Gold Investment Strategies 2025 | Durham News

Durham News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 18, 2026 · 2m

Gold investment exploded in 2025 with record-breaking demand and massive inflows into North American funds, but 2026 saw a shift as Asia and Europe took the lead—while North America lagged and even saw net outflows. Want to play the gold game? You’ve got options: buy physical gold (pay premiums, handle storage, sell at a discount), invest in gold-backed ETFs (easy, no storage, but you own shares, not metal), go for mining stocks or funds (higher risk, potential dividends, less tied to gold prices), or stash it in a self-directed IRA (IRS rules, fees, approved depositories only). Each path has…