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I did. I had everything in FXIAX (Fidelity’s VOO) and sold during the slide. I didn’t time the bottom perfectly but did OK. I bought back in with a somewhat more conservative portfolio: gold, international funds, utilities, and short-term bonds, plus I put about 20% back into VUG and VOO. So far the SGOL has done the best, with VUG and VYMI running second. VYMI has been more volatile than expected causing me to doubt that choice but I’m holding on. Overall, I’m almost back to where I was in late Feb though I have a far different mix. I’m underperforming the market now but just barely.
I bought bullion in 2001 and haven't transacted since. At the time, physical PM ETFs (like SGOL, CEF and AAAU) didn't exist. The gold has kept up with the S&P 500 over the past 24 years, the much smaller silver investment has lagged. Physical metals are insurance against collapse of the paper metals markets, and more generally, fiat currencies. The metal futures exchanges underlying the paper ETFs only have reserves covering a tiny fraction of the value of ETFs that hold only futures contracts (GLD, IAU, SLV). In the past couple of years, a number of "whales" have stood for delivery on the LME and COMEX, withdrawing gold and silver to be transferred to their own vaults. This is frowned upon by the exchanges, but for foreign central banks or billionaires, can be a cost effective way to accumulate or to arbitrage between the exchanges. The interval between standing for delivery and actual delivery has lengthened from days to months. Ultimately, when there's *no* physical underlying the futures exchanges, the ruse will be up. What's the value of GLD or IAU then? I think selected precious metals miners are better investments than physical PMs now, and that where my interest has been for the past year. I'm planning on selling a portion of the gold (eagles) and all the silver (pre-1964 coins) and when the prices hit targets well above current, more for rebalancing than for need. And yes, one can walk into any coin shop and get a price near spot for them. I bought for small premiums above spot (\~$280 and 4.80/oz, respectively) 24 years ago, but at present, coin shop bids above spot are a pipe dream, due to short term market imbalances (Americans are liquidating their holdings, even as Chinese and Indians accumulate). Should individual investor demand return in the US (as during the pandemic and in past PM cycles), the premiums will as well.
SGOL 100% physical gold bullion.
I’ve held SGOL for 20 years. No complaints. As 20% of my portfolio, it saved said portfolio’s bacon this year.
I’m in post retirement and my SGOL has grown 91% in 5yrs. It’s now become almost 17% of my whole portfolio. I still hate gold and having to own it. But it’s certainly earned a right to be in the portfolio. It and bitcoin have been good diversifiers and those plus foreign stocks is why I’m up 15.43% for the trailing 12 mos and 9.63% YTD, GLDM came on board after I got into SGOL and has cheaper annual expenses I think. But I don’t know its other characteristics. Might be worth comparing.
Peter Lynch is a good mentor, and "How I Invest My Money" by Brown and Portnoy is a good reference Consider that every time rates are high you'll want to load up on corp bond funds Traders in Lake Wobegon know - "Only half the SP500 is above average" Keep your gambling to a minimum, and your learning at a maximum Suggest building positions in COST and SGOL during the next couple years A Roth IRA that's independent of your employers 401k may allow you greater flexibility in your investments God Bless
Risks aren't gone. Buying gold (SGOL), Bitcoin (IBIT), international (VXUS), energy (VDE) The market recovered because the tariffs were removed/lessoned. Not because of good policies actually helping the economy. Many more bad policies on the horizon.
Yeah I wouldn't buy an ETF holding gold in the US whatsoever right now but almost none do. I personally own SGOL instead for Swiss reserves that I trust even more. His "he who owns the gold makes the rules" tweet made me a bit of a Panican
I’m addicted to posting here. I need a good ban. !banbet SGOL 3% 2d
That’s a real thing lmao, calls/puts on SGOL or GLD are available
This is probably the best signal ive seen to buy SIVR and SGOL
You might consider SGOL instead of IAU, with an expense ratio of just 0.17%. If I hold physical gold stock it's SGOL, but if I buy options it's GLD.
