Reply to: Buying gold - physical vs ETF's?

[NoddY]

Gold is subject to the same abuse by the Central Banks as the pulp fiat currencies they usually dole out.

Whiskey and cigarettes are the best investments during hard times.

[bogeyman]

Blaster bates,

if cash is king pray tell which currency, certainly not the libre

Milan.

EUR seems solid for now but on the whole I agree that some currency-independent investment might be the best course.

[milanbenes]

Blaster bates,

if cash is king pray tell which currency, certainly not the libre

Milan.

[bogeyman]

Buying Gold?

These are the guys for you...

http://www.hsamuel.co.uk/

About your level anyway

[milanbenes]

funny how none of you experts responded to my comment.

oh well you'll learn (the hard way)

Milan.

[DimPrawn]

How tall are you prawn?

[Lucy]

How tall are you prawn?

[BlasterBates]

Cash is king at the moment. Commodities are also a bit high. The share bear market should be over by Summer, i.e. once the complete extent of losses are known from the banks. Then selectively invest in shares.

[Moscow Mule]

Try these guys:

http://www.bullionvault.com

What's your alias ratewhore - I want to see how much gold you've got.

[Churchill]

I've only used my cash ISA allowance this year, I want to use the other £4k now I can stick in stocks and shares.

Whats the best company I should use to sort out my stock ISA thingy ? Initially I just want to find someone where I can I just pick a mid risk investment and use my £4k allowance up, but then in the future I want to be able to be able to more taylor my investments.

RRH is looking to borrow some money!

[Bumfluff]

I've only used my cash ISA allowance this year, I want to use the other £4k now I can stick in stocks and shares.

Whats the best company I should use to sort out my stock ISA thingy ? Initially I just want to find someone where I can I just pick a mid risk investment and use my £4k allowance up, but then in the future I want to be able to be able to more taylor my investments.

[Churchill]

Sneak some Krugerrands in, get a Dodgy VAT Cert and you'll be quids(carats - Shirley) in!

[ASB]

Buying gold. Still a good medium term investment?

Also, I see that buying gold sovereigns is exempt from any CGT as they are still legal tender. Better than buying into an ETF when it comes to selling up?


Your insightful, relevant and reasoned comments please.

VAT issues used to be relevant on physical holdings. Don't know if it still is though.

[ratewhore]

Try these guys:

http://www.bullionvault.com

[snaw]

How do you get in? You can hold physical gold (just pop down to Hatton Garden and buy some) although I’m told that a lot of dealers are running out of the kind of little ingots and coins small investors like to buy. Otherwise there are London-listed gold exchange-traded funds or there is the Merrill Lynch Gold and General Fund which I have held for years and am resting all my dreams of a happy retirement on.

This paragraph would seem to indicate get the real thing if you can get your hands on it, otherwise invest in ETF. I'd imagine they should do the same thnig in terms of price, more or less.