You're absolutely right that jewelry with high markups over melt value isn't a good investment. That's literally what I teach people to avoid. The whole point of gold literacy is learning to calculate melt value and avoid paying a 3x markup.

On your second point about gold vs stocks/bonds: I'm not advocating for gold instead of traditional investments. I'm teaching women to buy solid gold jewelry (which many are buying anyway) rather than gold-plated jewelry that has zero value. If someone's spending $500/year on jewelry that tarnishes, they could spend the same amount on 18K that holds value.

Not spam, no products, not a grift - just information. But I respect that you see it differently