Gold/Silver ETF vs physical

vpr

GLD costs about $5 per year per oz in fees, to hold. You can get OPM gold bars from Provident for around $13-$14 over spot. So, in 3 years, you break even and after that you have no fees. No point in buying those ETFs unless you plan to do some short-term trading. Agree? Disagree?

Also, you don't have to worry about them holding tungsten filled bars.

derryb

ETFs are great for very short term trading. That's all I use them for. Allows one to play the volatility without the expense of finding a buyer and shipping the product. Inverse ETFs can be used to profit on metal price declines. Timing is everything with short term ETFs.

There are numerous ETFs for precious metals

Leveraged ETFs to double and even triple your bet