price of gold today - the market price of gold, the methods of investment in precious metal
The chart reflects the current exchange rate - the price of gold today (in $ us per 1 Troy ounce is a unit of location of the mass, which is equal to RUB 31.1 grams). the price of gold today in U.S. dollars for 1 gram reflected in the data. Gold is the most important precious metal in the world, as has a set of useful properties. The financial community considers it as an investment tool, which enjoys high demand especially in the crisis periods.
There are 6 ways to invest in the yellow precious metal.
1. Purchase ingots
Do not forget about the fact, that when buying physical gold bullion you need to take care about the method of storage of metal, because if it accidentally formed scratch, then buy back the bar of the Bank will offer at the price of scrap. By the way, realize bar can be only the Bank at the current exchange rate.
Keeping in the Bank is well worth the money - it is an additional expense of content. Another article of expenses are taxes - at registration of the transaction must pay 18%VAT, and if the wedge will remain in the ownership of not more than three years something else and the tax on income of 13%.
2. Unallocated metal special account (ima)
To get away from the expenses and expenses on the payment of VAT, was coined by the MLA tool is an extract from the account, in which it is written " how many grams of gold bought, thus, investors do not receive metal physically. You can pick up the gold, but in this case leave from payment of the VAT will not work. The downside of CBMs is that this contribution does not fall under the Deposit insurance system and in the case of the bankruptcy of the Bank to return the money will be difficult.
3. Jewelry
This is the most obvious way to store money in the yellow metal, but as an investment this method is not very profitable, because implement the product can only be in a pawn-shop 35 to 50% cheaper than the price of gold today.
4. Gold coins
Banks bought the coins back to a much lesser price than the selling. And in the black investor will be only in the case if the price of gold today will be on the order above, than in the past.
5. Gold futures
Futures for gold, this is a speculative instrument, the underlying asset of which is the yellow precious metal. In the Russian Federation gold futures traded in section term contracts FORTS. A futures contract is a settlement, i.e. on the results of the circulation of the contract does not occur physical delivery of the metal, and only be credited to the positive difference of the investor, who has won.
6. The gold ETF funds
Exchange ETF Fund. Currently, the ETF traded only on the stock exchanges of the USA and among a great many ETFs can find a number of funds investing in gold or gold-mining companies. Stock symbols of such funds: GLD and IAU, SGOL, GDX, GDXJ, UGL, GLL.
