• Call Contact
  • Help Help
Cart
 
Banner
BullionStar

BullionStar

In this blog, BullionStar shares what's happening inside BullionStar
as well as news and research from the local and global precious metals markets.

Your Weight in Gold

Your Weight in Gold

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 0 Comments

There are many phrases and sayings in the English language that illustrate the high-regard with which societies hold for gold. These phrases are embedded into natural language and have evolved over time based on an intrinsic appreciation by civilizations that gold is rare and of high value.

One example is the saying “worth your weight in gold”. Although a metaphor, what...
Continue Reading arrow

The 5 Largest Gold Nuggets That Still Exist

The 5 Largest Gold Nuggets That Still Exist

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 5 Comments

The discovery of large gold nuggets has always caused excitement for gold miners and the general public alike. Although most of the big gold nuggets discovered receive nicknames and these names pass into legend, many of history’s big gold nuggets have been melted down and no longer survive.

The world’s largest surviving gold nuggets are now held and displayed in places as...
Continue Reading arrow

Gold For Christmas – Gold’s Importance in Religion
The Most Outlandish Gold Products You Can Buy

The Most Outlandish Gold Products You Can Buy

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 2 Comments

Since gold is a rare and valuable substance, it has always been associated with opulence and wealth. None more so than when gold is combined with a product to give that product an air of luxury and exclusivity.

Sometimes the match between gold and a product works well, yielding a classic luxury good boosted by its gold content. Other times the outcome may not be so...
Continue Reading arrow

Demand in the Singapore Gold Bullion Market

Demand in the Singapore Gold Bullion Market

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 1 Comments

Singapore’s gold market is now one of the largest in the region after strong growth, particularly over the last 5 years since the Singaporean government exempted investment precious metals from Goods and Services Tax GST in October 2012.

The gold market in Singapore is both a wholesale market and a retail market. The wholesale market includes bullion banks, trading houses and...
Continue Reading arrow

Mustafa Centre: Gold in Singapore

Mustafa Centre: Gold in Singapore

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 0 Comments

The Mustafa Centre in Singapore's Little India is well-known as a slightly eccentric and congested shopping mall and arcade in which to buy all manner of diverse items. It also sells a lot of gold jewelry and a small selection of gold bullion.

But after navigating through the busy streets and actually finding the Mustafa Centre, the next challenge involves locating the Centre's...
Continue Reading arrow

Eat Gold

Eat Gold

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 3 Comments

A common phrase in the mainstream financial media is that ‘you can’t eat gold”. This claim is usually trotted out by CNBC and Bloomberg talking-heads as a way of disparaging the benefits of investing gold in times of crisis. But the claim is both wrong and misleading, because you actually can eat gold. And drink it too.

Furthermore, Wall Street and its cheerleaders are...
Continue Reading arrow

Buy Silver Bullion in Singapore

Buy Silver Bullion in Singapore

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 0 Comments

Singapore offers a number of benefits when buying and storing silver. In Singapore, the majority of silver bullion bars and silver bullion coins from the world’s major mints and refineries are exempt from Goods and Services Tax (GST). There are also no taxes or duties on the import or export of silver. Singapore is also … Continue Reading arrow

Your Weight in Gold

Your Weight in Gold

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 0 Comments

If you buy and take delivery of gold bars or gold coins and want to keep your gold close at hand in your own home, you will still need to ensure that it is safely stored on your property, preferably in a hidden location that only you and close family members are aware of. There are many hiding places in a house or on a property to store gold, some more sensible than others.... Continue Reading arrow

28 Reasons to Buy Physical Gold

28 Reasons to Buy Physical Gold

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 4 Comments

There are many compelling reasons to own physical gold in the form of investment grade gold bars and gold coins. Among them are gold’s ability to retain its purchasing power over time, and it’s safe haven status in times of financial turmoil and uncertainty.

Gold has been known throughout history as the pre-eminent form of money and its track record as a stable money is...
Continue Reading arrow

Degussa Singapore Closes Retail Store

Degussa Singapore Closes Retail Store

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 1 Comments

Exactly 2 years after opening a retail bullion shop in Singapore and expanding outside Europe, Degussa GoldHandel has announced that it is closing its Singapore shop on 31 October. Of possible relevance to the decision, the Degussa Singapore operation has been loss making since inception, with full year results to 31 December 2016 showing a new loss of SGD 2.8 million.

Although...
Continue Reading arrow

BullionStar Rebuilds Community Center in Indonesia
Essentials of China's Gold Market

Essentials of China's Gold Market

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 3 Comments

A series of 8 articles about the Chinese Gold Market have now been added to Gold University section of BullionStar’s website. These articles are collected titled “Chinese Gold Market Essentials”. The articles are mostly structured around the supply – demand equation of the Chinese gold market which has the Shanghai Gold Exchange at its core, as the market’s allocation... Continue Reading arrow

Torgny Persson: Will Gold Hit $65,000 in 5 Years?

