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Both the economy and the financial markets move in major cycles that can exert significant influences on long-term investment returns should an investor not recognize their existence. It is our contention at Wexford Capital Management ( WCM ) that we have entered such a major secular period beginning in early 2000 to this day. Whether one labels todays financial market environment as a bull or bear market or todays economy as a full-fledged recovery or an intermittent spurt in activity is really immaterial to the ultimate decision to undertake critical investment portfolio diversification into Tangible or Hard Assets. Risk reduction is one of the time-tested tenets of successful investment management. When there is a body of reliable evidence as to extended valuation levels in traditional investments, stocks, bonds, emerging market debt, or even real estate, it behooves the prudent investor to lower overall investment risk through diversification. Investing in U.S. rare coins has long been a very successful pursuit for primarily skilled collectors who have acquired the expertise to determine relative values for different rare coins based upon years of actual trading experience. Today, however, it is possible for collectors and investors to duplicate this expertise by buying only third-party grading services certified and encapsulated U.S. rare coins and by enlisting the professional advice of nationally recognized and trusted experts in the field of numismatics. It is not sufficient to just buy a slabbed, graded rare coin, but one that has been graded by a recognized, independent expert in the field of numismatics. A high-pressure salesman from a high-volume coin dealer is usually nothing more than that, a salesman with totally insufficient numismatic knowledge. Since asset prices are determined by supply and demand, why not consider an asset class such as U.S. rare coins that has a finite potential supply and steadily increasing demand in the U.S. today? After years of research and first-hand trading of P.C.G.S., N.G.C. and I.C.G. certified U.S. rare coins, Wexford Capital Management established its own well-research program in 1997 for investing in certified pre-1933 gold and silver U.S. rare coins. The advisor used his own money to weed out the slick from the trustworthy sources of truly rare, problem-free and original rare coins. Unfortunately, out of an initial field of 7 major national coin dealers, only two coin buyers survived the rigors of complete trustworthiness AND numismatic expertise, not to mention fair pricing. To say that it is a jungle out there in coin world is an understatement, and the school of hard knocks can be very expensive for an investor or collector placing his or her hard-earned money in the wrong hands. Besides reading the book before buying the coin, read the signals from the prospective dealer before dealing with him.

 

Address: 113 Brenton Court, Stephens City, Virginia 22655-4819
Telephone: (877) 855-9760
Fax: (800) 858-9324
Website: http://www.wexfordcoin.com/