tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post2460259684875859252..comments2023-11-05T04:36:14.223-08:00Comments on The Mess That Greenspan Made: A new high at the gold ETFTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530974968126497397noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-14102186412665120732009-01-08T18:41:00.000-08:002009-01-08T18:41:00.000-08:00Yes, lots of good info at Gold.org. They also keep...Yes, lots of good info at Gold.org. They also keep track of all the central bank holdings for like the last hundred years...Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530974968126497397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-90079186275068147332009-01-08T08:52:00.000-08:002009-01-08T08:52:00.000-08:00Tim,If you sign up (for free) at gold.org, you can...Tim,<BR/><BR/>If you sign up (for free) at gold.org, you can download their Gold Investment Digest here:<BR/>http://www.research.gold.org/<BR/><BR/>It has a chart of all the ETFs combined, which looked to be 1000 tons at the end of September.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-62095898447269887432009-01-08T08:22:00.000-08:002009-01-08T08:22:00.000-08:00They probably do, but I've never looked for it. GL...They probably do, but I've never looked for it. GLD is about ten times the size of IAU, so I've just always looked at GLD.<BR/>I've never compared IAU to GLD, but in the performance data that I have seen, they're always within a percentage point of each other.<BR/>I much prefer gold coins to any of these products - just pay the premium and stick them away somewhere, never having to pay any management fees again.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530974968126497397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-65438721041126838812009-01-08T07:43:00.000-08:002009-01-08T07:43:00.000-08:00Thanks for the info on GLD--does the IAU publish s...Thanks for the info on GLD--does the IAU publish similar data, and does it matter (much smaller amount of gold held, perhaps)?<BR/><BR/>Do you have any thoughts on the relative merits of GLD versus IAU?<BR/><BR/>ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com