Torgny Persson: Will Gold Hit $65,000 in 5 Years?

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 1 Comments

Is it realistic that the price of gold could reach USD 65,000/oz in 5 years? In this speech, BullionStar's CEO, Mr Torgny Persson, shares his views on the gold price as well discusses the following topics:

1) Money System of Today - How does our monetary system work? Or doesn't work? Do fiat currencies like the US Dollar have any real intrinsic value?

2) Gold...
Continue Reading arrow

Winners of BullionStar's Silver Britannia Competition

Winners of BullionStar's Silver Britannia Competition

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 0 Comments

In the month of August 2017, we launched a competition in collaboration with The Royal Mint. The competition invited customers of The Royal Mint and BullionStar to promote the Royal Mint Brand in Singapore through any medium! We received numerous top quality submissions and after much deliberation, we present to you the two winners of the competition, Ms. … Continue Reading arrow

BullionStar Media & Original Content

BullionStar Media & Original Content

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 0 Comments

BullionStar's website features a wide variety of original analysis and content on precious metals markets globally and which provides readers and viewers with unique and up-to-date insights that are not available elsewhere.

A case in point is the BullionStar Perspectives video series which gives viewers free access to leading independent analysis of precious metals markets. In...
Continue Reading arrow

BullionStar Financials FY 2017 – Year in Review
Can Gold Surge to $65,000 in 5 Years?

Can Gold Surge to $65,000 in 5 Years?

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 31 Comments

Although the international price of gold is set by paper gold markets, these markets cannot price physical gold accurately because they don’t trade physical gold. Instead they trade infinitely scalable fractional claims on physical gold. Conversely, real physical gold is not a claim on gold. It is gold. Real physical gold is real money, and is the ultimate form of saving and store of... Continue Reading arrow

Our Extensive Range of Royal Mint Gold & Silver Coins

Our Extensive Range of Royal Mint Gold & Silver Coins

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 0 Comments

BullionStar carries an extensive range of investment grade gold bullion coins and silver bullion coins minted by Britain’s famous Royal Mint. The Royal Mint is fully owned by Her Majesty’s Treasury and has the distinction of being the world’s oldest mint. BullionStar’s range of Royal Mint bullion coins includes gold and silver Britannia coins, gold … Continue Reading arrow

Buy and Sell Gold and Silver With Bitcoin

Buy and Sell Gold and Silver With Bitcoin

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 3 Comments

Following Bitcoin's recent strong price appreciation, Bitcoin holders may be thinking of taking profits or diversifying some of their Bitcoin position into physical precious metals. It is therefore interesting to know that BullionStar's online transactional website fully supports Bitcoin and has done so since May 2014.

Using BullionStar's website, customers can buy gold and...
Continue Reading arrow

What Sets the Gold Price – the Paper or Physical Market?
BullionStar Financials FY 2016 – Year in Review
Infographic: Bullion Banking Mechanics

Infographic: Bullion Banking Mechanics

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 2 Comments

Bullion banking is a commonly used term, but what does it refer to? And who are these bullion banks? This new infographic from BullionStar guides you through the shadowy world of bullion banking centred in the City of London, and looks at the paper gold creation process, how the banks use unallocated gold accounts to allow the trading of gigantic amounts of fictitious gold, and how the... Continue Reading arrow

Infographic: Gold Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Mechanics
The Gold Market – Where Transparency Means Secrecy

The Gold Market – Where Transparency Means Secrecy

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 1 Comments

The following speech, by BullionStar precious metals analyst Ronan Manly, was given to an audience during a Precious Metals Seminar held at BullionStar’s shop and showroom premises in Singapore on 19 October 2016. Introduction Good evening ladies and gentlemen, you are all very welcome to this event at BullionStar. This evening, I will be discussing the … Continue Reading arrow

Gold Price Skyrockets in India After Currency Ban

Gold Price Skyrockets in India After Currency Ban

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 4 Comments

The following guest post was written by Jayant Bhandari in two parts. Part 1 was first published by Jayant on November 9. Part 2 was first published by Jayant on November 16. Parts 1 and 2 were originally published on the ‘Acting-Man.com’ website as “Gold Price Skyrockets in India after Currency Ban" and “Gold Price Skyrockets … Continue Reading arrow

