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Q: I am going to add to my gold holdings which currently consists of only the Canadian etf XGD. I would like to have exposure to physical gold as well and am trying to decide between ZGLD:CA, PHYS:CA or PHYS:US (or any other suggestions you may have). Comments please.
Read Answer Asked by Doug on June 19, 2025
Q: My question is about the Norbert Gambit.

If an ETF trades in both Canada and the US, does that automatically mean that you can transfer the ETF between your Canadian and US accounts (eg. PHYS)? Is there a way to tell which ETFs trade on both a US and Cdn exchange, and which ones can be transferred from a US to Cdn account, or vice versa?

Thank you for this excellent service.
Read Answer Asked by Dale on June 09, 2025
Q: If one was looking to start a position in a gold stock , not having any exposure to gold at this time, which ones in this list would you recommend and why?
Read Answer Asked by shirley on April 21, 2025
Q: Hello
Can PHYS, GLCC, GDXY and XGD be held in TFSA/RRSP accounts?
Is this collection a good mix?
Would AMAX be a better option than some of the aforementioned and if so, which would you replace with AMAX / drop completely.
Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by Nadya on April 14, 2025
Q: Hello, I never thought I would contemplate buying gold because I find difficult to figure out where it is headed in the future, but here I am. Gold has been going up a lot in the past year and I am wondering, what do you think would be the economic or political circumstances or scenarios under which gold would lose value in a substantial manner, say, 20%, by the end of 2025? Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Martin on March 10, 2025
Q: Hi,

1) Is there an advantage to holding PHYS:CA vs. PHYS:US? How do they stack up with currency fluctuations?

2) Is there any risk with PHYS:US trading on a US exchange if the US goes crazy about Canadians investing in the US? Would it be better to hold PHYS:CA?

Thanks for the help. Michael
Read Answer Asked by Michael on February 27, 2025
Q: I have a question about investing in physical gold. Can you please explain the differences between the MNT and PHYS? I noticed that MNT outperforms PHYS and it trades at a premium to NAV while PHYS trades at discount. The expense rates 0.35% vs. 0.41% seems to be close enough to justify the differences in performance and discount..?
Read Answer Asked by bernhard on February 05, 2025
Q: Can you provide cdn and us stocks/etfs that own physical gold and silver (not the miner) that has good liquidity. Thank you.
Read Answer Asked by David on December 18, 2024
Q: I have never invested in precious metals although I own Bit coin. Now I would like to invest and will appreciate your opinion! Solid silver, solid gold that I store, gold Eft's, gold stocks or................ ???
I would like know your opinion on this and also why you would advise this approach?
Thanks, James.
Read Answer Asked by JAMES on September 22, 2024
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