Have you considered fixing the feeling of hopelessness, by actively managing it? Or at least a partitioned portion of it? At least that way, the "constant checking" could turn into "constant doing something about it". E.g., swing trading. Even if a small % of it. Maybe some % that, if you hypothetically lost of of it, would be worth it for your mental health to feel control over the situation. And who knows, you might start learning some things about trading, get decent at it, and be able to more actively manage your entire portfolio. (I wouldn't swing-trade your whole portfolio. But at least learn when "it's about time" approximately to just exit the market altogether like a Warren Buffet boss [you could always just copy his moves], and/or or ease into SGOL, and/or dabble with SPXS for fun on bad days.)
Anything wrong with buying gold ETF (SGOL/GLD/IAU) and just leave it for 3,5,7 years? or is it for constant trading and not long term holding?
It's a good idea. Just avoid IAU's options because they are thinly traded. Use GLD's contracts instead. I have a stable position in SGOL and write GLD call contracts against it. The call contracts for gold ETFs that are grantor trusts are treated as Section 1256 contracts by the way. Sixty percent of any gains is taxed as a long-term gain, regardless of holding period.
SGOL and FXE is all you need right now. Money is flocking out of the markets to gold and the US dollar is going to continue to tank relative to the Euro.
I have been looking at gold ETFs, I see that IAU's vault is in NY....is that safe since Trump is in power? maybe buy gold ETF that's stores in london, swiss etc or am I thinking too much? I am looking at GLD, SGOL, IAU, AAAU.
AAAU/SGOL/GLD/IAU, GLD is the best? IAU the vault is in NY, maybe don't buy that since gold vault is in NY?
No point in having GLD and SGOL. Just get GLDM and done.
Gold ETFs. Like ticker SGOL, for example
Many gold ETFs have very reasonable expense ratios, so don’t let that stop you from dipping your toes in. I have SGOL and IAUM in my Vanguard brokerage account.
Look for GOLD ETFs like $FGDL, $BAR, $SGOL and $IAUM
Depends - SGOL is actually meticulously backed by physical Gold
Gold as well >>> steady money every day AGI and SGOL
The only green I have is on Gold stocks: AGI, SGOL
Buying, holding, and selling physical gold has its place (I have some), but mostly as a hedge against complete financial collapse or a situation where digital records are wiped out. I think physical gold-backed ETFs like SGOL that hold their gold in non-US locations (London and Zurich in this case) are the next best thing.
Plenty of gold trusts online to buy. GLD and SGOL are the oldest and best, respectively.
UDN, PHYS or SGOL, Maybe EWL
Buy SGOL and IAU. You can read up on the details.
There are ETS that are backed by physical Gold. I prefer SGOL ETF (Swiss Gold) and IAU ETF.
Yep, as a hedge against the destruction of the republic, I've been buying FXF, FXE, FXY and little FXB over the past month, along with gold ETFs. Today was a good day for all! |[FXB](https://holdings.web.vanguard.com/holding-details/493024510090726?positionId=948063539121456)|INVESCO CURRENCYSHARES BRITISH POUND STERLING TRUST ETF|$124.62|\+$1.48|\+1.2%|| |:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-| |[FXE](https://holdings.web.vanguard.com/holding-details/493024510090726?positionId=216970558093001)|INVESCO CURRENCYSHARES EURO TRUST ETF|$103.47|\+$2.51|\+2.49%|| |[FXF](https://holdings.web.vanguard.com/holding-details/493024510090726?positionId=275069536093001)|INVESCO CURRENCYSHARES SWISS FRANC TRUST ETF|$107.66|\+$4.13|\+3.99%|| |[FXY](https://holdings.web.vanguard.com/holding-details/493024510090726?positionId=801102559093001)|INVESCO CURRENCYSHARES JAPANESE YEN TRUST ETF|$63.79|\+$1.43|\+2.29%|| |[GDX](https://holdings.web.vanguard.com/holding-details/493024510090726?positionId=321869541093017)|VANECK GOLD MINERS ETF|$47.17|\+$2.18|\+4.85%|| |[IAUM](https://holdings.web.vanguard.com/holding-details/493024510090726?positionId=161108535093005)|ISHARES GOLD TRUST MICRO ETF|$31.63|\+$0.79|\+2.56%|| |[SGOL](https://holdings.web.vanguard.com/holding-details/493024510090726?positionId=590592558093001)|ABRDN STANDARD PHYSICAL GOLD ETF|$30.26|\+$0.75|\+2.54%|
Right now, gold (SGOL) and T-bills (SGOV).
