Exciting times for gold

Gold has yet to break and hold the $1,000 mark. But when it does, there will be no stopping it. And $2,000 an ounce is a perfectly reasonable expectation.

It used to be very difficult to own gold. Today, that has all changed, it just gets easier to buy. By using Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) you can own any amount of gold securely and many investors select that option.

If you want the real thing, it's a bit more complicated, except in Germany. T GGold-Super-Markt, a company based in Stuttgart, intends to place what look like chocolate vending machines in 500 locations. For €30 you buy a one-gramme wafer of gold, or a larger ten-gramme bar for €245. The first experimental machine has been installed at Frankfurt airport. Extraordinary, but true. In Switzerland it's possible to buy gold bullion at the post office how about that!

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