Not All Gold is Equal – Goldnomics Ep 4

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0:46 What we mean when we say “Not all gold is equal”.
1:31 The value of gold is derived from its tangible qualities.
1:45 Factors to consider while receiving a delivery of gold futures.
2:11 The many different ways available to investors to invest in gold.
4:00 The importance of proximity to your gold when deciding how to invest.
4:10 Can you actually take delivery of gold bars/coins?
4:48 The actual tangible form that the gold comes in a delivery.
5:12 Drop a coin on a table and there is a certain quality to the sound.
6:27 Are Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), a good way of investing in gold?
7:01 The unintended consequences and risks of investing in ETFs.
7:29 Is the convenience of digital gold worth the risks for many investors?
8:02 Advantage of having gold physically stored in a specialised storage facility.
8:43 The layers of indemnification when buying gold through ETFs.
9:18 What you actually own when you own an ETF.
11:09 By buying gold through ETF, you might be inviting some potential unwanted risks into your portfolio.
11:56 Is owning gold mining stocks a safe way to invest in gold?
11:42 The risk associated with owning a gold mining stocks.
15:00 What is digital gold?
16:58 What are the digital gold providers actually selling?
18:28 The risks when your gold dealers are solely operating on the internet.
19:05 What is Unallocated Gold?
19:38 What is Allocated Gold?
20:00 The challenges of trying to get your digital gold allocated.
21:57 Where and how do you store your clients gold?
25:21 The benefit to the client of holding gold in allocated segregated accounts.
25:31 The worst case scenario and how you and you gold is protected.
26:06 The risk of using digital gold providers compared to physically storing gold.
26:24 The risks when you are entirely dependent on one digital gold provider.
26:43 The risk of a single point at failure.
27:06 Why you can’t take your digital gold from one company and sell it to another.
27:50 The risk that hedge funds and vulture funds could enter the market.
28:53 What’s at the other end of proximity continuum.
29:09 Which form gold should I invest in; coins or bars?
30:35 The CGT benefits for UK residents when they invest in these coins.
31:41 Why the premium should not be much of a concern for an Investor.
33:49 The other major benefit from investing in gold coins.
34:27 How do you ensure the authenticity of gold coins & bars?
35:44 The process of actually investing your money in gold.
36:30 Why you should not invest all of your money in gold.
37:53 Why you should keep a portion of your invested gold geographically dispersed.
39:13 What percentage of my portfolio should I invest in gold?
42:01 How gold serves not just as financial insurance for your portfolio but has also provided a return over stocks & bonds.

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