If you are OK ruling out a zombie apocalypse in your planning then gold-backed bullion ETFs are a good economical tradeoff. If the financial world does have a complete meltdown then gold bugs who insist on owning the physical stuff may ultimately be right...or they might be wrong and toilet paper will be the big commodity again. Anyway... The problem with physical is that the cost is high to warehouse, secure & insure. I control (not directly own) several pounds of gold by way of the SGOL etf. SGOL's bullion is warehoused in London and audited regularly. New to the scene is GLDM with what is probably the cheapest annual expense of just 0.10% (7 basis points lower than SGOL). But I'm not sure where GLDM keeps its gold.
SGOL to ride out the storm? You can switch it over to one of your other ETFs when things calm down. SGOL has a low expense ratio and gold might go high this year.
You could predict Covid and I sold. I feel dumb for not selling off on the tariffs but actually a stupid man is less predictable than a pandemic. There were early signs of the pandemic being serious having high R factor and being uncontrolled. It was not easily controlled in one of the most obedient quarantinable countries and there was plenty of info and videos leaked. I did well buying into the mortgage meltdown and timing covid (both with early info and being bullish the moment positive vaccine trials became a thing). This is all hindsight 20 20 but i feel statistically knowing what we have seen so far, the likelihood that a strongly defensive portfolio (high bonds, SGOL, BRKB) would have outperformed seem far more likely than a MAG7A induced rally.
"Shorting against the Box" is not a thing that's permitted anymore. (I'm 64yo now and actually tried this a couple years ago. Didn't realize rules had changed!) You've got the right idea about swapping a security for a loss for a new one that's a good enough replacement. (Hint: aim for "good enough". Your choice of SCHB & VTI aren't convincing to the IRS. Both are broad US market funds, similarly weighted.) But you didn't exactly say that this $50K would be swapped, but rather frozen in place, right? So is your idea then to protect approx $50K in gains? If that's the case then IMO the best way is to spend a bit of money to dollar for dollar protect what you want protected using SPY put contracts. People here can help with that. The next best way IMHO is a covered-call sort of setup. Except in my case, since I have significant gains in the things I'm trying to protect, I really wouldn't want them being called away and making a messy taxable event. So I own SGOL, but write GLD contracts. I own SPHQ but write SPY contracts and I own IEFA but write EFA calls, etc. You've got VTI, so SPY is perfect to use to write some calls. The idea being that if you write $50K worth of SPY calls, then the worst case might be winding up in a position where you're short SPY. But at least no VTI shares were called away.
SGOL is a good gold ETF. It has a low expense ratio. I own some shares.
More gold (SGOL), more VT. Otherwise pretty much the same amount of DCA into the market
We own SGOL, cheaper expense ratio than GLD or IAU.
Check out SGOL or AAAU - both backed by physical gold, and I think at least some of it’s vaulted in the US. But yeah, def worth digging into their prospectuses to be sure
I just made an interesting observation about gold proxies. I compared IAUM, GLDM, SGOL, and IAU. Those are listed in order from lowest expense ratio to highest. Given the nature of the funds, it's probably not coincidental that their YTD, 1 year, and 3 year returns absolutely inversely correlate. Also, I was surprised that both the highest and lowest of the four were IShares funds. The differences in expense ratios and returns among the four are only fractions of a percentage point so the much bigger questions are whether and how much you want to hold gold; if so, whether you want to hold physical or proxies; and whether you want to further leverage by holding mining companies. Lesson learned: if you're going to use funds like this, look for a low expense ratio.
You can do SGOL if you want a gold ETF that just tracks the spot price of gold without the mining stocks.
Shoutout to the other guy who recommended SGOL over GLD. Both ETFs up 100% in 5 years but one with significantly lower fees
Thanks for the SGOL advice! Out of curiosity though, how much more conservative could I get?
