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Precious metals mainly refer to eight metal elements such as gold, silver and platinum group metals (ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium and platinum). Most of these metals have bright colors and strong chemical stability, so they are not easy to react with other chemicals under normal circumstances.
Precious metals investment is divided into physical investment and electronic transaction investment.
Among them, physical investment refers to the process that investors earn the difference by buying low and selling high when they are optimistic about the precious metal market. It can also be a means to avoid risks when the economic outlook is not optimistic, and realize the preservation and appreciation of assets.
Electronic trading refers to the decision to buy or sell precious metals such as gold and silver according to market price fluctuations. This kind of transaction generally has leverage, which can make a big return at a small cost.
With the aggravation of the threat of inflation, the turmoil of the global economic situation and the outbreak of the world financial crisis, the demand of precious metals investment, which has the function of hedging, has shown an explosive growth trend. Precious metals, because of their high liquidity and value preservation, can resist currency changes and price increases caused by inflation.
The Regular Precious Metals Trading Center pointed out that since the State Council issued Document No.38 earlier to rectify the trading market, the central bank and other five ministries and commissions jointly issued a document prohibiting any institution or individual except Shanghai Gold Exchange and Shanghai Futures Exchange from setting up a gold exchange or gold trading platform.
At present, precious metals investment is dominated by spot silver and some physical gold that can be traded on trading platforms, and there are many illegal platforms, such as Loco London Gold and London Silver, which are quoted in US dollars. Over the years, there have been many fraud cases, which require investors to be cautious.
Physical gold trading is mainly aimed at gold derivatives, mainly refers to the physical sale of gold. The main forms of physical gold are gold bars, gold coins and gold ornaments. Market participants mainly include gold producers, refiners, investors and other demanders.
Physical gold investment has two disadvantages: first, it must pay for storage and security, and there is no interest income from holding gold.
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1. Trading in physical stores or issuers with physical gold trading qualifications is characterized by global circulation, recognition and non-renewable.
2. It mainly reflects the preservation and appreciation of precious metals and the anti-inflation function, and the circulation exchange function is basically degraded.