How to Store Gold Safely: Home, Bank Locker or Insurance?
A practical guide to storing gold: home storage, bank safe deposit boxes, keeping invoices and certificates, insurance in general terms and avoiding scams.6 min read
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Guides and analysis to help you buy, sell and value gold.
How to Read a Gold Invoice: Every Line Explained
A line-by-line guide to a gold invoice: weight, karat, gram price, making charge, tax and item code, with a worked example and a quick checklist before you pay.7 min read
Gold or Silver? Comparing Them for Saving and the Ratio
Compare gold and silver as stores of value: the gold/silver ratio, purity standards, local liquidity and taxes in general terms, with illustrative examples.6 min read
Gold Investing for Beginners: Forms, Costs and Mistakes
A beginner's educational guide to saving in gold: jewelry versus coins versus bars, hidden costs, liquidity, the right time horizon and common buyer mistakes.7 min read
The Dollar and the Gold Price in Egypt: How 21K Moves
How the official dollar, parallel-market rate and gold-market dollar premium feed into the 21K price in Egypt, with a worked example in illustrative numbers.6 min read
Buying Gold in Saudi Arabia: Karats, Invoice and Hallmark
A practical guide to buying gold in Saudi Arabia: common karats, how prices are shown, making charges and VAT in general terms, invoices and hallmarks, with a checklist.7 min read
Buying Gold in Dubai: Gold Souk, Prices and Making Charges
A practical guide to buying gold in Dubai and its gold souk: how prices are posted, karats, making charges and bargaining, invoices, and general tips for tourists.7 min read
Best Time to Buy Gold: What Really Sets Your Entry Price
No one can call the best day to buy gold, but you control what shapes your entry price: the spread, making charge, demand seasons and buying in tranches.6 min read
21K vs 18K Gold Jewelry: Which to Buy for Daily Wear?
Compare 21K and 18K gold for durability, colour, price per gram and resale value, and learn when 18K suits daily wear, with a worked example and a comparison table.6 min read
Shabka Buying Guide: Budget, Karat and Making Charges
A practical guide to buying the shabka: set a budget in grams, choose 21K or 18K, agree the making charge and keep invoices, with a checklist.6 min read
What Moves Gold Prices: The Dollar, Interest Rates and Inflation
What pushes the gold price up or down? How the dollar, interest rates, inflation, geopolitical risk, central banks and seasons affect it, explained plainly.6 min read
Gold Bars vs Jewelry: Which Is Better for Saving?
Compare 24K bars and coins with 21K and 18K jewelry on making charges, buy-sell spread, purity, storage and liquidity, with a worked example and table.5 min read
How to Spot Fake Gold and Read the Hallmark Before You Buy
Learn how to spot fake gold: reading the hallmark and invoice, home tests and their limits, professional testing, plated versus filled gold, and key red flags.6 min read
Gold Pound Guide: Weight, Karat, Price and Why Savers Like It
The Egyptian gold pound weighs 8 g of 21K. Learn its weight, half and quarter sizes, how its price follows the 21K gram, its making charge and resale ease.6 min read
Gold Price Differences Between Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE
Why does the gram price of gold differ between Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE when the global price is one? Currencies, pegs, taxes, duties and demand.6 min read
How to Sell Used Gold at the Best Price: A Practical Guide
Learn the steps to sell used gold: work out its value first, compare offers, selling vs exchanging, deductions for stones and scrap gold, with a worked example.7 min read
Gold Weight Units: Ounce, Gram, Tola, Kilo and Gold Pound
A guide to gold weight units: the troy ounce is 31.1035 g, the tola 11.6638 g, plus the kilo and the gold pound, with a conversion table and worked examples.6 min read
Gold Making Charges: How They're Calculated and Negotiated
Learn how gold making charges are calculated, per-gram vs per-piece pricing, with a worked example and practical tips to negotiate before you buy.7 min read
Zakat on Gold: Nisab and How to Calculate It, With Examples
How to calculate zakat on gold: the nisab is 85 g of pure gold and the rate is 2.5% after one lunar year, with a karat conversion table and worked example.6 min read
Gold Karats Explained: 24K, 22K, 21K, 18K and 14K Compared
Learn how 24K, 22K, 21K, 18K and 14K gold differ in purity, colour, durability and use, and how to work out any karat's price from the 24K price.6 min read
How Gold Prices Are Calculated: From Ounce to Gram
Learn how the gram price of gold is worked out from the global ounce price, the exchange rate and karat purity, plus the jeweller's spread and making charge.7 min read