How jewellers hedge the risk of carrying large inventory?what are the latest things happening in global gold sectors and what factors influence this sector.I want a detailed analysis.
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there are future derivates exchanges in india where one can hedge..these futures currently span over 1-6 months, drivers are marriage, investment, speculation.
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About 3.5 million USD. \n\nSince gold is a standard worldwide, I would not risk bringing it to the USA but sell it somewhere in Europe. One should be very careful, people have been known to be killed for much less than this. If someone is claiming to be selling such an amount, I would be very wary.\n\nI've since done a little research and reputable gold brokers WILL NOT do business in Ghana (and some other countries as well)\nhttp://www.goldbuyersagent.com/sma.html
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You're insane.  Buy commodities as a diversifier and inflation hedge only, and as part of a larger diversifed portfolio.  They should make up no more than 5-10% of your portfolio, depending on your personal risk tolerance.  They are VERY volatile, so keep that in mind.  The best way to do it is through a diversifed commodities fund, like the DWS Scudder Commodity Securities Fund.\n\nHope this helps!\n--J.
309380
Yes it is. And gold closed today at $700 and ounce. You made some money.
495679
Are you aware that 10k is the mininum fineness you can sell in the United States and still legally call it "karat gold?" Therefore, there isn't really a market for any karatage under 10k in the U.S. unless it's being resold as estate/antique jewelry. If you want to sell new gold jewelry in the U.S., you need to produce at least 10k - but you can always make it with smaller, thinner metal components to keep the price down.\n\nHowever, you CAN sell 9k gold in the UK. Not sure about Canada, but definitely Mexico (which I think has an even lower gold standard of 8k). \n\nThe market you are looking for in the U.S. is primarily the department stores, discount stores, jewelry chains, TV shopping and jewelry Web sites. Whether you would be manufacturing direct or delegating your manufacturing to the importer or another party, you will need to offer exceptional mass production capabilities - and even then, you will have a difficult time breaking into this market, as there already is tremendous competition from your own country, as well as China, India and other Asian countries.\n\nI have been involved in the jewelry industry for more than 15 years as a trade editor, PR/marketing and communications consultant. I have extensive industry contacts and may be able to play matchmaker for you. Let me know if you are interested.
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Gold is a lousy speculative investment. Invest in a diversified portfolio of mutual funds over many years and don't worry about inflation.\n\nGold has increased in value at the rate of 1.47%/year since 1988. Gold is currently very near its high for the period . . . If you had bought it at its lowest point since 1988 you would have made over 100% as of today.\n\nIf you bought an S&P 500 fund at its lowest point since 1988, you would have made over 600% as of today . . .
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Good luck, dude.  If you're asking for commodity trading advice on Y!A you'll need a great deal of it.  (Luck, that is, not advice.)
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The jewels used in watches are usually rubies, sapphires (which are chemically the same as rubies), garnets and diamonds. After around 1900, most of the rubies used were synthetic. Before 1900, the jewels were either from stones that were too small or had too many flaws to be used in jewelry. In either case, they really weren't that costly. There is often a correlation between the price of the watch and number of jewels, but the jewels themselves are not the cause of this higher price. \n\nReducing friction is an extremely important goal in watchmaking. Jewels have two important properties that help reduce friction. First, they can be made to be very smooth, and therefore they let the metal parts slide easily. Secondly, they are very hard and therefore don't wear down very quickly. The gears in a watch are carefully designed so that the teeth roll on each other, rather than sliding. If the axle of a gear wears away the hole that it sit in, the gear will shift. That means the teeth will no longer roll on each other and therefore friction will be increased. \n\nThere are several different types of jewels used in a watch, the most common are: \n\nHole Jewels:   These are donut shaped jewels that fit over the gear axles (in watch lingo, the wheel arbors). \nCap Jewels:   These are flat jewels that are placed on the ends of the axles (arbors). \nPallet Jewels:   These are brick shaped jewels on the pallet fork that alternately engage and release the escape wheel. The escape wheel is the gear with funny "boot" shaped teeth. \nRoller Jewel:   This jewel is on the large balance wheel that swings back and forth. It engages with the pallet fork on the end opposite of the pallet jewels. \nThe jewels are carefully shaped so that the capillary action of the oil causes the oil to be drawn toward the gear arbors instead of spreading out where it doesn't do any good.
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Supply and demand. Indusrial consumption of gold has the greatest effect on market value of gold/precious metals.
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Gold is rising because there are a shortage of other attractive investments.  Also investors are concerned about the possibility of the dollar weakening.  First stocks were hot, then it was real estate, now it seems that gold and silver are "the next big thing".
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You are in a very good part of the country for prospecting. There are many known gold-bearing areas in the region. Visit www.goldprospectors.org. They will have all the info you need. The GPAA is the nation's largest prospecting organization. Membership is very reasonable and will give you free access to claims from coast to coast and the members are more than willing to help out the "newbies".
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None really. In theory there is some gold in Fort Knox and every time money is printed it's secured by the gold. In truth, the treasury can do whatever they want. They have a theoretical endless amount of money. Of course, if they print/use too much money - they'll cause inflation that that in turn will lower the purchasing power of that money so the government should be cautious about that.
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Gold is always a good bet, and now it seem the price will be going up for several year. also, if you are willing to take a slight risk, look into nanotechnology, seems to be the wave of the future.
297875
Up, \nMore and more people are entering the market every day and online trading has taken off. I use a site that gave me 1 free gram of gold to trade, you could do the same and watch your free gold increase in value and learn how to trade.
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THere are gold mines throughout the world. The largest mines are in Russia and So. Africa. There are many mines in the US West, and now, with the price over $700 per ounce, there is enough incentive to start digging again. \n\nThe problem is that the "easy" gold has largely been extracted already. The remaining gold is such a small proportion of the mined ore, that it's getting increasingly expensive to process.
207584
Housing prices are getting ready to crash (at least in the USA), and mortgage rates are rising.  So real estate is not a good investment right now.  People like to put their money into something tangible, and since real estate is not good any more (stocks are out of the question - too unstable and people don't trust corporations), metals are the next best thing.  We're facing heavy inflation here, and gold and other precious metals tend to go up in real value in such circumstances.  Actually, prices, in real dollars adjusted for inflation are still quite low, historically speaking.  So many are buying now, which drives up the price.  Furthermore, many industrial uses for metals are increasing, especially in China.
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My husband went to Lima, Peru about 15 yrs ago and brought me home some beautiful peices of silver.  They mine silver there and it is extremely reasonable.  Maybe you could try searching the web for some wholesalers out of Peru.  Just a thought.  I didn't understand you to say you were going on-line to sell these, do you have a storefront or what?