[GNC] Price of gold

[Jean-David Beyer]

On 4/8/20 12:30 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:

> To be clear, the spot price is per ozt, but it is based on a
> transaction involving 1000 ozt of Silver or 1kg of Gold. If you are
> buying or selling more or less, your exact price will be different,
> but you can use the spot as a guide.

Here in USA, a standard contract for gold is 100 troy ounces and for
silver, it is 5000 troy ounces.

The spot price may be useful if you are trading gold or silver
contracts, but if you buy a contract because you want to take delivery
of the gold, you are in for a rude shock. For example, there are an
estimated 300 contracts out there for each 100 ounces of gold, so if all
holders wanted to take delivery, 299 would have to do without.

If you actually want to take delivery, you may have to pay a big
premium. These days, some items are either not available at all
(Canadian one-ounce silver Maple Leafs), or command a large premium
($177 premium over spot) to get a one-ounce US Gold Eagle.

So it depends on how you intend to use the prices just what prices you
should use.

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