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Emas sebagai alternatif pelaburan

MINGGU ini saya bercerita sedikit tentang emas sebagai pelaburan. Sebenarnya emas sudah menjadi bahan pelaburan sejak harganya mula-mula diselaraskan pada tahun 1717 oleh Sir Isaac Newton.

Pada tahun 1971, emas tidak lagi terikat dengan Dolar Amerika dan diperdagangkan secara bebas. Pada 6 Oktober 2009 baru-baru ini, harga emas di pasaran emas dunia melonjak sebanyak AS$24.60 kepada AS$1,041.80 seauns sehari.

Enam bulan dulu harga terendah emas ialah AS$868.70 dan setahun dulu harganya ialah AS$709.50 seauns. Dalam masa setahun harga emas naik sebanyak 46.8 peratus. Lima tahun dulu harga terendahnya ialah AS$412.10 iaitu kenaikan sebanyak 152.8 peratus.

Secara purata seseorang yang melabur jangka panjang mendapat pulangan purata dalam masa lima tahun sebanyak 30.5 peratus. Rasanya pelaburan di pasaran saham sendiri tidak boleh memperolehi keuntungan sebanyak itu.

Tidak ramai yang sedar akan pulangan yang lumayan daripada pelaburan emas. Cara yang baik untuk melabur emas ialah dengan membeli syiling emas atau emas keping selain barang kemas.

Untuk makluman, suatu auns bersamaan dengan 31.10 gram. Bagaimana pun harga jualan emas di institusi kewangan berbeza-beza kerana harga emas bukannya sesuatu yang terkawal.

Banyak kos perkhidmatan seperti insurans diambil kira oleh institusi-institusi ini. Syiling dan emas keping ini boleh diperolehi di bank-bank seperti Maybank dan OUB.

Ada juga yang menggunakan buku pas seperti Public Bank tetapi pelanggan tidak menyimpan dan melihat emas sebenarnya hanya jumlah dan harga semasa pembelian dimasukkan ke dalam buku pas.

Kini ada pembelian dan penjualan boleh juga dilakukan dengan Koperasi Etika Emas yang mempunyai cawangan di seluruh negara.

Kenaikan harga emas tertakluk lazimnya atas tiga faktor utama. Pertama penyusutan nilai dolar Amerika. Apabila nilai dolar Amerika susut harga emas akan naik, apabila dolar Amerika stabil harga emas akan susut.

Emas bertindak sebagai pelindung nilai menentang dolar Amerika. Pada masa ini dolar Amerika lemah dan menunjukkan tanda-tanda akan menjadi lebih lemah.

Ada juga ura-ura negara Asia Barat dan China akan menggunakan mata wang lain selain dolar Amerika disebabkan kelemahan dolar Amerika ini. Walaupun peralihan kepada mata wang selain dolar Amerika (euro misalnya atau mata wang bentuk baru) bukan sesuatu yang boleh berlaku dengan segera, berita itu telah cukup untuk melonjakkan harga emas dunia.

Faktor kedua ialah harga emas akan naik selari dengan kadar inflasi. Apabila inflasi naik, harga emas akan naik selaras dengan inflasi.

Dalam keadaan negara-negara di dunia termasuk kuasa-kuasa ekonomi besar menyuntik pakej rangsangan ekonomi dengan besar seperti AS$787 bilion pakej rangsangan Amerika Syarikat kesannya ialah peningkatan inflasi.

Amerika hanya mengecap duitnya sesuka hati dan ini akan menyebabkan nilai duitnya akan turun.

Faktor ketiga ialah kenaikan harga petroleum akan menyebabkan harga emas naik selari dengan kenaikan kos penghasilan dan penghantaran barangan, jika harga petroleum jatuh. dijangka emas juga akan turun tetapi pada tahap minimum.

Terdapat beberapa cara untuk melabur dalam bentuk emas dan diterangkan secara lengkap di dalam www.gold.org/value. Orang ramai boleh melabur secara langsung dengan membeli emas bulion (jongkong), syiling emas, dinar emas, atau secara tidak langsung melalui gold futures,options, waran atau sijil pelaburan.

Salah satu cara paling popular dan cepat berkembang dalam sekuriti bursa di seluruh dunia yang dikenali dengan nama Gold ETF (Exchange Traded Fund).

Antara bursa saham dunia yang menawarkan Gold ETF ialah di Australia, Amerika Syarikat, Perancis, Hong Kong, Jepun, Mexico, Afrika Selatan, Switzerland, Singapura, Turki dan United Kingdom. ETF ini dalam bentuk sekuriti dan disokong 100 peratus oleh emas secara fizikal.

Pelaburan secara ini berkembang dengan pesat sehingga 38 peratus daripada pelaburan yang dikenal pasti terdiri daripada sekuriti bentuk ini. Di sini belum ada lagi Gold Emas ini diperdagangkan di bursa kita.

Melihat pergolakan yang berlaku sekarang terutama sekali tergugatnya kedudukan Dolar Amerika ekoran krisis ekonomi yang berpunca di Amerika, daripada mereka dan merebak ke seluruh dunia. Orang ramai sudah tentu mencari sesuatu bentuk pelaburan yang lebih selamat daripada pergolakan harga.

