When investing in gold bars (blocks), it is best to buy gold bars (blocks) produced by internationally recognized or well-known local gold refining companies. In this way, selling gold bars in the future will save a lot of expenses and procedures. If the gold is not produced by a well-known enterprise, the gold buyer will charge a fee for analyzing the gold.

Step 2 invest 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.

3. Paper gold

"Paper gold" transaction is a service provided by banks, without the intervention of real money and silver. With a precious metal account that is not in the company, 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.

4. Gold futures

Gold futures, like other futures transactions, are also contracts for delivery at a certain transaction price and at a specified time. The contract has certain standards. 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.

5. Gold options

Option means that buyers and sellers have the right to buy a certain number of objects at the agreed price in the future, but they have no obligation. If the price trend is favorable to option buyers, they will exercise their rights and make a profit. If the price trend is unfavorable to them, they will give up the right to buy and lose only the cost of purchasing options at that time. The cost of buying and selling options (or the price of options) is determined by the supply and demand forces of the market. At present, there are not many gold options markets in the world, because there are many contents involved in gold options trading, and the investment tactics of options trading are also very complicated and difficult to master.

6. Gold Fund

Gold fund is the abbreviation of gold investment fund. The so-called gold investment fund is a kind of fund organized by fund sponsors and subscribed by investors. Fund management companies are responsible for specific investment operations, with gold or gold derivatives as the investment medium. It is managed by an investment committee composed of experts. The investment risk of gold fund is relatively small, and the income is relatively stable, which has the same characteristics as well-known securities investment funds.

7. 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.