TGM Academy
Beginner · 4 lessons · 19 min · Free
Gold 101
What the gold price is, how gold is weighed and graded, why people hold it and the ways to own it.
- 1What sets the gold priceWhere the spot price comes from, why it is quoted in dollars, and what moves it.5 min
- 2Ounces, grams and karatsThe troy ounce, the gram and the tola, and how karats and fineness tell you how much gold you really have.4 min
- 3Why people hold goldThe real reasons people keep gold, and the drawbacks that a fair picture has to include.5 min
- 4Ways to own goldBars, coins, jewellery, funds, mining shares and tokenised gold: what each costs and what can go wrong.5 min