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Message:: [QUOTE="desertgem, post: 824481, member: 15199"]As long as precious metals follow almost lockstep with the Dow Industrials, I believe the safer investment is in stocks, especially well diversified, multinational companies ( dividends are a bonus) in an account that can be liquidated or moved instantly, unlike most bullion. One can speak of the devaluation of currency, but I do not see YET any value appreciation to the side of precious metals. The PM price just seems to reflect any perceived change in stocks. Below are comparisons for a 5 year period and also for 1 year. My key would be when stocks go down and PM goes up accordingly, or the reverse(for a move in a dollar valuation gain over precious metals). JMHO. Jim 1 Year: <img src="http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/charts/big.chart?symb=INDU&compidx=XAU%3A3599&ma=0&maval=9&uf=0&lf=4194304&lf2=0&lf3=0&type=2&size=2&state=10&sid=1643&style=320&time=8&freq=2&comp=NO%5FSYMBOL%5FCHOSEN&nosettings=1&rand=781&mocktick=1" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/charts/big.chart?symb=INDU&compidx=XAU%3A3599&ma=0&maval=9&uf=0&lf=4194304&lf2=0&lf3=0&type=2&size=2&state=10&sid=1643&style=320&time=12&freq=2&comp=NO%5FSYMBOL%5FCHOSEN&nosettings=1&rand=580&mocktick=1" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]