About GoldBuddy
GoldBuddy explains the mechanics of buying, holding and selling precious metals — the parts that stay true regardless of what the price did this week.
What we cover
Structural questions with durable answers: how the spot price is constructed and what sits between it and a dealer invoice, how purity and weight are measured and how fakes are actually caught, what each storage option costs in counterparty risk and insurance, what you own in a trust or a futures contract as opposed to a bar, and how to read a sales pitch.
What we don't do
- No price forecasts. We do not publish targets and we do not tell you where gold is going. Nobody knows, and a publication that pretends otherwise is entertainment.
- No buy or sell calls. Portfolio decisions depend on circumstances we cannot see from here.
- No sponsored content and no dealer affiliate links. A guide about how dealers separate buyers from money cannot be paid for by dealers.
- No market news. Timely coverage needs a live feed and a named-reporter byline policy. We have neither, so we do not pretend to.
Bylines
Guides are bylined to the publication rather than to individuals. Where an individual author writes under their own name, that name will appear on the guide.
Corrections
Factual errors are corrected in place, and the guide's updated date changes when a correction is made. If you find one — particularly in the arithmetic, the unit conversions, or the description of a legal or tax rule — please write in and it will be fixed.
Not financial advice
Everything here is educational. It is not investment, tax or legal advice, it is not tailored to your circumstances, and it is not a substitute for a professional who knows them. Tax and reporting rules in particular are jurisdiction-specific and change.