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In my opinion investing $2000.00 into gold isn't efficient because of the high price. You are better off looking at something like regular or penny stocks. With $2000 invested into gold you are likely only going to lose or gain around $100 ,take a loos at gold prices here - http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/metals/precious/gold-volatility-index-vix-futures.html - If you are simply looking for a place holder then gold is your best option for that amount of money. If you are actually looking for a decent return but with some risk involved I would suggest Bitcoin or something from this article -

http://www.wikihow.com/Invest-Small-Amounts-of-Money-Wisely

That point is true. Its is very hard to split 2000$ into gold without paying insane premiums. First you buy 1 oz and then what? halve and oz on top? Those things go for 3-5% premium.
I'm pretty sure you can buy "gold", you don't actually own gold but you get gold as a number just like a stock exchange. Correct me if I'm wrong.

If you are referring to ETFs, then you only participate in the value change of gold, you actually never are entitled to the gold the ETF holds. So unlike stocks, there is no real alternative to physically holding gold.
Yes but I think the ETF would solve the problem of not being able to divide up gold, or owning a very small amount. You are never entitled to the actual gold you have in the ETF, but you can easily just sell it and buy real gold if you wish.

That is true for the time the financial world is still active and alive. Many gold bugs argue that paper gold is not real because when everything collapses only real gold will safe you.

Also for 2000$ ETF, the fees will be quite high for a full roundturn, but yeah, still better than with real gold.
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Bitcoin remains the best
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In my opinion investing $2000.00 into gold isn't efficient because of the high price. You are better off looking at something like regular or penny stocks. With $2000 invested into gold you are likely only going to lose or gain around $100 ,take a loos at gold prices here - http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/metals/precious/gold-volatility-index-vix-futures.html - If you are simply looking for a place holder then gold is your best option for that amount of money. If you are actually looking for a decent return but with some risk involved I would suggest Bitcoin or something from this article -

http://www.wikihow.com/Invest-Small-Amounts-of-Money-Wisely

That point is true. Its is very hard to split 2000$ into gold without paying insane premiums. First you buy 1 oz and then what? halve and oz on top? Those things go for 3-5% premium.
I'm pretty sure you can buy "gold", you don't actually own gold but you get gold as a number just like a stock exchange. Correct me if I'm wrong.

If you are referring to ETFs, then you only participate in the value change of gold, you actually never are entitled to the gold the ETF holds. So unlike stocks, there is no real alternative to physically holding gold.
Yes but I think the ETF would solve the problem of not being able to divide up gold, or owning a very small amount. You are never entitled to the actual gold you have in the ETF, but you can easily just sell it and buy real gold if you wish.
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Buy bitcoin mate ! You will never become rich because of gold invesment Cheesy But remember to only invest what you can lose ^^ Bitcoin is a risky business.
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In my opinion investing $2000.00 into gold isn't efficient because of the high price. You are better off looking at something like regular or penny stocks. With $2000 invested into gold you are likely only going to lose or gain around $100 ,take a loos at gold prices here - http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/metals/precious/gold-volatility-index-vix-futures.html - If you are simply looking for a place holder then gold is your best option for that amount of money. If you are actually looking for a decent return but with some risk involved I would suggest Bitcoin or something from this article -

http://www.wikihow.com/Invest-Small-Amounts-of-Money-Wisely

That point is true. Its is very hard to split 2000$ into gold without paying insane premiums. First you buy 1 oz and then what? halve and oz on top? Those things go for 3-5% premium.
I'm pretty sure you can buy "gold", you don't actually own gold but you get gold as a number just like a stock exchange. Correct me if I'm wrong.

If you are referring to ETFs, then you only participate in the value change of gold, you actually never are entitled to the gold the ETF holds. So unlike stocks, there is no real alternative to physically holding gold.
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The revolution will be monetized!
I think of gold as low risk with moderate upside potential while BTC is high risk and extreme upside potential. They actually balance pretty well. I would go 1oz. gold and the rest in BTC. 
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In my opinion investing $2000.00 into gold isn't efficient because of the high price. You are better off looking at something like regular or penny stocks. With $2000 invested into gold you are likely only going to lose or gain around $100 ,take a loos at gold prices here - http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/metals/precious/gold-volatility-index-vix-futures.html - If you are simply looking for a place holder then gold is your best option for that amount of money. If you are actually looking for a decent return but with some risk involved I would suggest Bitcoin or something from this article -

