What Kind Of Market Am I Investing In If I Invest In Gold Savings?

By Increase Savings | Published: July 1, 2009

What kind of market would I be investing in if I keep part of my wealth in gold. Is it the commodity market? But in commodity markets, people buy and sell Contracts. Therefore, I don’t think keeping part of my savings in gold is similar to investing in commodity market. Any ideas?

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  1. gosh137
    Posted July 1, 2009 at 2:19 am | Permalink

    to invest in gold, check out:
    Central Fund of Canada (AMEX:CEF) which holds nothing but gold & silver bullion so you get exposure to the physical, and you don’t have to worry about storage/delivery/insurance.
    http://www.apmex.com
    http://www.bulliondirect.com
    http://www.tulving.com
    http://www.kitgo.com
    http://www.gold-eagle.com
    (Disclosure: This is not to be considered a recommendation for any of the above as I do not invest in gold and have not tried to research any of the above sites).

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