Here is a free website where you can compare two ETFs: [https://stockanalysis.com/etf/compare/](https://stockanalysis.com/etf/compare/) Invest inside a tax-advantaged account if you can. (401k, traditional IRA, Roth IRA) There is some overlap between VT and VOO but that's not necessarily bad. Use this website to look at overlap: [https://www.etfrc.com/funds/overlap.php](https://www.etfrc.com/funds/overlap.php) I use the gold ETF SGOL because of its lower fees. (expense ratio of .17% vs .40% for GLD) I think the economy and market are going into a slump but you're young and your initial investments are small so it won't affect long-term performance much. The question is, will you sell easily if the value of your portfolio drops at first. If the answer is yes, start out with more conservative investments.
Personally I have like 20% of my Roth in SGOL right now. They hold $4 billion of physical gold bullion in a London vault.
In US I’ve used SGOL for more than 20 years. No surprise’s.
No problem. SGOL tracks the price of gold bullion, VGK is a broad European index fund and XLP is an ETF that does consumer staples (Costco, Procter & Gamble, Mondelez, etc).
gold is supposed to be "safe", it's at ATHs right now though, but it's gold... PHYS, GLD, SGOL. Swiss stuff is supposed to be a safe haven. EWL, FXF
SGOL, BYDDY, Volkswagen, Shell. Personally I would avoid puts as markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent. Unless you're feeling ballsy.
SGOL calls bout to go so hard
I'd rather be long energy than miners. They pay hefty dividends, are more in sync with the general market at a lag, and are much less volatile than miners. Energy outperformed during those secular bear market decades and you made out like a bandit during WW2 without having to worry about not being able to own a banned asset class (gold). That being said, I do have considerable positions in SIVR and SGOL for diversification so my portfolio is "only" 50% oil/gas/pipelines.
Berkshire, Gold using SGOL as a proxy, Bitcoin using IBIT as a proxy. Basically the rules of engagement say that this is a bet on the future of the Dollar.
Yeah - the disclosure is something that I personal think that more brokers should do. I am guessing that you probably think that SGOL isn't considered aggressive. But it's also to sure that an investor understands that the investment isn't just a simple equity investment. Gold is a commodity and not an income producing asset. So the value is derived differently. Also - SGOL is probably taxed differently so gain/loss taxes are probably different.
You can redeem GLD, IAU and SGOL for physical too
Fuck crypto. I’d stay away from that. Gold and silver are the safest bet by far. SGOL
SGOL seems to perform the best out of all the ones suggested here but 4 billion in holdings seems low compared to GLD's 78 billion
I've held SGOL for 4 years now. Up 22%.
Wanted to get some opinions. I'm 32 married with a kid. We have 154000 in stocks, 90k in roth ira, 57k in traditional ira, 20k in 401k, 38k in savings. Currently, the savings is 50% cash, 25% SGOL (gold), and 25% SHYG (high yield short term corporate bonds). I was thinking of taking the savings to 50% cash, 20% gold, 20% SHYG, and 10% VTI just to get a little extra return. I understand I also have the risk of it going down more, but portfolio visualizer is showing the wort year of 11.5%. What would you do?
5% allocation to SGOL in brokerage, 0% in retirement accounts. I see it more as a small safety play in a volatile world.
My portfolio is this 40% SCHG 10%VOO 10%VOOG 10%VUG 20%SGOL 5%Bonds in companies I like. (Ford/GM/Amazon) 5% In risky stocks. Do with that info what you will.
VOO VOOG VTI SCHG is my personal favorite. SGOL is another one. At least 20-30% of your money should be in Gold and Silver. 60-70% in growth ETFs. Then, if you want to, you can use 10% of your money to play around with options, etc.
The long term expected gain on all well priced options is mathematically... drum roll... zero. I suggest making actual investments instead of speculating with options. Study asset allocation. There are nice free tools such as [Portfolio Visualizer.](https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/) [This](https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/backtest-asset-class-allocation?s=y&sl=1gbFwy5981mspl6gifOzX2) simple, low cost portfolio generated 10% annualized returns for the last 20 years with low volatilty, and infrequent rebalancing requirement: * 45% stocks (ex. SPY) * 45% gold (ex. SGOL) * 10% tbills (ex. SGOV)
Acquiring and storing gold is a major hassle. Instead, invest in a physically backed gold ETF, like SGOL (based in Switzerland).
