2. Banks: Banks can trade precious metals, generally gold, silver, platinum, palladium and other metals. At present, paper gold, which is mainly traded by banks, can be traded by investors as long as they open precious metal accounts in banks. There are no special conditions for opening an account, as long as residents aged 18 and above can open an account.
3. Investors can buy physical precious metals. Generally, there are more gold and silver in physical transactions, mainly to buy gold bars, silver bars, gold coins and silver coins. The investment value of gold and silver jewelry is not great, and physical gold is generally bought in banks and jewelry stores.
Precious metals mainly refer to eight metal elements such as gold, silver, platinum, palladium, ruthenium, rhodium, osmium and iridium, among which gold, silver, platinum and palladium are common trading varieties in the investment market.