Bullion Banking 101 – Speech by BullionStar's Torgny Persson

Bullion Banking 101 – Speech by BullionStar's Torgny Persson

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 14 Comments

The following speech, by BullionStar CEO Torgny Persson, was given to an audience during a Precious Metals Seminar held at BullionStar’s shop and showroom premises in Singapore on 19 October 2016. Introduction What have I got here? It’s 87 grams of gold. As many of you know, we have our own bullion vault integrated in BullionStar’s … Continue Reading arrow

Trump and Gold

Trump and Gold

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 0 Comments

It was an event-filled and turbulent evening last night as the results for the 45th US presidential election rolled in, signalling that the majority of the American electorate had voted for Republican candidate Donald Trump. Trump received over 270 of the 538 electoral college votes needed to secure a majority. Trump will now be inaugurated as … Continue Reading arrow

BullionStar attends 2016 LBMA Conference in Singapore
Infographic: India's Gold Market

Infographic: India's Gold Market

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 3 Comments

The Indian gold market is one of the world’s largest and most extensive gold markets, with an estimated 23,000 tonnes of private gold held within India’s borders. In India, gold is revered and held as a traditional form of savings and wealth preservation, particularly in the form of gold jewellery. With minimal gold mining production, … Continue Reading arrow

Additional Gold & Silver Coins GST-Free in Singapore

Additional Gold & Silver Coins GST-Free in Singapore

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 0 Comments

Starting 1 September 2016, the exemption of gold, silver and platinum coins from Goods and Services Tax (GST) in Singapore has been extended. The following coins, all available for ordering at BullionStar.com, are now available for purchase without any GST. The updated IRAS Guide on Exemption of Investment Precious Metals (IPM) can be found here. United … Continue Reading arrow

The World’s largest Precious Metals Refineries

The World’s largest Precious Metals Refineries

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 13 Comments

There are many precious metals refineries throughout the world, some local to their domestic markets, and some international, even global in scale. Many, but by no means all, of these refineries are on the Good Delivery Lists of gold and/or silver. These lists are maintained by the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) and they identify … Continue Reading arrow

Infographic: China's Gold Market

Infographic: China's Gold Market

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 1 Comments

This Chinese Gold Market infographic guides you through the largest physical gold trading market in the world, China. An impressive 16,000 tonnes of gold are held within China’s borders. Did you know that the Chinese wholesale demand for physical gold was an astounding 2,596 metric tonnes in 2015? This was supplied by China mining more … Continue Reading arrow

Stockpiles: the Key to Gold as a Store of Value & Safe Haven

Stockpiles: the Key to Gold as a Store of Value & Safe Haven

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 0 Comments

Much is written in the precious metals world about gold’s characteristics, as well as how the behaviour of the gold price allows gold to play the role of a unique financial asset that retains purchasing power over time, acts as a safe haven asset, diversifies risk, and provides hedging benefits. However, much of the material written … Continue Reading arrow

“How Safe is Your Gold?” – Speech by Torgny Persson

“How Safe is Your Gold?” – Speech by Torgny Persson

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 0 Comments

The following is the transcript of a presentation made by BullionStar’s CEO Torgny Persson on 14 July 2016 to an audience at the FreedomFest conference in Las Vegas, USA: Liberty is Prevailing Freedom, ladies and gentleman. Freedom is the right to think, speak and act the way that we want. I think I speak for … Continue Reading arrow

Wrap-Up of Our Visit to FreedomFest 2016

Wrap-Up of Our Visit to FreedomFest 2016

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 0 Comments

Saturday July 16 wrapped up BullionStar’s attendance at its first FreedomFest conference and convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. During the event from Wednesday July 13 through to the Saturday afternoon, the BullionStar team interacted with a wide-range of interesting event attendees, discussing topics ranging from the role of precious metals in investors portfolios, to the safety... Continue Reading arrow

Rand Paul at FreedomFest 2016 & BullionStar’s New Game

Rand Paul at FreedomFest 2016 & BullionStar’s New Game

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 0 Comments

BullionStar continues its coverage of the FreedomFest conference in Las Vegas which it is attending and exhibiting at. For previous coverage see “BullionStar exhibiting at FreedomFest in Las Vegas" and “How Safe is your Gold?” – BullionStar CEO’s speech at FreedomFest“. Rand Paul’s Speech U.S. Senator Rand Paul, a Republican representative of Kentucky in... Continue Reading arrow

"How Safe is Your Gold?” – Our FreedomFest Presentation

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 2 Comments

The first full day of the FreedomFest conference took place 14 July in Las Vegas, USA, an event at which BullionStar is attending and exhibiting. Conference proceedings took the form of general speaker and panel sessions in a large auditorium in the morning, and multiple breakout sessions of speakers and panel discussions in the afternoon. … Continue Reading arrow

