Precious metals as an investment

Statistics report on precious metals as an investment on commodity and financial markets

Precious metals as an investment

This report provides information about the primary ways precious metals can be operate as an investment on commodities and financial markets. After a short overview which compares precious metals to other investments, the information around the development of the prices for physical quantities of the most prominent precious metals used for investments is provided. This is then contrasted to the other three ways investors can invest in precious metals: though purchasing shares in companies who produce precious metals, holding shares in exchange traded funds which invest in physical quantities of precious metal, and trading futures contracts.

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Overview

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  • Premium Statistic Annual return of gold and other assets worldwide 2023
  • Premium Statistic Comparison of the S&P GSCI precious metals index and the S&P 500 index 2019-2024
  • Basic Statistic Prices index comparison of seven different precious metals 2019-2022
  • Premium Statistic Biggest ETFs for precious metals based on AUM in the U.S. in 2024
  • Premium Statistic Global leading mining companies based on market capitalization 2023

Commodity prices

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  • Premium Statistic Monthly prices for gold worldwide 2011-2024
  • Premium Statistic Monthly prices for silver worldwide 2014-2024
  • Premium Statistic Monthly prices for platinum worldwide 2014-2024
  • Premium Statistic Monthly prices for copper worldwide 2014-2024
  • Basic Statistic Monthly prices for rhodium worldwide 2019-2023

ETFs

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  • Premium Statistic Biggest ETFs for precious metals based on three month return rate in the U.S. 2022
  • Premium Statistic Biggest ETFs for precious metals based on one year return rate in the U.S. 2023
  • Premium Statistic Biggest ETFs for precious metals based on five year return rate in the U.S. 2023
  • Premium Statistic ETFs for precious metals based in the U.S. listed by expense ratio 2023
  • Premium Statistic SPDR Gold Trust ETF monthly share price 2018-2022
  • Premium Statistic Aberdeen Standard Physical Palladium Shares ETF monthly share price 2018-2022

Mining stocks

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  • Premium Statistic Share price development of the five biggest silver miners in the world 2018-2022
  • Premium Statistic Share price development of the five biggest gold miners in the world 2018-2024
  • Premium Statistic Share price development of the five biggest copper miners in the world 2018-2022

Futures

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  • Premium Statistic Gold futures contracts price in the U.S. by month 2019-2024, with forecasts to 2029
  • Premium Statistic Silver futures contracts price in the U.S. by month 2019-2022, with forecasts to 2027
  • Premium Statistic Platinum futures contracts price in U.S. by month 2019-2022, with forecasts to 2024
  • Premium Statistic Palladium futures contracts price in U.S. by month 2019-2022, with forecasts to 2024
  • Premium Statistic Copper futures contracts price in the U.S. by month 2019-2022, with forecasts to 2028

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