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1. What are precious metals?
The so-called precious metals are short for precious metals, and in a narrow sense, they refer to precious metals such as gold and silver. Precious metals in a broad sense include physical investment and non-physical investment. Among them, physical investment refers to the process in which investors buy low and sell high to earn spread income when the precious metal market is optimistic. Or it refers to a hedge taken by investors to preserve and increase the value of assets when they are not optimistic about the economic prospects.
Non-physical investments include leveraged electronic trading investments and bank bills, gold, paper and silver. Electronic trading is a process in which investors decide whether to buy or sell precious metals such as gold and silver according to market price fluctuations, and make profits from it. Bank paper, gold, paper and silver are the process in which investors buy and sell virtual gold and silver on the books according to the bank quotation, and investors earn the fluctuating price difference by grasping the international gold and silver price trend.
Second, the more common precious metal varieties on the market.
Common precious metals in the market are: gold spot, silver spot, London gold, London silver, futures gold, paper gold, paper silver, platinum, palladium and so on. Due to the variety of precious metals, there are some differences in their trading methods. When choosing precious metals, investors should choose the one that suits them according to their personal economic situation, trading style and operation level.
Three, precious metals investment is divided into physical investment and electronic trading investment.
Option 1: investment in kind
The advantage of investing in physical silver bars and ingots is that the premium is small, and investors can cash out according to the real-time market conditions. It is also a means of preserving value and blessing future generations, and the market price is open and transparent. However, investors must be cautious and properly kept. There may be inspection fees when buying back, and interest income cannot be obtained during the investment process.
Option 2: paper, silver, paper and gold.
Paper silver is a "book-entry" silver wealth management service launched by domestic banks (some banks can also make physical delivery). Its advantages are low investment threshold, simple operation and high capital security. But its disadvantages are no leverage, low capital utilization rate, only one-way operation and long investment cycle.
Option 3, Gold and Silver Delay (T+D)
Silver extension is a leveraged silver investment tool represented by banks launched by Shang Jin. The transaction is conducted by margin (minimum 12%), so the capital utilization rate is high, and two-way transaction is also supported. As long as investors keep an eye on the direction, no matter whether they are short or long, they have the opportunity to make a profit. However, its investment threshold is significantly higher than the above two methods, and the trading time is discontinuous, which is prone to spread risk. Moreover, in the mode of matching transactions, it may not be possible to close the position in a volatile market.
Option 4: International Spot Silver and Gold
International spot silver is London silver, which is the embryonic form of silver T+D. Therefore, apart from its advantages, the market is in line with international standards, with better liquidity and lower investment threshold (the minimum deposit only needs the contract value of 1%). Investors can adjust the leverage ratio according to the market situation and their actual needs, and make a profit by making a difference in the market for more than 20 hours in a row all day. However, for domestic investors, spot silver is a foreign transaction, and funds need to be sent overseas. Therefore, we must choose a platform with strong qualifications recognized by authoritative organizations for trading.