“We believe gold remains a critical component of risk management within a diversified portfolio,” Gold said.
Investors who want to access precious metals may consider a number of physically backed metals-related ETFs as a way to diversify a traditional stock and portfolio, including the ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares (NYSEArca: SGOL).
ETF Securities also argued that a diversified basket of precious metals tends to perform more consistently versus any single metal and creates an exposure to both the cyclical and non-cyclical drivers of gold, silver, platinum and palladium as a whole. Consequently, investors may look to the ETFS Physical Precious Metals Basket Shares (NYSEArca: GLTR) as a catch-all of all four precious metals, which may help improve portfolio efficiency while providing benefits of diversification and risk management to asset allocations.
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