http://www.wikihow.com/Invest-Small-Amounts-of-Money-Wisely

That point is true. Its is very hard to split 2000$ into gold without paying insane premiums. First you buy 1 oz and then what? halve and oz on top? Those things go for 3-5% premium.
I'm pretty sure you can buy "gold", you don't actually own gold but you get gold as a number just like a stock exchange. Correct me if I'm wrong.
sr. member
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Changing avatars is currently not possible.
In my opinion investing $2000.00 into gold isn't efficient because of the high price. You are better off looking at something like regular or penny stocks. With $2000 invested into gold you are likely only going to lose or gain around $100 ,take a loos at gold prices here - http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/metals/precious/gold-volatility-index-vix-futures.html - If you are simply looking for a place holder then gold is your best option for that amount of money. If you are actually looking for a decent return but with some risk involved I would suggest Bitcoin or something from this article -

http://www.wikihow.com/Invest-Small-Amounts-of-Money-Wisely

That point is true. Its is very hard to split 2000$ into gold without paying insane premiums. First you buy 1 oz and then what? halve and oz on top? Those things go for 3-5% premium.
legendary
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In my opinion investing $2000.00 into gold isn't efficient because of the high price. You are better off looking at something like regular or penny stocks. With $2000 invested into gold you are likely only going to lose or gain around $100 ,take a loos at gold prices here - http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/metals/precious/gold-volatility-index-vix-futures.html - If you are simply looking for a place holder then gold is your best option for that amount of money. If you are actually looking for a decent return but with some risk involved I would suggest Bitcoin or something from this article -

http://www.wikihow.com/Invest-Small-Amounts-of-Money-Wisely
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it depends with your investment profile. If you are aggressive investor, love to see price's volatility and aim to get double, triple or even quadruple amount of profit, invest in BTC.
Otherwise, if you want long term investment, steadily increase for long period and easy to cashout everywhere, invest in gold
to spread investment risk, maybe you should invest in both bitcoin and gold Smiley
gold for moderate type of investment and bitcoin for agressive type of investment
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i will suggest u to buy bitcoin,

notice : do money management
legendary
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Buy Bitcoin mate  Grin

Now that I think about it, Bitcoin is the better investment. It's rising slowly and by this time next year I speculate it being around $600-$650 if things don't fall this year.
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Buy Bitcoin mate  Grin
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I have USD 2000 to invest. Should I buy Bitcoins or gold?

what you  prefer can hold upto 1 year

Buy, GoLD!

Bitcoin is to unstable!

It might rise, but might not rise... to much dumb money on the market!
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I would invest the whole amount in Bitcoin and wait till it go high then sell and do it again.

How would you know when to buy and when to sell? How long do you wait before rebuying? What if the price rises while you are not invested?

I guess if it rises to 700$ or so, that would be top for me and signal to sell.
I would wait for such price, in the meantime I would use it for some passive incomes which I'm investigating now
like lending.

The problem with such longterm strategies is that you have 2 scenarios in Bitcoin:
- Either it completely fails and it will never reach your desired price level
- It is very successful and goes way higher than your desired price level

So, the cases where it doesn't reach your level need to be compensated with the times it reaches way higher levels. But with selling before that happens you take away the upwards potential while keeping the whole downside one.
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I would invest the whole amount in Bitcoin and wait till it go high then sell and do it again.

How would you know when to buy and when to sell? How long do you wait before rebuying? What if the price rises while you are not invested?

I guess if it rises to 700$ or so, that would be top for me and signal to sell.
I would wait for such price, in the meantime I would use it for some passive incomes which I'm investigating now
like lending.
legendary
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I would invest the whole amount in Bitcoin and wait till it go high then sell and do it again.

better to wait until the desired price is reached, and cash out everything or a portion if you want to keep something, less risky if you ask me
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I would invest the whole amount in Bitcoin and wait till it go high then sell and do it again.

How would you know when to buy and when to sell? How long do you wait before rebuying? What if the price rises while you are not invested?
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I would invest the whole amount in Bitcoin and wait till it go high then sell and do it again.
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I was thinking in gold after the gold watch from apple.
If is a sucess they are going to need a lot of gold to do all this watches



If you do the math, you will see that they don't. Industrial gold usage compared to gold production is about 10%....
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