"Gold Investing How to Antam"

Jakarta - In addition to the specialty shops sellingjewelry, gold enthusiasts can now purchase theseprecious metals directly to the producer PT AnekaTambang Tbk. State-owned company offers a varietyof investment gold from 1 gram to kilogram bar type.

Gold investment is very strategic for long-term investment. Gold is also considered more securethan the foreign exchange and stock because it is nottoo volatile. Moreover, gold prices also tend to increase because world gold demand continues torise.


Gold Investments is also the most practical because it can be done all groups ranging from housewives,salaried workers or professional mediocre becausegold can be purchased starting from 1 gram.

However, gold investing is not suitable for such short-term stock and forex because its movement is notseatraktif stocks or forex. The increase in gold pricestend to be slow for the short term.

Respond to the high public interest against precious metals, Antam since the last few years has openedspecial outlets for retail buyers.
  
Antam noble metal desk, is one of the gold spot market can be classified as a great place to maketransactions in gold.
"We provide various facilities of gold transactions,"said VP Precious Metals Antam, Tuti detikFinanceKustiningsih when met after the Annual General Meeting Antam in his office, Jakarta, Wednesday(27/5/2009).

Tuti said outlets accept Antam precious metals gold transactions ranging from 1 gram to kilogram. Ingeneral, the category of Antam's gold transactionsare classified into two.

"First, the small bar. Second, kilo bars," said Tuti.

He explained, the categories are small bar of goldwhich has a weight ranging from 1 gram to 100 grams. As for gold, which has a weight ranging from 1kilogram to a bar called the pound.

"We supply gold bullion to jewelry, like rings,pendants and so on. All can be transacted in our stores," said Tuti.

Antam's gold transactions at the booth to be fairlyliquid. The average volume of Antam's goldtransactions starting from 5-20 pounds per day.Transaction value of about USD 500 million per day.

"That's for the retail. Most players gold transactionsdaily in our stores are retail. But once or twice a weekthere is also a single transaction in the tens to hundreds of kilograms," he said.

Tuti said investment demand for gold is indeed the value of gold tends to increase. However, Tuti remindgold investment has different characteristics to the investment capital market.

"Investing in gold stocks do not like the investment that tends to short-term. Gold investment is suitablefor long-term investment, due to long-term trend in gold prices continue to rise," said Tuti.

According to Tuti, for investors who have thecharacteristics of pursuing short-term margin is lesssuited to play in the commodity gold.

"Due to the short term, a thin margin. But for the long term, gold is very attractive investment becauseprices tend to persist but the trend continues to rise,"said Tuti.

Well, for those of you who are interested in goldinvesting in Antam outlets, do not be difficult. You justcome and perform transactions on the spot.

"Directly come to our stores, directly to the transaction. I'll get a certificate of the London BullionMarket Association (LBMA)," said Tuti.

For cash transactions, Antam limit the maximum transaction value of USD 50 million for security reasons.

"A maximum of USD 50 million cash transaction. It'sfor security reasons. If a cash transaction worth morethan that, right in security is more risky," he explained.

Nevertheless, Tuti continue, the transaction canperform a transaction using a debit card, credit cardor bank transfer using the facility for payment.

"So in fact do not need to carry cash. It can alsotransfer all right, " he said.

Antam is now also are exploring a joint ventureinvestments provide gold with banks such as BankSyariah Mandiri, BRI HSBC and Sharia.

"So later owner of the account at these banks candirectly change the funds in individual accounts intogold, without having to come directly to the outlets.But this is still exploratory," he said.Antam's gold outlets also provide day care facilities in the transaction of gold. The goal for conducting the transaction does not bother to bring the gold to betransacted there.

"We have a storage place of gold. For example likethis, if someone makes a purchase in our stores goldfor investment purposes, he does not need to bringhome the gold, so when he wanted to sell goldbecause the price has gone up, he can make saleswithout the need to bring the gold, "said Tuti.

Interested in Antam's gold investments, you cancome directly to:

PT Antam Tbk, Business Unit Precious MetalsProcessing and Purification

Jl. Youth - Jl. Raya Bekasi KM.18
Pulogadung, Jakarta 13210
Tel. (62 21) 475 7108
Fax. (62 21) 475 0665

Processing Business Unit and Precious MetalsRefining Surabaya

Jl. Tile times 67 B
Surabaya
Tel. (62 31) 5491868, 5491723
Fax. (62 31) 5357480
(dro / ir)
source: detikfinancial.com

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