(Source: Western Mail)
WHEN confidence in the financial world is shaken, like it has been in recent months with the global economic meltdown, investors tend to turn to three sure-fire things - gold, land and property.
The beauty of Wales is that it offers all three of these desirable purchases.
Welsh gold has been prized as a jewellery metal for centuries.
In the days of the Celtic kingdoms, nobles wore gold from the Principality as a badge of rank and power. More recently the precious metal has been used to create wedding bands for the late Princess Diana and Camilla Parker Bowles.
Hollywood actor Michael Douglas also chose a band of Welsh gold to declare his love for Catherine Zeta-Jones on their wedding day.
Sadly the supply from reworking old surface tips at Gwynfynydd Mines Royal, in Dolgellau, is ending. But there could easily be more gold in the hills of Snowdonia, we just need to find it!
But farmers seeking a fortune would perhaps be better off bidding at an auction of land or property - and there's plenty to choose from, just look at the welcome return of Cowbridge Market.
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