what the best way to invest in gold?
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I have been trading gold and gold related companies since 2001. I suggest that everyone have 10% of their investable monies in physical gold. The problem is making sure you get the right price. The best price I know if via www.coloradogold.com. These are near wholesale prices, but you have to buy in quantity to get the best price. call for quanities. Don, the dealer, is very reputable but you'll have to send him a check and it takes weeks to get product. Other than that, check local coin dealers. It is important to find a dealer who gives you a reasonable price, and is someone you don't mind doing business with. Other than that, there are many dealers on the web, but the prices can vary such as kitco.com, blanchardonline.com...Also you can their are ETF's on the stock exchanges that track gold, such as street Tracks (symbol GLD). When you buy one share of GLD, theoretically you are buying one/tenth and ounce of gold they are holding in the vault. Just note, that you never see the vault. Gold in your hand can be trusted. And, finally, buying shares of gold mining companies such as NEM, NG, AUY, GG, etc. is 'like' buyin gold. However, when gold prices go up, gold company shares tend to outperform gold, and when gold prices go down, they go down worse. So, they are more volatile. I cover some of these topics, and other investment topics periodically on my blog:\n\nhttp://gmoolah.blogspot.com
603430
You should know the fact that sometimes keeping '100%' cash is the best investment. So be-careful.\n\nTo learn about gold and commodities have a look at \nhttp://uscommoditiestrader.com
9131
Gold is always a good bet, and now it seem the price will be going up for several year. also, if you are willing to take a slight risk, look into nanotechnology, seems to be the wave of the future.
202390
Whatever you can afford.  The best way to get started is to figure out how much extra money that you have at the end of the month.  Make sure that it is money that you plan on investing for the long term.  You don't have to invest a big lump sum.  \n\nThe best strategy for a beginner is to systematically, dollar cost average into a low cost mutual fund.  Find yourself a good no load, index or growth fund and set up an account to automatically take a fixed amount from your bank account every month.  When the market is low, you are buying more shares and when the market is high, you are buying less shares.  You will find that you won't miss the money and in a short period of time you will discover the power of dollar cost averaging combined with the compounding of money.  Good luck!!
136325
Here is the exact spot where you can purchas it:\n\nhttp://www.basichip.com/digitalgold/mp3011/mp3011.htm
406838
It depends on the form of the gold...gold coins: find a reputable coin dealer in your area.
467472
Just Google or Yahoo search gold bullion. There are a lot of markets, but some are futures and some are syndicates or associations that sell you a share of their value, not gold itself. Most small quantities of gold are sold as coins.\n\nSee, for example: http://www.bulliondirect.com/catalog/home.do;jsessionid=F197EC28F228F08EFC252A22BAC41FDF
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When the performace of an investment becomes front page news, like gold has recently, that says only one thing to me:\n\n     BUBBLE!\n\nMaybe gold has had some fundamental reasons for going up thus far, such as inflation and weak dollar, but if it continues to skyrocket, I think it's mainly a speculative bubble. Remember, gold doesn't do squat for you while you own it.  No dividends, no interest payments, nothing. (In fact, you have to pay to store it securely.) To make money on gold, you have to hope someone will want to buy it from you later at a higher price. \n\nSo to answer your question, now might be a fantastic time to buy gold, as long as you have psychic powers to know when the price will suddenly collapse.
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You can day trade the ticker GLD, which is a gold-based EFT.  There's one other, Ishares Comex Gold or something like that, but I dont' know the ticker.\n\nGood luck, I hope you don't lose your money.  Commodities are notoriously unpredictable.
644172
Gold is a pretty good standard. :) And it should be worth...well...gold.
430150
Best thing would be to go to a pawn/antique shop, buy a bunch of stuff made with those metals, melt them down, and make a bar.\n\nIndividual investors cannot just buy a bar of metal.. however since those metals are more common, go to Home Depot and look for them, ie. Copper Wire. \n\nIf you want to invest in them to make money because you think their price will go up, buy an ETF or a large producer/distributor of those metals, stock.
17882
good as it gets ,  go for the gold
239153
Being in Dubai this may sound odd, but you may consider joining the GPAA (Gold Prospectors Association of America)\nFor 79.00 usd plus shipping you get a nice riffled pan , a snuffer bottle 6 bi-monthly magazines with lots of great information on all aspects of gold prospecting, a claims guide (a directory of all the claims leased by the club in the U.S.and Canada) and quarterly updates, a good video showing how to prospect, a hat and some other stuff. You can request no mining guide and save 20 bucks.\nThere are lots of ads in the magazine for retailers of lots of prospecting gear. I've been panning now about 5 years and really enjoy this hobby. I even bought a dredge this winter and can't wait to get out there this year. \nIf you want to get your gold fever really fired up visit http://www.goldprospectors.org/  . This is the GPAA website. You will find lots of links to valuable information including membership info and a message board to communicate with other prospectors.\nI hope you get your pan and find lots of gold !! \n\nlet me know how you do
905594
It depends on how risky you want to be.  Do you feel confident about your ability to play the stock market?  If so you could take a chunk and invest it there.  If you are more conservative then I would suggest an ING account or a CD with the highest return of investment.  Usually a 12 month CD will carry a higher return but you cannot access this money easily without paying a penalty.  So if you want a good return with access to your money either a money market or an ING account would probably work best.  Happy investing!
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for the next 3 years gold, as the market price is going up due to demand and conflict around the world.\n\nSell them when everything is stable and invest in property by then, not now as the market is too hot right now.\n\nAlso invest in LCD screen manufacturing stock as they will become hot commodity in the next 2 years.
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It depends on how long you plan to have you money lock by the investment. \n\n(1) For long-term, I would suggest bonds. In the past, bonds offer better rate for long-term. (However, this is not true recently.)\n(2) For short-term, CD is easier to liquidate (or the penalty of getting out of it could be smaller).
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You can invest it in many different things. Bonds, stocks, mutual funds, CD's, T-bill, gold, silver, land, rare coins, art, antiques, baseball cards, to name just a few. \n\nIt would be perhaps better to ask, "How would you invest $10,000?"  At least that way you would get different points of view. \n\nIf all I had was $10,000 to invest and I did not have any outstanding debts to be paid off, I would put $3000 in oil stocks, $3000 in a mutual fund investing in China, and $4000 in T-bills or a mutual fund investing in foreign debt because the dollar is not a healthy place to be right now.