Buy gold: Benefit from the gold price development
If you want to invest in gold and participate in the development of the gold price, you can do this in various ways: You can buy physical gold on the one hand in the form of gold bars or gold coins, on the other hand you can benefit from the ups and downs of the gold price with securities.
If you want to deposit gold as collateral in times of crisis, then you should buy physical gold. Gold bars or gold coins have a real material value and retain a certain value even in crises.
If you only want to reduce fluctuations in the portfolio or bet on the gold price development, you can also buy securitiesfor example gold certificates or exchange-traded commodities, so-called exchange-traded commodities (ETC) – this is how the yellow precious metal can take on the role of an anchor of stability in the portfolio.
An alternative is investing in shares in gold mines and gold mining companies. As an investor, you are indirectly involved in the success or failure of these companies in the gold market. Gold miners and gold miners share prices typically rise or fall with the price of gold.
But: Investments in companies in the gold industry are very volatile due to their strong link to the gold price. In addition, the companies themselves have to bear the high costs of mining the yellow precious metal because of the enormous energy and labor requirements. This can – even with a rising gold price – reduce corporate profits and thus slow down the rise in the share price.
Notice: When buying physical gold, as an investor you should think about the quantity and size of the gold bars or gold coins in advance. In principle, the larger the piece of gold, the lower the production surcharges in relation to it. Casting a large or a small ingot costs almost the same amount of money.
Our recommendation: As a crisis precaution, buy many small or even very small denominations of mini gold bars or gold coins – this way you can react flexibly at any time if the mood on the market changes. As a pure gold investment, you should then buy even larger gold bars. At the Euwax Gold II* it is a gold ETC with a delivery option. Investors can view the deposited physical gold can be delivered in the desired denomination from as little as one gram.