Men can buy Gold, women, save

Gold is one of forms of the most popular plant of the Swiss. This is a study of the University of St. Gallen (HSG). Only in real estate, Investors investing and the risks of an even more often.

The HSG-Institute of retail management, published on Monday, the latest precious metal-Atlas. In cooperation with the a trader of Precious metals Philoro the research center interviewed in April, more than 2300 people, as it says in a message.

53 percent of the respondents indicated real estate as the preferred form of investment, followed by Gold with 48 percent. Only the third largest share (30 percent), followed by funds (25 percent) and savings accounts (24 percent) followed. While men create your money more in Gold, stocks and funds, women prefer to tend to the Giro and the savings account.

there are also differences between linguistic regions: Gold and real estate are, in the case of respondents from the French-speaking part of Switzerland is more popular than in the German-speaking people, say it.

Gold, platinum and silver

Six out of ten respondents consider precious metals to be generally useful facility, men more often than women, French-speaking little more than English-speaking and Ticino. Most pronounced is the positive evaluation of the noblest metals in the 40 - to 69-Year-old.

in addition to Gold, were called "noble metal-Atlas" rare platinum and silver as forms of investment. 62 percent of respondents as the preferred source of supply for the precious metals your Bank. Other traders with private business to 19 per cent of responses, while Internet retailers sections with 8 percent much worse.

a Good quarter of the respondents has invested in the past in precious metals, including every third man and every fifth woman. Gold is mainly purchased as a long-term investment. As important motives also security and stability were mentioned significantly less likely to return.

(nag/sda)

Created: 13.05.2019, 11:54 PM