>We where looking into gold ETFs I own gold ETFs, a gold mining ETF, gold mining stocks, and physical gold both inside and outside of IRAs. Gold is not an investment. It doesn't pay a dividend or interest. It actually is what Bitcoin maxis claim Bitcoin is: a store of value. It is insurance against failure of the fiat-currency based financial system. Gold won't make you rich, but it might keep you rich. That being said, all of my gold-based investments are up. I started buying gold ETFs in 2019 and they are all up over 60%. That's not much compared to some of my stocks that are up hundreds of percent, and they have underperformed the S&P 500 index since I bought them in 2019 [https://totalrealreturns.com/n/SPY,PHYS,SGOL,BAR?start=2019-11-01](https://totalrealreturns.com/n/SPY,PHYS,SGOL,BAR?start=2019-11-01) but at least they are up. My physical gold that I have had for a shorter time is up around 45%. If you are interested in owning gold there a lots of ways to own. Nothing beats owning physical gold if you want to own gold. Since it looks like your gift is outside of IRAs you might just want to dip your toe into the water and buy some physical gold. You can try your local coin store, a reputable online dealer, and you can even buy gold here at r/Pmsforsale or at Costco r/CostcoPM or Walmart.com. You can also buy 24k gold jewelry at Mene.com. You should probably also check out r/Gold if you have questions about what to buy. If you just want exposure to the price of gold you can buy shares in one of the gold ETFs like GLD, PHYS, BAR, or SGOL. That is "paper gold" in that you just have a claim on gold held by the fund and not actual gold, but it is very easy to buy and sell shares. You shouldn't need to have more than 5-10% of your portfolio in gold of all types. I have more than that but I find it hard to sell now that I have it. Owning gold gives me some peace of mind, plus it's fun to own. https://www.reddit.com/r/Gold/comments/13rwinh/1_oz_argor_heraeus_kinebar_gold_bar/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button https://www.reddit.com/r/Gold/comments/v27ys8/2021_somali_elephant_arrived_today/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Gold by itself is not a good investment. 10-20% gold in a stocks & bonds portfolio is a useful diversifier and volatility reducer. Professional portfolio and hedge fund managers all use ETFs like GLD/M, IAU/M, and SGOL. Owning physical gold is far more expensive, far less secure, and far less liquid with gigantic spreads. I would not even consider this a practical investment - it’s more like a collectible - and anyone answering your question with responses about the apocalypse or civilization collapse should be taking it to r/preppers because they are missing the point. Portfoliocharts.com and Risk Parity Radio are two sources of actually useful information about in adding an allocation to gold to a capital preservation or drawdown portfolio.
Another way to indirectly own physical gold is SGOL which is a fund that purchases physical gold and holds it in a bank. They are audited to ensure they actually have the bullion. Their overhead is also small.
I'm an old retired guy with enough between Social Security and two IRAs to last me for the rest of my life. I only have about 30% of my investments in the stock market right now. I have the ETFs VOO, SCHD, VTI, VXUS, and SGOL. I'm in the Money market funds VMFXX and VUSXX. SGOL, VMFXX, and VUSXX are not the stock market. I've sort of followed the Boglehead philosophy [https://www.reddit.com/r/Bogleheads/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Bogleheads/) with my investing. I have used ETFs that trade options but only rarely. If someone gave me another $300k now, I would just put it in VUSXX at 5.29%. The $amount in money market accounts just passed $6 trillion.
ETFs can be found the hold and store the precious metals in vaults. Smaller outfits do the same locally. ETF has better auditing, sells slightly under spot, has a buy/sell spread of pennies and are very liquid. You can sometimes take physical delivery (depends on the ETF) but typically have to do so in bar quantities and you supply the armored car at pickup. CEF Sprott Physical Gold and Silver Trust IAU iShares Gold Trust SGOL abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF SLV iShares Silver Trust PSLV Sprott Physical Silver Trust PPLT abrdn Physical Platinum Shares ETF
VOO: 38% VXUS: 22% AVUV: 20% AVDV: 10% VGSH: 5% VTIP: 3% SGOL: 2% 30, mid 7 figures invested, looking to have a 60% US / 30% International / 10% bonds/treasury/money market. I believe in small cap value tilt while understanding I want to keep things simple. I dont want to have complete US Bias. Low Fee's. Want to avoid mid cap growth I understand vxus will have some but value simplicity over. Im able to easily keep %'s aligned. Would this structure be favorable? They are structured in tax advantage*
Gold ETF? SGOL is one, IAU, GLD are others
What do y'all think of mine? The goal isn't maximum returns but low drawdowns and a quick recovery from downturns to maintain principal with moderate growth in order to maintain a high PWR in retirement. 10% US Total Stock Market (FZROX) 30% US Small Cap Value (FISVX) 10% REIT (FSRNX) 5% Emerging Markets (FPADX) 25% Long Term Treasury (FNBGX) 20% Gold (SGOL) For the naysayers for gold investing check out [this](https://portfoliocharts.com/2021/12/16/three-secret-ingredients-of-the-most-efficient-portfolios/) article.
