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Q: Investors may hold gold in various forms in their portfolios including gold miners, companies which buy gold companies profits, physical gold , EFTs investing in gold miners , EFTs investing in basic metal miners including gold companies and likely some other gold-related investment . instruments.
Which , in your view is the best way to invest/hold a gold related instruments in someone portfolio ?
Thank you,
Miroslaw
Asked by Miroslaw on May 21, 2025
5i Research Answer:

We think some combination of a bullion ETF and gold equities makes the most sense. Bullion for 'insurance' and stocks for upside potential. It is fine to have the stock exposure via an ETF such as XGD. There are fees, but this is the simplest solution if an investor does not want 3 or 4 individual stocks. The stocks we think should include at least one royalty company as well. But we would be completely fine with a PHYS/XGD combination for simplicity.