Despite the recession silver is in strong demand. This is hardly surpirsing, in turbulent times there is traditionally a move by shrewd investors to purchase those things that have intrinsic value, such as gold, silver and jewellery. Gold and silver are relatively easy to buy and sell and tend to hold their value.

A recent article in The Daily Telegraph confirms the strong demand for silver.

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Descisions decisions!

If you managed to build up some assets during the good times, or if you kept out of debt and still have some spare money coming in you are among the lucky ones. But you have some important decisions to make that will affect your financial security and well-being, especially if you are approaching retirement.

You can do nothing, that's the easy option, but consider that if you have money in savings accounts the rate of interest being paid by most banks is below the rate of inflation. That means your money is losing value every day! Your nest-egg is getting smaller every day.

What can the prudent investor do?

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