My strategy is always buy VOO, buy VUG when interest rates are low, when rates start going up or there’s a panic buy VTV until things cool back down. I also sprinkle in a little VNQ, BND and SGOL (cheap gold shares) but never more than 5% of my total investment
I'm in the same situation with my parents. What I did was put them in a mix of: * Money market (VMFXX) * Intermediate treasury bonds (VGIT) * Long term treasury bonds (VGLT) * Low-expense ratio gold the metal ETF (SGOL) No stock exposure at all.
$SIVR $SGOL, nothing else has worked so maybe this wont either.
What's wrong with gold? I honestly have no idea and wanna learn. I'm pretty sure it reduces volatily and in consequence inproves return in the long run. I wanna invest but in a more conservative way, with no more than 40-50% stocks, I was planning on ICSH and SGOL. I know nothing about REITs.
Idk but I use: 25% VOO 25% AVUV 15% VEA 15% VWO 10% VGSH 10% SGOL I'm risking it for a quick buck in like 3-5 years, idk if its the right approach cuz I know almost nothing about investing but looks good for me, plus im 27.
He might want to buy gold, or gold shares like SGOL. It's generally considered a safe haven asset and Central banks have been ramping up buying gold since the NATO countries seized Russia's sovereign wealth funds. 2023 is looking like another gold buying year. The nice thing about qualified retirement funds is that you don't pay the ridiculous precious metals tax when you have gains in a 401K fund. Also there are treasuries & munis that are paying 5-6% now, I believe. He should definitely sell the lots of Tesla stock with the deepest capital gains and buy at least some safe haven stuff like gold and high interest treasuries & munis. TBH, much of the rest of the market looks as skanky as Tesla right now, and tech/growth is overvalued again. The market will probably tank a bit after April 15. I wouldn't advise him to buy other stocks.
>before I max my credit to buy gold Not a good way to start any investment imo. Why not buy an ETF as you have some money to invest. I own some SGOL.
IAUM and GLDM were created to compete with newer, cheaper gold ETFs like SGOL. They didn't just slash the ER on IAU and GLD because people have gains locked in and it would trigger a taxable event if they sold. In addition, both have much larger volumes than their mini-counterparts which lowers the spreads for short term traders. IAU(M) is stored in comex facilities throughout the US, but I think primarily NYC. GLD is stored in London. SGOL is in Zurich and London. GLDM is stored in Hong Kong? All this info will be in the fund's prospectus.
Look at the ETF SGOL. That's what I buy.
Buy a little IAU, SGOL, or GLD to commemorate the day.
Futures trading is tricky, stick to ETVs and ETFs whose underlying is a specific commodity or basket of commodities, and if I can talk my book, like $UNL, $CORN, $GUSH, ect. And when the dollar finally tops out in the high teens and then starts dropping, gold ETFs like $SGOL.
You should work this in to your strategy, allocate a certain percentage to PM in your asset allocation and set rebalancing bands or scheduling. I'm 20% gold. Do not bother with silver and copper, they're less commodity money and do not have the price action inverse the rest of the market like gold does historically. For viewing gold in the context of modern portfolio theory, look at Golden Butterfly and Permanent Portfolio. Do not invest in gold miners. If you use an ETF, which you will need to do in tax sheltered accounts, read their prospectuses and make sure you know who the custodians are. Split the money into multiple ETFs even - I use AAAU, SGOL, and IAU.
Consider GLD or SGOL rather than SLV. Silver will break your heart.
SGOL - physical ETF, low expense ratio (0.17%)