PRESENT DAY CLASSIFICATION OF INVESTMENT ON RUSSIAN GOLD MARKET

Abstract

The article provides findings of the research done on Russian gold market. Continuous growth in investment in gold was pointed out. The author puts forward the classification of investment by ‘investment object’, which includes two types of investment, i.e. direct and indirect. Direct investment consists of mutual and share capital, crediting and physical metal and indirect investment – portfolio and digital gold. Detail characteristics of all types of deals on precious metal market are provided. Ways of investing capital into new investment products are proposed. Advantages and disadvantages of each investment tools of the classification are shown. The article describes investment in gold-mining, bank, exchange and market sectors of the market and puts forward recommendations for investors concerning the choice of the most effective tools existing on the Russian market of precious metal.

Keywords

• economy
• investment
• gold market
• classification
• crediting
• securities
• bullions
• coins
• digital gold
• derivatives