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Ounce by Ounce An index fund investor's notes on keeping 5% in gold and silver

Disclosures

Last updated: November 2026

Plain version: there are no ads and no dealer pays to appear here, the deal prices go stale, some articles are drafted with AI against published reporting, and none of it is financial advice. The details are below.

This Is Not Financial Advice

Nothing on Ounce by Ounce is financial, investment, tax, or legal advice. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell any asset. I am not a licensed financial advisor, broker, or tax professional, and nothing here is tailored to your situation, your risk tolerance, or your portfolio.

Precious metals can and do lose value. Physical bullion carries costs that stocks and funds do not — dealer premiums, spreads when you sell, shipping, insurance, and storage. It pays no dividend and no interest. Treat everything here as one person's opinion, and talk to a professional who is accountable to you before you act on any of it.

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How the Deals Page Works

The Deals page is generated by an automated script that reads public product pages at APMEX, JM Bullion, and SD Bullion once a day and ranks products by premium over spot. Some caveats worth knowing:

  • Prices go stale. They are a snapshot from the morning refresh. Dealers change prices intraday, and spot moves constantly. Always confirm the live price on the dealer's own site before buying.
  • The listed price is rarely the price you pay. Advertised prices usually assume a specific payment method. Card payments typically cost more than check or wire, and shipping and taxes are extra.
  • Coverage is partial. Only three dealers are checked, and only products their pages expose. A cheaper price almost certainly exists somewhere this script does not look.
  • Scraping breaks. If a dealer changes their page layout, a product can be mispriced or dropped entirely. Report anything that looks wrong.

How Articles Are Researched and Written

Ounce by Ounce publishes two kinds of posts, and they are made differently.

  • Video companion posts accompany an episode of the Ounce by Ounce YouTube channel and reflect my own opinions, purchases, and mistakes. They embed the video they came from.
  • Daily news posts are drafted with AI assistance against published reporting, then filed under my editorial direction and standards. Every factual claim in these posts has to trace to a named source, and those sources are listed at the bottom of each article so you can check the numbers yourself. Where a figure could not be verified against a source, it was cut rather than published.

Both kinds carry opinions. The opinions are mine. If you find an error, email contact@ounce-by-ounce.com and I will correct it.

My Own Position

I own physical gold and silver. That is the entire reason this site exists, and it means I am not a neutral party — I am talking about an asset I hold. I do not hold, and am not compensated to promote, any specific miner, streamer, ETF, or token. I have no financial relationship with any mint.

Questions

Anything unclear about how this site is monetized? Email contact@ounce-by-ounce.com, or ask on the Ounce by Ounce YouTube channel and I will answer it publicly.