Gold ETF's are funds that invest in gold. Each unit of a gold ETF is equivalent to either 0.5 or 1 gram of pure 24 carat physical gold.
Example:
a. Kotak Gold ETF
b. Quantum Gold ETF
c. Religare Gold ETF
d. Axis Gold ETF
e. etc
Gold exchange traded funds tracks the price of gold they are also traded on major stock exchanges.
Not necessarily, depending upon what is exchanged. Only if the exchange of the "units of gold exchanged traded", is paralleled with an exchange that is equal and as well as, considered the risk value is comparable than that of the gold units exchanged.
Commodity Exchange-Traded Funds are investments traded like stocks. They are similar to other traded commodities, like gold, but have certain advantages over gold. For one, ownership of actual gold requires storing it somewhere; ETFs do not take up physical space. Gold can also be stolen or its value could decrease suddenly if a large supply were discovered and made available. ETFs are immune to these threats as well.
Paper gold refers to financial products that are backed by gold assets, allowing investors to gain exposure to the price movements of gold without physically owning the metal. Examples include gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs), gold futures contracts, and gold certificates.
A Gold EFT is an exchange traded fund with gold being the principle and only commodity being traded. Benefits included for Gold EFT are the availability online, flexing in timing of purchases, and no duty to pay when overseas.
Gold is traded daily on the comex division of the new york merchantile exchange. Gold is traded in futures like other commodities such as silver, platinum and oil. However more gold is traded every day than there has ever been mined. This means that lots of people dont trust the paper-gold and buying bullions or gold coins at a price above the fix.
they traded silk and spices and gold and that's about it i hoped that helped u :)
ivory gold and other metals
The ticker symbol for Freeport-McMoran Copper and Gold Incorporated is FCX and it is traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
Yes ,unless they have a discriminating foreign exchange and for better gold standard money (gold secured protected money for any devaluation ) policies.
Daily reckoning is a great website to learn about good gold investments. Daily reckoning has 5 ways to invest in good. The 5 ways are, direct ownership, gold exchange/trade funds, gold mutual funds, junior gold stocks, and gold options and futures. Those 5 ways are excellent learning tools for gold investments.
The things that were traded were gold and salt