Gold Investment Options

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  • Easy to buy/sell
  • Easily transported, stored, highly liquid
  • Tangible asset / inherently valuable
  • Competitive prices that are widely quoted
  • Accurately assayed and 99.5%+ pure gold
  • Requires secure storage
  • Manufacturing premiums added to price
  • Typically have higher minimums for investment
  • No dividend / interest yield
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  • Prices widely quoted / highly liquid
  • Relatively cost efficient
  • ETFs may not directly track the price of gold
  • Limited track record (started in earnest in 2003)
  • Gold weight backing each unit declines through management fee
  • Subject to price manipulation by hedge fund managers
  • Not necessarily 100% gold bullion backed
  • Trust may include other collateral besides gold bullion
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  • Current prices widely quoted
  • Highly liquid
  • May yield dividends
  • Price more volatile than bullion
  • Geopolitical risk
  • Industry / exploration risk
  • Corporate governance risk
  • Limited transparency into reserve base
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  • Guaranteed by a government rather than a refiner
  • Considerably worth more than bullion coins
  • Not subject to confiscation by government
  • Greater price appreciation potential than bullion coins
  • Coin sales to dealers with 15%+ premium don’t have to be reported
  • Changing premiums
  • Higher premiums
  • Inefficient while purchasing large quantities

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