RE: Silver27 Feb 2021 21:47
Like anything else you've got to know the market - buying and selling - the silver Britannia coins I bought just a few weeks ago are already going for +20% on Ebay. Clearly, offing a 5kg lump to retail will be a much less liquid market.
Yes, VAT sucks but at least you duck CGT. No VAT or CGT on gold but again, know your market for when you come to offload and many people expect silver to outstrip gold in percentage terms on the assumption this all catches fire. Also bear in mind that anything you have to pay VAT on applies to everyone else too so for a given known quantity it's already baked into the resale price, at least when selling to retail.
Everyone has their own targets but the $48-50 range is obvious to most - personally, I like Silver @ $125 and Gold @ $2,300-2,700 for a gold:silver ratio of 20.
Nobody buying physical is doing it for a short-term trade - I've got my eye on Q3 for a top of some kind.