Is it the right time to invest in gold? Most of the time, you won’t be able to understand how plainly markets function except if you are a market expert. Financial lingo is designed to disguise the reality of the financial markets for the profane and make it accessible only for the specialist.

Most of the used terms are complex and abstract and sound unreal to the majority of people. That’s why it is so difficult to explain why in today’s context it is so important to own physical gold no matter the spot price.

You’ll not find the real value of the gold in the spot price of the market trend, whether is a market rally or a bear market environment. In order to understand how the gold market functions you need to be aware of certain key elements.

These elements must be understood, as it they are of uttermost importance. You should not get confused in case that one of the elements leads to a seemingly discouraging volatility. In order to get a better idea you may imagine a situation that makes a historical parallel with the famous shipwreck of the Titanic.

By analogy, the present crisis is similar to the Titanic ship when it just hit the iceberg. Not everybody is aware of it, except a very few who have an understanding of the monetary system and technical know-how. They know that the ship is going to sink because is beyond repair. In these circumstances you understand the great importance of owning physical gold or silver similar to owning a lifeboat in a shipwreck event.

US President Donald Trump has proposed some new US tariffs on aluminum and steel imports. The EU Commissioner for Trade announced that they “are looking at possibilities to retaliate. In fact, the EU handed a list of 100 US imports to its member states. These imports ranging from corn, Bourbon, jeans and motorbikes to motorbikes and steel are worth around $3.5 billion per year.

In this turbulent context the Japanese Yen also helped gold prices increase by pulling back on the FX market. The Yen has outpaced the retreat in the Dollar and has erased for Tokyo investors most of last week’s 2.0 percent plunge. Meanwhile, following Wall Street’s overnight gains, world stock markets rose. However, the prices for major government bond fell. Long-term interest rates are pushed even higher.

On 10-year debt, German and UK bond yields rose both over 5 basis points. For the fight time in just 3 weeks, 10-year US Treasury yields rose to 2.90 percent, a 4-year high. Gold prices stood $100 lower per ounce last time when 10-year US yields were at a higher point than today.

There is a fragile balance on global markets today. There are rumors of trade war between US and EU as well as US and China, there is North Korean crisis and Syrian crisis and much more. Before the market volatility increases to dangerous levels, perhaps is it’s time to protect your wealth and invest in physical gold or silver stored outside of the banking system.