See also: The risks of leaving money on deposit, how to invest in shares, how to invest in a fund and how to invest in bonds. The latter tracks individual commodities or a basket of commodities, and moves based on the price of the underlying commodities. One is the iShares Physical Gold ETC, which offers targeted exposure to the gold spot price. Or you can invest in commodities via a life-wrapped fund, such as the Indexed Commodities Fund from Zurich Life. “You don’t buy gold for income or yield, you buy it because it stands outside the financial system,” he says.

Source: The Irish Times April 07, 2026 16:01 UTC