Ways To Buy Gold – Mutual Funds

Gold Mutual Funds ( Known as Unit Trusts in UK & ors)

Buying exposure to gold through a mutual fund is a relatively simple way to buy gold and enter the market.

Particularly in these highly volatile times there are safety features not all present in the alternatives. Investors money is spread across the spectrum of major producers, junior miners and explorers that operate principally in Africa, North and South America, Canada and Australia.

A well managed gold mutual fund offers investors the safety of exposure to a basket of stocks that would be beyond the financial means of the average retail investor.

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What are Investment Trusts, Mutual Funds and Unit Trusts?

An Investment Trust is a company with a stock exchange quote that invests its shareholders money in a portfolio of shares in other companies.

In effect they are collective investment funds with a fixed capital and a fixed number of issued shares that are traded on a stock exchange.

As they have a fixed capital they are known as ´closed end´ trusts to distinguish them from Mutual Funds/Unit Trusts.

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