Everything we know about gold, written down
Two ways in, depending on what you came for. All of it is free to read, open to anyone, and you can stop wherever you have what you needed.
The Gold Investment Academy
Eighteen lessons across three courses, in order, each ending where the next begins. About three hours if you read the lot, and the only thing here that assumes you know nothing.
Understanding Gold
What gold is, why it is scarce, how its price is formed, and what every word on a dealer's listing actually means.
6 lessonsOpenStarts with: Why gold has held its value for thousands of years02Graded Gold Coins
The sovereign and the Britannia, what grading certifies, why one grade point moves the price, and how to buy and store.
6 lessonsOpenStarts with: The sovereign and the Britannia03Tax and the Markets
Capital Gains Tax on legal tender, VAT on investment gold, how a sale is priced, where gold sits in a wider portfolio, and passing a holding on.
6 lessonsOpenStarts with: Capital Gains Tax, and why legal tender is differentShort paths
Most people arrive with one thing they want to know. A path is five stops that answer it, pulled from the lessons, guides and tools that already exist.
Some questions are better answered out loud
Everything above is here so that a conversation with a specialist starts further along. Bring whatever the reading left open. Ask anything, decide nothing on the day.
Investments in bullion are not regulated by the FCA, and there is no access to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme or the Financial Ombudsman Service. The value of gold can fall as well as rise, and past performance is not a guide to future returns. Nothing in the Academy is financial or tax advice. Tax treatment depends on your individual circumstances and can change. Nothing here is tax advice.