BullionStar Exhibiting at FreedomFest in Las Vegas

BullionStar Exhibiting at FreedomFest in Las Vegas

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 0 Comments

This week BullionStar is attending and exhibiting at a unique conference called FreedomFest in Las Vegas, Nevada. FreedomFest is the largest pro-liberty conference in the world and it has taken place annually in Las Vegas since 2002. The event was founded and is still organized by Mark Skousen. This year’s FreedomFest event runs from Wednesday … Continue Reading arrow

Bullion Coin Sales Boost Mints' Revenues

Bullion Coin Sales Boost Mints' Revenues

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 0 Comments

The world’s major precious metals mints are currently riding high on the back of extremely strong global bullion coin demand and relatively buoyant gold and silver prices. These mints are predominantly run as commercial enterprises. The sheer scale of revenues that the US Mint, Royal Canadian Mint (RCM), Perth Mint and Austrian Mint have been … Continue Reading arrow

Gold & Brexit

Gold & Brexit

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 1 Comments

In what was an extraordinary day for global financial markets, and a day which will no doubt become legendary and enter folk memory in the UK and elsewhere, the electorate of the United Kingdom voted 51.9 % to 48.1% to leave the European Union. As the first count results began trickling in during the very … Continue Reading arrow

Saving in Gold vs. Investing in Gold

Saving in Gold vs. Investing in Gold

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 3 Comments

There are differing views on choosing the optimal percentage of gold to hold in an asset portfolio. These different viewpoints depend on how one views gold. Those looking for a return on their money in currency terms perceive gold as an investment which they can sell at a currency price higher than what they bought … Continue Reading arrow

Paper Currencies Are Worthless

Paper Currencies Are Worthless

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 4 Comments

16 June 2021 is exactly five years from today. What will the gold price be on 16 June 2021? Currencies are Worthless As the world’s fiat paper currencies have lost 99% or more of their purchasing power over the last 100 years, its critical to understand that fiat paper currencies are not a suitable unit … Continue Reading arrow

Offshore Bullion Storage or 3 Eggs?

Offshore Bullion Storage or 3 Eggs?

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 0 Comments

What does one hundred trillion dollars buy you? How about a mansion in every country, an airplane at every airport and a private island in every ocean? How about 3 eggs? When Zimbabwe issued its infamous 100 000 000 000 000 dollar bill, it could buy 3 eggs on the day it was issued. A … Continue Reading arrow

Infographic: COMEX Gold Futures Market

Infographic: COMEX Gold Futures Market

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 5 Comments

This COMEX Gold Futures Market infographic guides you through the largest gold futures market in the world, COMEX. Did you for example know that only 1 in 2500 contracts on COMEX goes to physical delivery whereas the other 2499 contracts are cash-settled? This corresponds to a delivery percentage of 0.04% of all gold contracts. The US … Continue Reading arrow

Infographic: The London Gold Market

Infographic: The London Gold Market

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 3 Comments

This London Gold Market infographic guides you through the secretive OTC wholesale gold market in London. The London Gold Market is the largest gold market in the world and the volumes traded are staggering. The London Market serves as a price discovery market for the worldwide gold spot price and is home to the London Bullion … Continue Reading arrow

Profiles of Key Gold Vaults Around the World

Profiles of Key Gold Vaults Around the World

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 1 Comments

Many topics in the world of gold are opaque and secretive, none more so than the famed gold vaults of the world’s major central banks and their bullion banking counterparts. BullionStar Gold University is now bringing transparency to this intriguing yet under-reported area by profiling the largest and most important of these gold vaults. According … Continue Reading arrow

新加坡贵金属市场行情 - 投资储藏黄金白银新的好地方

新加坡贵金属市场行情 - 投资储藏黄金白银新的好地方

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 0 Comments

每当谈到东南亚首屈一指的金融以及财富管理中心,就一定会提到新加坡这个国家。我们观察一下新加坡所佔的一些优势,其实不难看出其中的原因。这些优势包括了强力的政府支持,优越的地理位置,较低的犯罪率,世界级的基础设施, 和中立友善的政治方针。... Continue Reading arrow

Silver Bullion in Singapore

Silver Bullion in Singapore

  • Date
  • author BullionStar
  • Comments 0 Comments

Singapore is one of the best jurisdictions in the world for buying silver bullion. Both silver coins and silver bars are exempted from GST in Singapore. For physical silver bars the criteria is that the silver bar has to be produced by an LBMA-approved refinery and be of a minimum purity of 99.9% silver. For … Continue Reading arrow

We use cookies to enhance the user experience and to analyse traffic. Cookies are also used for the purpose of handling our system and services. By using our website, you accept that cookies are used. You can change the usage of cookies in your browser. The usage of cookies and the collection of customer information by BullionStar is guided by our Privacy Policy.