Introduction To Gold Investment
1) Physical gold
Physical gold trading includes transactions such as gold bars, gold coins, and gold jewellery, with holding gold as an investment. It is certain that its investment amount is higher, and although the real rate of return is the same as other methods, the amount involved will definitely be lower (because the invested capital will not exert leverage), and it can only be profitable when the price of gold rises. Generally, the difference between the buying and selling prices of jewellery gold is relatively large, and it is regarded as unsuitable for investment. Gold bars and coins are the best choices for real gold investment because they do not involve other costs. But it should be noted that holding gold does not generate interest income.
There are two types of gold coins: pure gold coins and commemorative gold coins. The value of pure gold coins are basically the same as the gold content, and the price basically fluctuates with international gold prices. It has the functions of aesthetics, appreciation, strong circulation and liquidity, and value preservation. Many gold coins are commemorative gold coins, and it is difficult for ordinary investors to identify their value. Therefore, the quality requirements for investors are higher, mainly to meet the collection of coin collectors, but the investment value-added function is not great.
2) Paper gold
"Paper gold" transactions do not involve physical gold. It is a service provided by banks. With an account with no units of precious metals, investors do not need to use physical trading and settlement to invest in gold by means of bookkeeping. Because it does not involve any physical gold, the transaction cost can be lowered. Although it is equivalent to holding gold, the "gold" in the account generally cannot be exchanged for physical gold. If you want to withdraw physical gold, you can only exchange them by making up the number of funds.
3) Gold margin
Gold margin trading means that in the gold trading business, market participants do not need to transfer the full amount of gold to be traded, but only need to pay a certain percentage of the total price of the gold transaction, as a performance guarantee for the physical gold delivery. There are both gold futures margin trading and gold spot margin trading. The main functions of gold margin trading are 1. Price discovery; 2. Hedging; 3. Speculative profit.
4) Gold futures
Generally, the buyers and sellers of gold futures will sell and repurchase the same number of contracts as the previous contract before the expiry date. Which is closing the position without real delivery of real gold. The profit or loss of each transaction is equal to the difference between the two contracts in opposite directions. This way of buying and selling is what people usually call "Gold Speculation." Gold futures contract transactions only require a deposit of about 10% of the transaction amount as the investment cost, which has greater leverage, and a small number of funds promotes large transactions. Therefore, gold futures trading is also called a "deposit transaction."
5) Gold options
Options is a price agreed by the two parties and has the right but not the obligation to purchase a certain amount of the underlying. If price movements are beneficial to option traders, they will exercise their rights to make a profit. If the price trend is unfavorable, the right to buy is waived, and the only loss is the cost of buying the option at that time. As gold options trading investment tactics are more complicated and difficult to master, there are not too many gold options markets in the world at present.
6) Gold stocks
Gold stocks are gold mining company stocks that issue listed or unlisted stocks to the public. Since buying and selling gold stocks is not only an investment in gold mining companies but also an indirect investment in gold. This kind of investment behavior is more complicated than pure gold trading or stock trading. Investors should not only pay attention to the operating conditions of the gold mining company but also analyze the price trend of the gold market.
7) Gold Fund
Gold fund is the abbreviation of a gold investment mutual fund. The gold investment mutual fund is organized and established by fund promoters and subscribed by investors. The fund management company is responsible for specific investment operations and specializes in gold or gold derivatives as a mutual fund for investment media. The fund is managed by an investment committee composed of experts. Gold funds have relatively low investment risks and relatively stable returns, which have the same characteristics as securities investment funds that we are familiar with.
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黄金投资介绍
1)实物金
实金买卖包括金条、金币和金饰等交易，以持有黄金作为投资。可以肯定其投资额较高，实质回报率虽与其他方法相同，但涉及的金额一定会较低(因为投资的资金不会发挥杠杆效应)，而且只可以在金价上升之时才可以获利。一般的金饰买入及卖出价的差额较大，视作投资并不适宜，金条及金币由于不涉及其他成本，是实金投资的最佳选择。但需要注意的是持有黄金并不会产生利息收益。
金币有两种，即纯金币和纪念性金币。纯金币的价值基本与黄金含量一致，价格也基本随国际金价波动，具有美观、鉴赏、流通变现能力强和保值功能。金币较多更具有纪念意义，对于普通投资者来说较难鉴定其价值，因此对投资者的素质要求较高，主要为满足集币爱好者收藏，投资增值功能不大。
2)纸黄金
“纸黄金”交易没有实金介入，是一种由银行提供的服务，以贵金属计算单位的户口，投资者毋须透过实物的买卖及交收来而采用记帐方式来投资黄金，由于不涉及实金的交收，交易成本可以更低；值得留意的是，虽然它可以等同持有黄金，但是户口内的“黄金”一般不可以换回实物，如想提取实物，只有补足足额资金后，才能换取。
3)黄金保证金
黄金保证金交易是指在黄金买卖业务中，市场参与者不需对所交易的黄金进行全额资金划拨，只需按照黄金交易总额支付一定比例的价款，作为黄金实物交收时的履约保证。 现既有黄金期货保证金交易，也有黄金现货保证金交易。 黄金保证金交易主要功能：一是价格发现；二是套期保值；三是投机获利。
4)黄金期货
一般而言，黄金期货的购买、销售者，都在合同到期日前出售和购回与先前合同相同数量的合约，也就是平仓，无需真正交割实金。每笔交易所得利润或亏损，等于两笔相反方向合约买卖差额。这种买卖方式，才是人们通常所称的“炒金”。黄金期货合约交易只需10%左右交易额的定金作为投资成本，具有较大的杠杆性，少量资金推动大额交易。所以，黄金期货买卖又称“定金交易”。
5)黄金期权
期权是买卖双方在未来约定的价位，具有购买一定数量标的权利而非义务。如果价格走势对期权买卖者有利，会行使其权利而获利。如果价格走势对其不利，则放弃购买的权利，损失只有当时购买期权时的费用。由于黄金期权买卖投资战术比较多并且复杂，不易掌握，目前世界上黄金期权市场不太多。
6)黄金股票
所谓黄金股票，就是金矿公司向社会公开发行的上市或不上市的股票，所以又可以称为金矿公司股票。由于买卖黄金股票不仅是投资金矿公司，而且还间接投资黄金，因此这种投资行为比单纯的黄金买卖或股票买卖更为复杂。投资者不仅要关注金矿公司的经营状况，还要对黄金市场价格走势进行分析。
7)黄金基金
黄金基金是黄金投资共同基金的简称，所谓黄金投资共同基金，就是由基金发起人组织成立，由投资人出资认购，基金管理公司负责具体的投资操作，专门以黄金或黄金类衍生交易品种作为投资媒体的一种共同基金。由专家组成的投资委员会管理。黄金基金的投资风险较小、收益比较稳定，与我们熟知的证券投资基金有相同特点。
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