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Investment Ideas

BLACKROCK MERRILL LYNCH


INTERNATIONAL GOLD FUND

This fund is aimed at investors looking to diversify their portfolio and provide some insurance in times of market instability.

All that Glitters is Gold

Since gold’s first discovery, it has symbolised wealth and guaranteed power. Its brilliance, beauty and durability has caused obsession in mankind and nations throughout time.

 

Recent market volatility has prompted many investors to revisit their portfolio structure and question whether it may be better to cash in or sit out falls in the market.


I’m a firm believer that there are always opportunities available for investors. Where the opportunities lie is the key question.

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Gold as a safe haven

The recent volatility caused by the credit crunch has highlighted one of gold’s most alluring attributes; its role as a safe haven and the tendency for gold and gold mining stock prices to perform well when other asset classes such as fixed interest, property and shares are in decline.
 
 
Since the recent credit crisis, with the exception of oil, gold has emerged as the strongest asset class
  
 

The intrinsic value of gold provides risk diversification for prudent investors because its worth is not governed by the economic policies of a particular country and its value cannot be undermined by inflation.

 

Because of its stability, gold prices often rise in times of market volatility or political unrest as investors and investment managers seek out some stability.

 

The increasing political tensions, between the US and the middle east in the aftermath of 9-11, increasing volatility in the world stockmarkets and most recently the sub-prime credit crisis have all contributed to a rise in the price of gold

 

Jewellery is by far the biggest demand for gold, it consistently accounts for around 70% of total demand.
 
 
 
In the past three and a half years
the price of gold
has more than doubled
  
 
Demand is set to increase
Given the rising wealth of the emerging economies and that the Asian and Middle Eastern economies alone account for two thirds of gold jewellery buying, the long term outlook for gold continues to look good.
Gold demand in 2007
Demand for gold is now outstripping supply and there’s a real concern as to where the gold is going to come from. The overall world gold mine production has stagnated and experts suggest that a price in excess of US$1,000/oz would be needed in order to stabilise or reverse this trend. (Currently as this article is written, gold is sitting at just over US$850/oz)
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