Recent content by fatcat1970

This sounds interesting...does trading XAU have any advantages over trading fiats like say USDEUR or USDAUD?

Here's I think the current list : Cash payment limitations

Geez, how long will it be until we cannot use cash to buy a loaf of bread ?

Gold isn't doing as bad as you think. When evaluating the performance of gold as an investment over the long term, it really depends on the time period being looked at. From 1990 to 2020, the price of gold increased by around 360%. Over the same period, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)...

Creation & Destruction Fees for PAXG are similar to the buy and sell fees for a Depository Online account at the Perth Mint (1% for $50-$10,000, down to 0.20% for greater than $1M). With PAXG you can redeem for a physical gold bar in London but you must have at least 430 troy ounces in your...

PAXG Gold is audited monthly I think. And they tell you the serial number of the 400 ounce bar your share is allocated too. I'm not saying there's no risk with Paxg but storing gold at home or buried in a National Park also has risks.

The Goldman Sachs ETF is the old Perth Mint EFT. This change pissed off a lot of people. "Also out with the Perth Mint is the ETF’s novel convertibility feature that allowed shareholders of the ETF to exchange their shares for delivery of physical gold in the form of bullion bars and coins...

In Russian annexed Crimea probably not. "Mainland" Russian banks do not operate there. Crimean Russian banks, such as GenBank, are sanctioned. International Visa cards for example do not work there. Sanctions encourage money laundering in Crimea | GRI

Each Paxos Gold "coin" is backed by 1 troy ounce of gold in a London vault. Youholder is offering 8+% apy if you park the coin with them.

8.2% on Paxos Gold ??? How can they pay so much, dare I ask?

Any idea what the rules are for hand-carrying gold out of Singapore? Do you need to declare; do you need some type of permit; how many kg can you take?

Follow up video to the Perth Mint saga:

There's no limit on how much gold you can bring into Singapore BUT: "If you are hand-carrying Investment Precious Metals (IPMs) for personal use, please take note of the following: You are not required to take up a Customs permit for the importation of IPMs of a total weight not exceeding...

See posts # 18. 19 and 20 in this thread. They stopped offering no name boxes earlier this year. Still, having a box in Das Safe full of gold is not reportable under FBAR or FATCA. And Das Safe isn't a bank or financial institution to do CRS I believe.

Das Safe in Vienna does not sell gold or anything else; all they do is rent boxes. You bring your own gold and can put as much gold as you can fit into the box and there's different size boxes.. You get $50K insurance included and can increase this amount.