence from conventional monetary structures. And yet the way they achieve this could hardly be more different. One has accompanied humanity for thousands of years. The other has existed only since 2009. Gold can sit physically in a vault. Bitcoin exists entirely in digital form. Gold needs neither electricity nor the...

Property or physical gold – which is better? It sounds like a straightforward question. In reality, the two assets are often being measured against each other as though they were designed to do the same job. They are not. Property is frequently purchased with substantial borrowed capital. Physical gold, on the other hand, is normally bought with the investor's own money. So what looks like a simple comparison between two asset classes is often also a comparison between leverage and no...

You may own gold, silver or other tangible assets because you want to hold something real. Something that exists independently of a digital platform, an issuer or a financial institution. That is precisely where an important question begins: Where should you keep that property, and where is it genuinely protected? Many people devote considerable attention to choosing and buying precious metals. Storage is often considered only at the end. Yet the product itself is only one part of a sound...