1. Gold bars and gold coins

Gold bars and gold coins represent the physical form of gold, and the answer to which form to choose depends on personal preferences and the amount of gold that is bought, method of storage, as well as how you plan to buy and sell all at once or gradually.Buying gold is tax exemptible because it is treated as a means of preserving the value, while in some countries it is considered as luxury goods and is burdened with lot of taxes.
People can purchase gold, making sure that it’s not about the gold coins whose value is higher than the price of gold itself. Gold can be stored in foreign vaults if bought abroad.American Forbes says the following investment options are possible in the United States.

2. Gold ETF

Buying shares in a fund that tracks the price of gold allows investors to profit from rising gold prices without the need of its purchase and storage.

3. Shares of gold mining

Gold mining stocks are the option of indirect investments in gold, but it should be borne in mind that the price of gold mining stocks do not necessarily follow the price of gold.

4. Gold Future Contracts

Futures contracts provide investors investing in gold prices and the expected conclusion of a contract is to buy or sell a certain quantity of gold on a specific date at an agreed price, and thus allow the earnings (or loss) based on the difference between the agreed and the market price on the agreed date.

5. Gold Account

Gold can be used to directly purchase a location of the vault where it is possible to store the actual gold bullion or be entitled to any of the required quality and weight.

6. Gold Certificates

The U.S. government until 1933 issued a certificate which could be exchanged for gold, and it still works in some European banks. This is called as Gold Certificate.