I always love gold advice.
Lets see , it's a metal that has been made illegal to own in the past (so there is precedence to make it illegal again) and has only become legal to own since 1975 and invest in that as your savior for the defunded dollar.
Let's ignore that you have to convert it to cash to truly buy anything on a small scale. If you have an ounce of gold and I have a loaf of bread, we really can't do reasonable business. I'm not taking your gold shavings for my bread, even if you could prove to me it is not gold colored Pb. and lets forget you are tying the value to a currency, and when you do, there is market manipulation. And lets ignore the fact, like any other currency it is only worth something because you believe it. You have a $2,000 coin that you can't buy anything with .
(Yeah, I know sometimes you can find a seller that'll take it in trade for the tractor you want, but that is the exception that makes the rule)
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Oh.... and let’s ignore fraud. I watched a gold broker on TV get taken by a gold product with a thicker than usual gold coating just the other day. It passed the test, but because he couldn’t cut it, he was taken. I’m not sure anyone here woukd know a good forgery passed off by an individual. Thats why reputable dealers are so important.
Sure, have some in your portfolio, but it's more like a stock, that you actually hold, which is cool, until somebody finds out you have it, then you gotta spend all your energy defending it, and protecting it from fire, or in an effort to keep it safe you put it some place so safe, even you can't find it.