Our Team

The Team Behind Buying Old Now

The retail gold market feeds on fear and confusion. Dealers push high-margin rare coins. Pundits scream about imminent economic collapse. You end up overpaying for metal you do not fully control. We built Buying Old Now to strip the friction out of physical asset allocation. We are capital markets professionals, wholesale operators, and logistics researchers. We track the premiums. We audit the vaulting terms. We expose the hidden fees.

We do not just write about gold. We buy it, store it, and analyze the macroeconomic forces driving it.

Our team brings institutional rigor to retail precious metals. We know how the wholesale supply chain works. We know exactly where retail buyers leak capital. We built this platform to show you how to secure physical wealth without falling for the industry traps.

Martin Tremblay, Lead Strategist & Capital Markets Expert

Martin Tremblay spent years in high-stakes financial advisory. He understands capital structures from the inside out. As a key figure at HCI, a premier capital advisory and mergers and acquisitions boutique firm with a presence in Montreal, Toronto, and New York, Martin evaluated legacy assets and complex cross-border acquisitions. He brings that exact institutional rigor to retail gold investing.

Valuing a business requires stripping away the marketing fluff to find the actual cash flow. Valuing a gold dealer’s offer requires the exact same skill.

Martin applies his professional background to help readers secure and scale established physical positions. He knows how to value an asset without the emotional noise. On this site, Martin breaks down the macroeconomic forces driving precious metals. He shows you how to avoid the trap of buying too much at the wrong time, overpaying for fractional coins, or trusting the wrong storage company. He focuses on identifying undervalued opportunities within established markets and navigating the intricate landscape of hard asset allocation.

You can verify his professional background and connect with him on LinkedIn.

Elias Voulgaris, Wholesale Market Analyst

Elias Voulgaris spent six years operating a wholesale bullion trading desk. He watched retail buyers lose thousands to hidden dealer markups. He knows exactly how the spread between spot price and retail price expands during market panics. Elias writes our dealer reviews and premium analysis. He tells you when a free shipping offer is actually baked into a massive coin markup. He exposes the bait-and-switch tactics dealers use to push high-margin proof coins over standard bullion.

Sarah Jenkins, Custody and Logistics Director

Buying the gold is only half the equation.

Securing it is where most investors fail. Sarah Jenkins focuses entirely on logistics, counterparty risk, and custody. She breaks down the critical differences between allocated, segregated, and unallocated vaulting. She reviews private depositories across North America and Europe. She explains exactly why you never store investment-grade bullion in a standard bank safe deposit box. Her research ensures you actually own the metal you pay for.

Our Editorial Standards

We operate under a strict code of editorial independence. We do not accept payment for favorable dealer reviews. If a bullion dealer has a history of delayed shipping, we publish it. If a specific U.S. Mint product carries a ridiculous 30 percent premium over spot, we tell you to buy generic rounds instead. We rely on hard data. COMEX delivery numbers. Historical spread analysis. Real vaulting contracts.

We test the systems we write about. We open accounts with the dealers. We track the delivery times. We read the fine print on the storage agreements. We reject the generic advice that floods this industry.

We also define our limits clearly.

We do not offer personalized financial advice. We do not predict daily price movements. We do not cover numismatics or graded rare coins. We focus strictly on low-premium bullion for long-term wealth preservation. If you want to speculate on daily paper gold contracts, you are in the wrong place. If you want to build a physical position with minimal counterparty risk, you will find our research invaluable.

Get In Touch

We want to hear about your experiences in the physical market. If you spot a dealer charging absurd premiums, or if you have a question about a specific vaulting facility, let us know. Real reader feedback drives our investigative focus.

Send your questions to our editorial desk at contact@buyingoldnow.com. Martin reads every email. We aim to reply to all legitimate inquiries within 48 hours. We ignore spam, guest post requests, and dealer PR pitches.