1. Investment in gold bars
The advantages of investing in gold bars are: no commission and related expenses, strong liquidity, instant realization, global transferability and global quotation; In the long run, gold bars have the function of preserving value and have a certain effect on resisting inflation. Disadvantages are: it takes up some cash, and there are certain risks in ensuring the physical safety of gold. Precautions for buying gold bars: it is best to buy gold bars from well-known enterprises, keep relevant certificates properly, and the appearance of the deposit bar, including packaging materials and gold bars themselves, will not be damaged, so as to facilitate future sales.
Investing in gold coins
There are two kinds of gold coins, namely pure gold coins and commemorative gold coins. The value of pure gold coins is basically the same as the gold content, and the price basically fluctuates with the international gold price. Pure gold coins are mainly collected by coin collectors. Because the price of pure gold coins is basically the same as that of gold, the premium at the time of sale is not high (that is, the difference between the gold contained and the gold coins sold), and the investment appreciation function is not great, but it has the functions of beauty, appreciation, circulation change and value preservation, so it is still attractive to some collectors. Commemorative gold coins have great appreciation potential because of their large premium, and the investment value of collection is far greater than that of pure gold coins.
3. Paper gold
The transaction of "paper gold" is a service provided by banks, without the intervention of real money and silver. For accounts with precious metals as the unit, investors do not need to buy and sell gold and settle in kind, because it does not involve the settlement of real money and silver, so the transaction cost can be lower. It is worth noting that although it can be equated with holding gold, the "gold" in the account cannot be exchanged for physical objects, and the "deposit" has no interest. "Paper gold" is a kind of one-way transaction with 100% capital, and it is a relatively stable tool for direct investment in gold.
4. Golden coupons
Gold certificate is a popular way of gold investment in the world. Gold certificates provided by banks and gold sellers provide investors with the risk of avoiding storing gold. Advantages of investing in gold certificate: the certificate has high liquidity and no storage risk, and gold can be insured globally. Certificates issued by large institutions can extract gold in major financial and trade areas in the world. The disadvantage is that buying gold certificates takes up a lot of money from investors. To extract a large amount of gold, you need to make an appointment in advance, and some gold certificates have low credibility. To this end, investors should purchase institutional certificates recognized by local regulatory authorities.
5. Gold futures
One of the characteristics of futures is that investors have to pay a deposit (usually 5%- 10% of the contract amount) in order to finally buy a certain amount of gold. Gold futures contract trading only needs a margin of about 10% of the transaction amount as the investment cost, which is highly leveraged, that is, a small amount of funds promotes large transactions, so gold futures trading is also called "margin trading". However, the shortcomings of gold futures are also obvious. Because of its fixed delivery period and inflexible trading, it is not recommended to try this investment scheme.
6. International spot gold
International spot gold, also known as London gold, is named after its earliest origin in London. Investors' transaction records are only reflected in the "gold passbook account" opened by individuals in advance, and there is no need to withdraw physical gold, which saves the steps of transportation, storage, inspection and identification of gold, and the difference between the buying price and the selling price is smaller than that of physical gold. There is no fixed place for this kind of gold trading. One of the main advantages of spot gold compared with gold futures is that its trading method has no time limit, that is, buy and sell, and investors can go long or short at any time.
7. Gold stocks
The so-called gold stocks refer to listed or unlisted stocks issued by gold mining companies to the public, so they can also be called gold mining company stocks. Because buying and selling gold stocks is not only investing in gold mining companies, but also indirectly investing in gold, this investment behavior is more complicated than simply buying and selling gold or buying and selling stocks. Investors should not only pay attention to the operating conditions of gold mining companies, but also analyze the price trend of the gold market.
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