DATO' SALLEH MAJID ialah bekas Presiden Bursa Saham Kuala Lumpur (kini Bursa Malaysia)

sumber dari Utusan Malaysia

Gold rises tad as dollar loses ground vs euro

(Reuters)

22 October 2009

NEW YORK/LONDON - Gold prices turned higher on Thursday, reversing early losses as the dollar continued to lose ground against the euro, increasing interest in the metal as an alternative to the U.S. currency. The metal continued to take heart from the expected long-term weakness of the dollar. Investors were turning to gold as the depreciation of global currencies threatened the value of paper assets. “I don’t think we necessarily need to see a lot lower dollar to see the gold price rally. We could have a gold price rally in other currencies more than the dollar,” said Caesar Bryan, portfolio manager at the $580 million GAMCO Gold Fund in New York. Spot gold was at $1,059.15 an ounce at 3:21 p.m. EDT (1921 GMT), against $1,058.35 late in New York on Wednesday. U.S. December gold futures settled down $5.90 at $1,058.60 an ounce on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. A decline in the equity markets in early trade dented appetite for risk, benefiting the dollar at the expense of higher-yielding currencies. U.S. stocks, however, turned higher in late sessions, as the Dow rose 1.5 percent. Pradeep Unni, a senior analyst at Richcomm Global Services, said dollar weakness was still likely to hold the metal in a range between $1,044 and $1,071, but added that consolidation may be necessary before another push higher. For a graphic showing the gold price in various currencies, click here:http://graphics.thomsonreuters.com/109/CMD_GLDCUR1009.gif In New York late sessions, the dollar turned weaker versus the euro as Wall Street rallied amid returning risk appetite. SLACK DEMAND Demand for physical gold remained slow, with jewelry buying tailing off in major consumer India after last week’s festival period and as a decline in the rupee made dollar-priced assets more expensive. The world’s largest gold exchange-traded fund, the SPDR Gold Trust, also reported an outflow on Wednesday. Its holdings fell nearly 40,000 ounces or 0.1 percent. Demand from gold investment products and exchange-traded funds grew in the third quarter despite weak jewelry demand, a report by World Gold Council showed. Total volume of gold bullion bought via ETFs rose by 38.5 tonnes to a record 1,732.5 tonnes for the quarter, the industry-sponsored WGC said in an October report. Among other precious metals, silver was at $17.58 an ounce against $17.66 late on Wednesday, tracking losses in gold. Platinum was at $1,364 an ounce against $1,359. Palladium was at $335, up from its previous session late quote at $332.50, supported by fears over the outlook for Russian and South African supply and hopes for a recovery in automotive demand. Platinum and palladium are mainly used in autocatalysts. Investment demand is also strong. ETF Securities said holdings of its London palladium exchange-traded commodity rose nearly 9,000 ounces on Wednesday to record highs.

Gold will go to $1224 and zoom to $1650 - Jim Sinclair - CommodityOnline

'Gold will go to $1224 and zoom to $1650' 2009-10-18 17:15:00 By Jim Sinclair A significant number of articles written lately, some with superb prose and many sent to me by CIGAs, would convince you that the market in gold is simply a major move in a regular market and is therefore now well priced. What is assumed by others is that in some way this is a "Dress Rehearsal" for some event way into the future that may or may not happen at all. Let me assure you this is no dress rehearsal, but today's gold market is the "Real Thing." It is the Real Things because there is a huge difference between the US dollar in the 1970s and the US dollar today. It is the Real Thing because there is a huge long-term shift in economic strength between the East and the West. It is the Real Thing because political strength long-term always follows economic strength. It is the Real Thing because there is always a long-term shift in the currency of preference between improving and stagnated economies It is the Real Thing because geopolitics is always seen by the West as one event followed by another, conquerable by brute strength with technology falling to low tech and generational plans. It is the Real Thing because the financial world has become a predatory sociopath's playground that now builds nothing while only seeking to destroy everything. It is the Real Thing in perfect timing with many macro agricultural cycles from hot to cold and wet to dry. Gold will go to $1224, $1650 and then on to Alf's numbers in Armstrong's timeline. Source: http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Gold-will-go-to-$1224-and-zoom-to-$1650-22103-3-1.html

Last Updated ( 19 Oct 2009 )

Dinar and Dirham

Abu Bakr ibn Abi Maryam reported that he heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say: "A time is certainly coming over mankind in which there will be nothing [left] which will be of use save a dinar and a dirham." (The Musnad of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal)

Gold and silver are the most stable currency the world has ever seen. Protect your wealth by buying gold and silver. Why? Zero inflation in 1,400 years!!

A chicken at the time of the Prophet, sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam, costs only one dirham;

today, 1,400 years later, a chicken still cost approximately one dirham.

Buy GOLD DINAR NOW!!

Call / SMS 019-9599999 (Zat) or 013-9826131 (Zaiem)

Dinar	We Sell	We Buy
1 dinar	RM 522.00	RM 491.00
5 dinar	RM 2597.00	RM 2454.00
10 dinar	RM 5170.00	RM 4912.00

Last updated 19/10/09 8:05 PM