Well... you cannot divide gold, unless you are using it specifically for barter. In today's market, if you split the gold bar, people will buy it from you at a

Well... you cannot divide gold, unless you are using it specifically for barter. In today's market, if you split the gold bar, people will buy it from you at a lesser value than if the bar was whole. If you sell the gold whole, I don't know of anyone that will buy it for it's true value in weight. The best strategy for gold is buy and hold until the buyers will offer more than what someone bought it for.