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The Prospect of Gold Investment at Bank Muamalat<br />

Lydya Hanum binti Adenan<br />

Supervisor: Dr NoorHaslinda binti Kulub Abdul Rashid<br />

Bachelor of Economics (Natural Resources)<br />

School of Social Development and Economics<br />

Investments are a way to develop a person's property wealth into more quantities like<br />

gold savings. The most popular investment instruments today are gold investments<br />

offered in banking and one of them is in Bank Muamalat. This study discusses the<br />

outlook for gold investment in Bank Muamalat through new product called Muamalat<br />

Gold-i (MGI). The objectives of the study is to identify how far the society understand<br />

regarding the investment potential of gold and lastly to examine the factors that<br />

influence the potential for gold investment in Bank Muamalat. A total of 100<br />

respondents involved in this study based on random sampling method. Survey<br />

conducted found that the validity and reliability of more than 0.7, means that the<br />

instrument can be used. The method used to analyze the data is descriptive analysis<br />

and inferential analysis. Regression analysis found that there are three dependent<br />

variables significantly affect the potential for gold investment in the Bank Muamalat<br />

such as income level, price stability and the reliability of gold investment in Bank<br />

Muamalat. In order to introduce gold investment products at Bank Muamalat, the Bank<br />

Muamalat needs to intensify a good promotion of the product and improve the<br />

performance of gold investment in Bank Muamalat.<br />

Keywords: Bank Muamalat, Muamalat Gold-i, potential gold investment, level of<br />

knowledge, stability gold price and level of reliability<br />

1424 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018

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