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How To Invest In Gold?

By Ahmad Hassam

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There are many ways to invest in gold. Unlike other physical commodities, gold can be stored to have its value preserved or increased over time. One investment method unique to gold is to buy it. You can buy gold bars, bullion and coins and store them in a safe place as an investment. No other commodity gives you this unique opportunity. Try to buy coal, crude oil or copper and store it!

One of the easiest ways to invest in gold is to buy gold coins. Gold coins are better than gold bars as you can buy or sell them in smaller units. Most popular gold coins are the Gold Eagle (issued by the US Government), Gold Maple Leaf (issued by the Royal Canadian Mint) and Gold Krugerrand (issued by South African government).

In many countries, people buy gold jewelry for the dual purpose of adornment and investment. Now, gold certificates are a hybrid instruments that allow you to own physical gold without actually taking possession of it. As the name implies, gold certificate certifies that you own a certain amount of gold which is usually stored in a safe location on your behalf by the authority that who issues the certificate.

Gold futures contracts provide you with a direct method to invest in gold through the gold market. Now you can trade one of these two popular gold futures contracts; 1) COMEX Gold futures contract gets traded on the NYMEX and is one of the most liquid gold contracts in the world.

The other is the CBOT Mini-Gold. This contract gets traded on CBOT and is popular for its smaller size that allows many retail investors to profit from the gold market plus you can trade it electronically on the CBOT electronic trading platform. Now many investors don't want to mess around with gold futures! For them, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) offer a good investment opportunity in gold. There are two gold ETFs to choose from. One is the StreetTracks Gold Shares. This fund is a good way to profit from gold without actually owning it. The other gold ETF is iShares COMEX Gold Trust. Now both these ETFs track the gold prices in the spot market making their performance almost identical most of the time.

Another method to get exposure to the gold is by investing in gold mining companies. A few popular gold mining companies are Barrick Gold Corporation, AngloGold Ashanti Limited and other. Newmont Mining Corporation is one of the largest gold mining companies in the world!

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