Gold Investment in Antam

Jakarta - Also in stores special sales of jewelry, gold enthusiasts can now purchase these precious metals directly to the producer PT Aneka Tambang Tbk. This state-owned company offers a variety of investment gold from 1 gram to kilogram bar type.

Gold investment is very strategic for the long-term investment. Gold was also considered more secure than stock exchange and for not too volatile. Moreover, gold prices also tend to increase because world gold demand continues to increase.

Gold investment is also the most practical because it can be done all groups ranging from a housewife, salaried worker or a mediocre professional because gold can be bought from than 1 gram.

However, gold investing is not suitable for such short term as stocks and foreign exchange movements seatraktif no stock or currency. Gold price increases tend to slow for the short term.

In response to high public interest in precious metals, Antam since the last few years has opened special counters for retail buyers.

Precious metal desk Antam , is one of the gold spot market can be classified as a great place for gold transactions.

"We provide various facilities of gold transactions," said Mulia Antam's VP of Metal, Tuti detikFinance Kustiningsih when found after the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders Antam in his office, Jakarta, Wednesday (27/5/2009).

Tuti said Antam outlets accept precious metals gold transactions ranging from grams to 1 kilogram. In general, the category of Antam's gold transactions are classified into two.

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

He presented, the bar is a small category of gold which has a weight ranging from 1 gram to 100 grams. As for gold, which weighs from 1 pound to the bar called the pound.

"We provide the commodity of gold bars to the jewelry, like rings, pendants and so on. All can be transacted in our stores," said Tuti .

Transaction Antam's gold at the outlets to be quite liquid. The average volume of Antam's gold transactions ranging from 5-20 pounds per day. Transaction value of about USD 500 million per day.

"It's for the retail. Most of the perpetrators of gold transactions daily in our stores are retail. But once or twice a week there 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, gold investment remind Tuti has different characteristics of capital market investment.

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

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

" As for the short term, thin margin. But for the long term, gold is very attractive investment because prices tend to survive but rising trend, "said Tuti.

Now, for those of you who are interested in investing in the stores Antam's gold, do not be difficult. You just come and perform transactions on the spot.

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

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

"Maximum cash transaction USD 50 million. It's for security reasons. If a cash transaction worth more than that, it is more risky security, "he explained.

However, Tuti continue, transactors can make transactions using debit cards, credit card or bank transfer using the facility for payment.

"So really no need to carry cash. It can also transfer it," he said.

Antam is now also being explored to establish cooperation provides gold investment facility with several banks such as Bank Syariah Mandiri, BRI HSBC and Sharia. < br />
"So then the owner of the account in these banks can directly change the funds in their accounts into gold, without having to come directly to the outlets. But this is still exploratory," he said.

Antam's gold desk also provides day care facilities transacted gold. The goal that transactors do not bother to bring the gold to be transacted there.

"We have a gold storage. For example like this, if someone makes a purchase in our stores gold for investment purposes, he did not need to bring home the gold, so when he wanted to sell gold because the price has gone up, he can make sales without the need to take the gold, "said Tuti.

Interested in Antam's gold investments, you can come directly to: < br />
PT Antam Tbk, Business Unit Metal Processing and Purification Honor

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

Business Unit Metal Processing and Purification Honor Surabaya

Jl. Tile times 67 B Surabaya

Tel. (62 31) 5491868;
Fax 5491723. (62 31) 5357480

Source: www.detikfinance.com