can gold be a short-term investment ?

[HeroCat]

For large banks, yes - gold can be short - time investment. They put a large amount of cash in gold buying and then sale it after let say 6 hours. For private person - you do not have so large investment possibilities like the large banks. 

[wxa7115]

Short term? Seems unlikely gold is used by the small investor mostly as a store of value, they want to hold their gold and are probably for the long term if not for their entire lifetimes.

[OROBTC]

Short term? Seems unlikely gold is used by the small investor mostly as a store of value, they want to hold their gold and are probably for the long term if not for their entire lifetimes.

Even better to do like the Old Rich in Europe do: hold gold forever, never sell.  Hand it down through the generations.

"Intergenerational Wealth" (FOFOA's blog)

Gold, the best Store of Value since 4000 BC!

[futurebit640]

In terms of absolute returns gold is not very attractive in short term compared to real estate and shares market investments. For short term investments however gold is a very strong bet compared to shares that are highly volatile. The idea for gold investment will be to use it at times when the markets are falling and when the inflation is very high.

[wxa7115]

Short term? Seems unlikely gold is used by the small investor mostly as a store of value, they want to hold their gold and are probably for the long term if not for their entire lifetimes.

Even better to do like the Old Rich in Europe do: hold gold forever, never sell.  Hand it down through the generations.

"Intergenerational Wealth" (FOFOA's blog)

Gold, the best Store of Value since 4000 BC!

LOL, you beat me with that comment. On topic, in order to work, you’ll need to raise your children and grandchildren with the truth about the economic system and not only that, they’ll need to be successful.

I don’t know if you watch Pawn Stars but in that show abound examples of children and grandchildren that found out that their parents/grandparents had gold, and what do they do? Sell it as fast as they can.

[Habeler876]

The thing about gold is that you can't be wrong when investing in it, it's just a matter of how much time you have or plan to keep your investments in it.
When you are talking about short term investments, gold is definitely not the answer, from the exact reason op described - it takes a lot of time for the price to move.
Better go for bitcoin instead, the chances of turning a profit in one year time is way greater, and the profit has the potential of 2-5x the investment probably.

[bajing]

no, gold is for long-term investment because price gold is slowest move

[OROBTC]

Short term? Seems unlikely gold is used by the small investor mostly as a store of value, they want to hold their gold and are probably for the long term if not for their entire lifetimes.

Even better to do like the Old Rich in Europe do: hold gold forever, never sell.  Hand it down through the generations.

"Intergenerational Wealth" (FOFOA's blog)

Gold, the best Store of Value since 4000 BC!

LOL, you beat me with that comment. On topic, in order to work, you’ll need to raise your children and grandchildren with the truth about the economic system and not only that, they’ll need to be successful.

I don’t know if you watch Pawn Stars but in that show abound examples of children and grandchildren that found out that their parents/grandparents had gold, and what do they do? Sell it as fast as they can.

Nice!  Yes, we have been trying to raise ours to be dubious about lying .gov and .fed.  And explain the long-term value of gold.

I am going to guess that "Pawn Stars" and similar shows are either highly scripted, or they pick & choose.......

There is no saying how many heirs keep quiet.

[ajrah]

just wondering if it can be short-term investment
i was thinking about it and said no
gold price changes in years not days
what do you think about this ?

Price of Gold fluctuates but not a significant change that one can say a good short term investment.
Gold is good for long term investment. Gold started at $1,107/oz Sept 01, its now $1,111/oz

[wearepoor]

As per me NO. If you have surplus money invest in liquid securities like Bank deposits and this deposits are as good as currency. Gold never gets an equivalent amount of cash for its value. If you go for selling you will always get lesser amount. Moreover the increase in price is very meagre for the past few years when compared an investment in Bank deposit, mutual fund, stock market and real estate.

[Q7]

Definitely no. The margin on buying and selling gold is too wide and you will need a lot of movement to even make some decent return. At this current pace it is moving for the past 2 years, i highly doubt. But for long term, it's yes.

[Hugroll]

i personally don't consider gold an investment. to me it is just a way of storing value. but if you look at it from an investor point of view, then it is more a long term investment.

yep, although gold can be considered an investment if done for over many years. in the short term, i think of gold as just a store of value.

[bojan92]

Gold can't be a good short-term investment, try investing in something else like stocks or something else. You can make profit with gold in an longer period of time, it is the same with silver.

[MinerHQ]

Gold can't be a good short-term investment, try investing in something else like stocks or something else. You can make profit with gold in an longer period of time, it is the same with silver.

Are you sure in stocks one can make money in short term? If you want to do day trading in stock market is different but want to invest in any company then need a longer time to appreciate stock prices.

[killerjoegreece]

I always have it in my mind as a long term investment but from the time gold entered the stock market things are pretty skewed over how much physical gold is available.

[Amph]

Gold can't be a good short-term investment, try investing in something else like stocks or something else. You can make profit with gold in an longer period of time, it is the same with silver.

Are you sure in stocks one can make money in short term? If you want to do day trading in stock market is different but want to invest in any company then need a longer time to appreciate stock prices.

better to go with forex than stock for daytrading, there is much more action there, usd/eur, gbp/eur and jpy/eur or usd

i tried with gold and silver, but they are more slow for day trading, talking about commodities

[x13]

It highly depends on what profit you are expecting or whether your are using leverage through CFD or certificate trading for instance. The gold price could be varying between 3 to 10% on stormy weeks. If you are using leverages or turbo certificates you make a good profit.

[rivera]

Gold can't be a good short-term investment, try investing in something else like stocks or something else. You can make profit with gold in an longer period of time, it is the same with silver.

Are you sure in stocks one can make money in short term? If you want to do day trading in stock market is different but want to invest in any company then need a longer time to appreciate stock prices.

better to go with forex than stock for daytrading, there is much more action there, usd/eur, gbp/eur and jpy/eur or usd

i tried with gold and silver, but they are more slow for day trading, talking about commodities

Really? i have experiences traded gold, and i think the price movement of gold is very volatile
so, actually if we can traded gold, it will be more profitable than if we traded currencies pairs

[wxa7115]

Short term? Seems unlikely gold is used by the small investor mostly as a store of value, they want to hold their gold and are probably for the long term if not for their entire lifetimes.

Even better to do like the Old Rich in Europe do: hold gold forever, never sell.  Hand it down through the generations.

"Intergenerational Wealth" (FOFOA's blog)

Gold, the best Store of Value since 4000 BC!

LOL, you beat me with that comment. On topic, in order to work, you’ll need to raise your children and grandchildren with the truth about the economic system and not only that, they’ll need to be successful.

I don’t know if you watch Pawn Stars but in that show abound examples of children and grandchildren that found out that their parents/grandparents had gold, and what do they do? Sell it as fast as they can.

Nice!  Yes, we have been trying to raise ours to be dubious about lying .gov and .fed.  And explain the long-term value of gold.

I am going to guess that "Pawn Stars" and similar shows are either highly scripted, or they pick & choose.......

There is no saying how many heirs keep quiet.

That’s great, when, in the future I have children, a priority of mine will be teaching them how the economic system really works.

And about the Pawn Stars show, well it’s obvious that almost all of these “Reality Shows” are not real at all and are scripted, however it still surprises me the things people sell, like personal belongings of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln etc.

[lahm-44]

no never gold is probably not the rigjt commodity if you are think about a short-time investment insted try to invest on oil that is a good short time investment and really profitabpe it done correctly