Gold Stocks - Exchange Traded Gold Funds

SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) - (NYSE:GLD)
SPDR Gold Trust is an investment trust holding gold. SPDR Gold Shares issues in Baskets, in exchange for deposits of gold and distributes gold in connection with redemptions of Baskets. A Basket equals a block of 100,000 Shares. The investment objective of the Trust is for the Shares to reflect the performance of the price of gold bullion. The sponsor of the Trust is World Gold Trust Services, is Mellon Asset Servicing of The Bank of New York Mellon. The trustee & custodian of the Trust is HSBC Bank USA, N.A.

Gold Bullion Securities (ASX: GOLD)
* Exchange Traded Gold helds 627.92 tonnes of ... gold in storage ... (August 2007)
* SPDR Gold Trust is the largest and most liquid GETF on the market.

The Central Fund of Canada (NYSE: CEF) is a closed-end fund headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, mandated to keep the bulk of their net assets in a mixture of gold and silver with a small percentage of cash. The custodian of the gold and silver assets is the main Calgary branch of CIBC. The Central Fund of Canada held 28.48 tonnes of gold and 1423.66 tonnes of silver in storage.

The Central Gold Trust (NYSE: GTU) the Central Gold Trust is mandated to keep the bulk of its assets in gold, and does not hold silver. The Central Gold Trust holds 5.21 tons of gold in storage.

ETFS Gold (LSE: BULL) tracks the DJ-AIG Gold Sub-Index

ETFS Physical Gold (LSE: PHAU) which is backed by allocated gold bullion ... 20 plus tonnes of gold in storage ... "physically holding Gold"

Silver Stocks

iShares Silver Trust (ETF) - ( NYSE:SLV)
iShares Silver Trust owns silver transferred to the trust in exchange for shares issued by the trust. Each iShare represents a fractional undivided beneficial interest in the net assets of the trust. The sponsor of iShares Silver Trust is Barclays Global Investors International, Inc. The activities of the trust are limited to issuing Baskets of iShares in exchange for the silver deposits.

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