Gold is chosen as one of investment form because its value tends to be stable and rises. It's rare for gold price to fell. Furthermore, gold can be used for counteracting the inflation that often happens every year.
Gold is available in various forms, ranging from bar or bullion, gold coin or gold jewelry. It's called gold bar because its shape is flat or like bricks, which the gold content is 22 or 24 carat, or in percentage is 95% and 99%. This type of gold is the best investment because wherever and whenever you want to sell it, its value will be the same. The price of gold is following the international standard which applicable on the resale day.
Then, the second is gold coin, which the form is one of the gold bar shape but it's been shaped into coin. Its values and levels are the same as gold bar. For yout information, gold coin is great for investment. Unfortunately, now the gold coin is difficult to be found again in the gold shops.
What about gold jewelry? Although gold jewelry is liked very much by women, but generally it isn't good for investment. Why? Therefore, gold jewelry requires certain manufacturing services to be able to have such a distinctive feature. That is why, gold jewelry manufacturing charge to the purchaser.
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