How to invest in gold on the stock market?

[Michael Ingram]

I am currently working with a portfolio that isn't doing so well and I am thinking of moving some of it into gold. How should I go about this? Should I buy shares in gold mining companies? I am kind of new to this whole commodities things.

[CzargwaR]

There's an ETF that you can put your money into and it tracks price of gold, it's called GLD

[Michigan11]

I am currently working with a portfolio that isn't doing so well and I am thinking of moving some of it into gold. How should I go about this? Should I buy shares in gold mining companies? I am kind of new to this whole commodities things.

Buy Peter Schiff's book, Crash Proof, the last 3 chapters, he gives a great overview and some more specific recommendations.

I was wondering the same things lately, and I just finished his book.

He writes about the ratio, of gold stocks/mining shares to actual physical bullion, and what companies and even what countries, the plus the minus of each...