- Gold can be an excellent component of a diversified portfolio due to its low correlation to other asset classes
- Gold has maintained its value against the backdrop of inflation, though it does move in synch with decreases or increases in the rate of inflation
- Physical gold ETFs have made incorporating gold into an investment portfolio much easier, cheaper and potentially more profitable
- There are 87 commodities focused currently available in the U.S.
- Many of these ETFs are linked to the price of gold, but there are only 7 ETFs directly tied to the spot price of physical gold
- This article will focus on those 7 Physical Gold ETFs
The reason that I and many other investors invest in gold is that it has near zero correlation to other major asset classes.
Gold ETF correlation to other Assets:
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