PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Clemens Reuter
TI  - Index Investments That Shine
DP  - 2012 Jun 20
TA  - ETFs and Indexing
PG  - 104--106
VI  - 2012
IP  - 1
4099  - http://guides.pm-research.com/content/2012/1/104.short
4100  - http://guides.pm-research.com/content/2012/1/104.full
AB  - In view of ongoing debt problems, precious metals are attracting increasing investor attention. Various investment instruments are available to offer institutional investors the opportunity to invest in precious metals, allowing investors to improve their risk–return profiles while providing access to this attractive asset class. The available instruments differ substantially, however, depending on whether a given precious metal investment is implemented using futures, structured products (certificates), physically backed exchange-traded commodities or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). This article highlights how index products such as ETFs not only offer low-cost and efficient access to this asset class but also can help to improve portfolio diversification.