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both are good.

gold owning...are you talking about bullion or is it better to own numismatic coins.

I agree with that 100%.

Very True...but those of us lucky enough to still own some gold when the hyperinflation hits will be the lucky ones who get one of those loafs!

jonah, if you take true inflation into account, you will notice that gold has protected you against the devestating effect of money devaluation over that period. If we go into hyperinflation, gold might go to the moon and so will the price of a loaf of bread.

Gold has been a great investment vehicle for the past 7 years. Any investment with a Cummulative average annual price increase of 18.3% tax free is phenomenal in todays world.

true but also take into account the swing in over valuation once everyone and their grandmother wants to protect their assest by moving into gold....it's like a pendulum.

Gold is not a good investment vehicle...The role of gold is "wealth protection", not wealth creation. By buying gold, you protect yourself from inflation, aka as 'erosion of purchasing power' or 'stealth tax'.

watch the posted youtube video; Gold Reprt Part 1

James Turk will always sound like he is wrong because he keeps looking at the macro economic picture. Although what he is talking about is true in the end. The events from here to there will be much different than he expects.

Gold is STILL way below 1000 USD...boring. I thought that Gold would shoot up to the moom in Decemeber 2008. Where is the rocket?

Physical gold is hot. Not gold stocks or ETFs, but the glittering stuff itself. You'll read about it in our write-up of the latest Barron's Roundtable, and the numbers are irrefutable. London-based World Gold Council said investment demand for gold, mainly bars and coins, surged 121% in the third quarter as investors rushed to safety. Barron's MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2009

Yes, I agree with you about the confusion. But people is accepting paper as money, what can you spect?

That can't be true if farmers are not planting because they can't get loans. Overlooking them only illustrates how confused people are about the true mechanisms of wealth.

Problem is everything is stoping right now, so its hard to find productive activities.

Or investing in productive activities