Mutual funds pool the money of different investors to purchase a collection of bonds and stocks and allow these to be managed by a professional. Each mutual fund investor owns shares representative of a portion of the fund’s holdings. These funds each have different methods of investing and various portfolio management styles. They can hold […]
ETF’s (Exchange Traded Funds) are a fairly new product to Wall Street. An ETF fund is an exchange-traded fund — a device similar to a mutual fund that is used to take a group of investor’s money and place it in a group of securities to diversify. With a gold ETF, you are investing your […]
It’s important to know what you’re getting into when you buy into a gold fund. You may have the idea that you’re always investing in gold with a gold ETF but that’s not always the case. Some funds are set up to profit if gold prices decline. There are three common sorts of ETF gold […]
When a jeweler is unsure of the metal in question, he does a gold test that is basically a chemical test to determine if the gold in the jewelry is real gold. Anyone can do the same test by following these directions: hold the gold object while wearing thick rubber gloves. Take a nail file […]
Throughout the history of man gold has been valuable as currency and a resource, and the protection and pursuit of this resource has been marked by blood shed, violence, and war. In the 1980’s and 1990’s gold became a backstage player in the investment world. Recent years and a weak economy has pushed gold back […]
In the current world that we live in, reality for many people is that they want to invest in solid growth products, but they just don’t have the money to make any major moves. That is how we are starting out in 2010, but it’s important to know that just because you don’t have a […]
Gold has long been an important and valuable commodity on the market for both investors and collectors, which is why they often try to buy gold coins in large quantities. Many gold traders and purchasers feel that investing in gold coins can be a financially wiser choice than purchasing gold bullion. In order to determine […]