What Is The Best Gold ETF To Buy In 2018,
We’re going to show you the best gold ETF to invest in this year in just a bit. The 2017 bull market for stocks has caused gold to be relatively overlooked. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 24.85% over the past year. As inflation climbs, the purchasing power of the dollar falls. The U.S. Federal Reserve is supposed to keep inflation tamped down. One of its tools to do that is raising interest rates, particularly when the stock market soars.
Anxious investors move money out of the stock market and into gold if inflation heats up because gold is traditionally a hedge against inflation. That’s because gold’s value rises as the dollar’s weakens. And gold is also a hedge against global crises, such as threats of nuclear war between the United States and North Korea, which create uncertainty in global markets. Urgent: Executive Editor Bill Patalon just saw something on his precious metals charts he’s only seen twice in 20 years. He calls it the “Halley’s Comet of investing” - and it could lead to windfall profits.
There are plenty of other global events creating uncertainty in 2018 too. Investors are closely following how Brexit will play out to the spikes of violence in Syria, all of which create instability and uncertainty, and boost the value of gold. For investors who don’t want to deal with the hassle of owning physical gold, a gold ETF can be bought and sold as easily and conveniently as a stock. GLD is backed by the price of gold bars and bullion.
That means it’s a proxy for the price of gold, and its share price rises just as the price of the physical metal does. 1,317.6 per ounce bullion price, investors have more flexibility in how much money they allocate toward gold. And unlike owning physical gold, investors won’t need to pay commissions to auction houses or pay to secure their assets.
Over the past 12 months, the GLD stock price has climbed 11.54%, while the price of gold has risen 11.8% in the same time. As gold prices continue to climb in 2018, so will GLD. The Bottom Line: Gold prices are poised to go higher based on gold’s safe-haven status in times of inflation and rising interest rates.
1,500 by the end of 2018, a 14% increase from today’s prices. The SPDR Gold Trust ETF is backed by gold bullion and bars, and it can be purchased and sold as conveniently as a stock. About Money Morning: Money Morning gives you access to a team of ten market experts with more than 250 years of combined investing experience - for free.
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