What is the best avenue to invest in gold and other commodities?

if you can take possession of and store physical bullion securely, do so by all means.

etfs are ok, but they are still one level of risk higher than bullion. it is very unlikely, but there is still the chance of corporate incompetence and malfeasance on the part of the etf issuer (i.e., that the gold it claims to hold does not really exist, etc.), and if the etf does go under, you are left being a general creditor at best, since a share in an etf is in the form of a debenture.

as for other commodities, i don't think you can't do much better than Jim Rogers's Rogers International Commodity Index (RICI).

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Buy ETFs or even companies such as rangold resources for gold (GOLD) or Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) for commodities such as corn.

I own the Deutsche Bank Commodity ETF. I think this is the best way to invest in a basket of commodities:

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You did say "invest": IAU, SLV, and GSG
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Nice, low fees, trades just like stock (except you can short these on the down-tick if the market, yeah right, turns anytime soon)

One usually gets the most leverage from gold by buying shares of Gold Mining stocks or companies that make the equipment for mining, some of these include:

JOYG
BHP
RTP
ABX

I would stick with the quality mid-large cap names and avoid the highly speculative penny stocks of gold mining companies of which there are many out there.

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