Gold Bullion

One way to invest in gold is to actually buy gold bullion. The best way to do this is by using an exchange trading platform like Bullionvault.com. Here you can own and trade allocated gramms online. Gold Bullion comes in 400 Troy Oz bars, and you can own a part of it. You can buy and sell as little as 1g per trade and prices always follow world spot prices.

On the bullionvaults website you will find hundreds of buyers and sellers trading their allocated gramms or oz. Many professional traders also use this system.

Bullionvault do charge a storage fee of 0.12% PA , or $4 per month. This fee is considerably less than fees charged by unit trusts and ETFs. To be able to trade this gold, it has to be kept in vault, bullionvault uses Via matt vaults in London, New York and Zurich. To see how the gold is stored, visit their website www.viamatt.com. Bullion vault will also charge a small commission on buying and selling. They also offers trades in mutliple currencies. You simply deposit money into your bullionvault account and start trading.

Trading Gold this way is the only true way to get exposure to real gold prices. There are other sites where you can trade this way, but the author has only used and would recommend this site.

For more information please go to their site bullionvault.com