Form of Gold You Can Buy?

                    

What kind of gold do you buy, if that is your investment decision? The answer is not what you probably expect.

                       

You can trade gold as a commodity, as many do. But even government trades impact short-term supply/demand and prices.

                       

You can buy it in the form of bullion, in bars or coins. The latter can be rare or in circulation. Or you can buy ETFs that hold gold. Gold mining shares are yet another alternative.

                       

Note: Want to head for the hills in an emergency? Gold bars are too heavy; rare gold coins could do it. But try this only in a dire emergency. (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinessNewshole at Twitter.)