In 2011 and 2012 but you can invest money in these areas with excellent liquidity and simplicity. Your best investment alternative: the exchange of funds (ETFs). Let me use the silver in 2011 as an example. If you place silver coins (rounds) to enter in 2009 or 2010, you saw prices rise by early 2011. It was probably the best investment around until May 2011. As silver approached $ 50 an ounce was hit hard and prices fell rapidly. If you wanted to take profits (settlement) in their silver coins there was no quick and easy way to do this, then you probably did nothing.

No one knows where to invest the money at all times to gain the best returns in terms of precious metals from real estate vs. stocks and bonds. But there is a better way for the average investor go about investing money in all of the above. In our example silver, an exchange-traded fund with stock symbol (SLV) was probably your best investment. It is a fund that follows the price of silver and trades as a stock. If you want to buy or sell can do so at any time (at market prices) the stock market is open … on the Internet … a commission of about $ 10. This is called liquidity, and all you need is an account with a discount broker to play the great game.