[C19fan]

My only reason for posting this is to see the reactions. I guess that is a definition of being a troll. :)

[RoadGumby]

That must be why FedGov confiscated it under FDR, too many people making the mistake of owning this terrible investment.

[SVTCobra03]

[SVTCobra03]

Gold is not an investment. It is insurance against economic and financial collapse. Stocks and fiat currency have been known to go to $0. Gold never has.

[exit82]

Those of you who believe this can send your gold to me.

I will give it a good home.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Gold is a hedge against government. It is a long-term hold for that purpose. The best investment in emergency equipment for wealth preservation. In this case, it is held in real physical form.

It is a speculative short-term investment. In this case, best traded though the paper variety - stocks, etfs, funds.

After the next retest of a minimum of $1,000 and possibly just below $800, look out.

[minnesota_bound]

My investment in “Apples” has gone up some 35% since May 2014
Check out AAPL. Click on 1 year on the chart. Buy apples.
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=aapl

[JoeFromSidney]

I don't consider gold (or silver) to be investments. They are hedges against catastrophe. Look at them that way, and decide how big a hedge you want (or can afford). They're like fire insurance. You hope you never need it.

[Jet Jaguar]

Goldbug ping.

[SamAdams76]

For some 30 years now, I've had to listen to the doomsday crowd yap about how they are "getting off the grid" and stocking up on gold and how all the rest of us are suckers, the proverbial grasshoppers, happily hopping to the time of our "comeuppance."

Doomsday people are always talking about everybody else's eventual "comeuppance."

It's almost as if they envision themselves walking into a store after a TEOTWAWKI event and slapping a bar of gold on the counter to get their milk and bread, while all the rest of us huddle in an corner with pockets stuffed with worthless dollars.

And I've always wondered this about the gold traders. If they really believe that our society is about to collapse, then why are they so eager to sell us their gold in exchange for our soon-to-be-worthless dollars?

[ThomasThomas]

How a PhD in women studies? Or most any other ______ studies degree.

[grumpygresh]

It all depends on the prevailing conditions.
In fact, one could argue that food is the worst investment. It makes you fat and in the end all you get is sh**.

[Rusty0604]

Gold isn’t an investment, it’s money.