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All that glitters is not gold. Paper gold has been manipulated for years and COMEX gold margin changes too often, resulting in flash crash or rapid short-covering.
Physical gold is less liquid in Singapore with crazy spreads from rouge-middlemen, except UOB. last year, when investors were stuck with highly-reputable Pamp physical gold due to Genneva Gold's collapse, even UOB refuses to buy these Pamp gold (because they were originally not sold by UOB). In the end, pawnshops took them for 20% discount below spot. This is worst than fiat, my gold is different from your gold, it is like saying $100 from DBS is different from $100 from OCBC. The same goes for physical silver.
This doesn't mean that you cannot invest in Gold. After you have decided on the timing, consider the best way to invest in this sector;
- SPDR GLD shares or diversified precious metal unit trusts.
- BOC Gold Savings Account
- UOB Gold Savings Account
- UOB Physical Gold
- Precious metals/resource Miners Unit Trusts
Physical gold is less liquid in Singapore with crazy spreads from rouge-middlemen, except UOB. last year, when investors were stuck with highly-reputable Pamp physical gold due to Genneva Gold's collapse, even UOB refuses to buy these Pamp gold (because they were originally not sold by UOB). In the end, pawnshops took them for 20% discount below spot. This is worst than fiat, my gold is different from your gold, it is like saying $100 from DBS is different from $100 from OCBC. The same goes for physical silver.
This doesn't mean that you cannot invest in Gold. After you have decided on the timing, consider the best way to invest in this sector;
- SPDR GLD shares or diversified precious metal unit trusts.
- BOC Gold Savings Account
- UOB Gold Savings Account
- UOB Physical Gold
- Precious metals/resource Miners Unit Trusts