So jimmy boy Cramer says NOT to invest in owning physical metals… um nope not taking your advice I own what I can touch.
"Unless you can afford to buy actual gold bars and store them in a depository bank, I don't recommend owning the actual metal," he said on "Mad Money." "Most gold coins are sold as a significant markup, especially if you go to a coin dealer, and they're not that liquid — it's not like you can sell a gold coin all that easily through a brokerage account."
Instead, Cramer recommended getting direct exposure through the SPDR Gold Shares Fund, his favorite gold-based exchange-traded fund, a gold-mining ETF, or the stock of a high-quality gold producer like Barrick Gold.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/11/cramer-invest-in-gold-here-if-youre-worried-about-stocks.html