What Kind Of Performance Can Your Clients Expect On The Long Term When Buying Physical Gold?

This post is the sixth of a series of notes on gold for the benefit of wealth management advisory firms. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at cgp@goldbroker.com. More information about our business providers program by clicking here. We’ve seen earlier that mining shares – being first and foremost shares (high volatility, risk of 100% loss) – cannot be put on the same level as physical gold. Neither is the case with ETFs or gold trackers, which expose the saver to at least six risks (ownership risks, multi-ownership risks, intermediation risks, redemption risks, risks arising from conflicts of interest between custodians, and exchange risks) that may be avoided with physical gold. But that doesn’t tell you, however, what kind of returns your clients can reasonably expect when buying this asset class. We’re going to try to answer this question today. “Past performance does not entail the same future performance”: True, but let’s distinguish...

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