Gold ETF Options For Risk Tolerant Investors

After seemingly losing interest in 2010, investors have resumed pouring money into commodity ETFs in 2011; both broad-based basket funds and resource specific products have grown as these products have come back into style. Precious metals have without a doubt been the hottest corner of the commodity ETF market, as investors have embraced the exchange-traded structure as an efficient means of accessing an asset class that has the potential to act as both an inflation hedge and a safe haven. There are currently 20 ETFs in the Precious Metals ETFdb Category, including options for silver, platinum, palladium, and even broad-based exposure to a basket of metals. But many of the products–accounting for the vast majority of assets–are focused on gold. In addition to the ultra-popular GLD and cost efficient IAU, there are now ETF options for investing in gold vaulted in Switzerland or stored in Singapore. There’s even an ETN [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: December ETF Roundup: Launches, Filings, and Closures Gold Miner ETFs: Breaking Down All The Options January ETF Flows: Hot Start To 2011 December ETF Roundup: $1 Trillion And Counting Direxion Launches Three New ETFs