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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blueindian65, post: 687306, member: 17310&quot;]100% agree that it is not a zero sum game. 10% even 20% if you really like gold would be a great part of a portfolio. Also agree that no investment is intrinsically bad, well I take that back. Buying way out of the money option contracts is probably an easy way to lose money <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, but your point is well taken that we should not talk in absolutes, and yes finding arbitrage spots is a great way to make a lot of money with any type of trading that one does.&nbsp; That being said I would like investigate a little further one point.&nbsp; while you make a strong point about total gain of gold vs the Dow. I think that ignores the performance of individual stocks. I am also going to concede at the beginning that for every company I list with 30x performance of stock growth there are probably 4 that went bankrupt or barely broke even. That being said I think most people can pick solid companies vrs start ups, and other poorly run institutions, and sense Gold is just one thing it is fair to cheery pick the best stocks.&nbsp;&nbsp; A. My personal Fave and best investment ever! KO the champion Coke. When it hit 37 in march and a member of its board or directors made a 25 million dollar investment sense then it has gone up 36%. Over the life of the stock it has gone up over 3000% a 10 thousand dollar investment in 1979 would be worth over 3 million dollars today cash, and yes that is excluding dividends and the splits just purely the value of 10K shares in 1979&nbsp; b. Dell: today it is up 16K percent and has split 7 times again if one bought in 10K worth when it first came out in the late 80s millions again&nbsp;&nbsp; c. Disney another one that I think people are crazy not to own. up almost 100% from its march lows this year alone. and over the life of the stock is up a whopping 3K percent.&nbsp;&nbsp; I used the close price on Friday and took the entire life of the stocks exclude dividends and splits. All three out perform gold and are flag ship American companies.&nbsp;&nbsp; Like I said&nbsp; stocks will out perform gold. Not that gold is not great, but to limit ones self to only gold is a mistake.&nbsp;&nbsp; Tom: If you would like to have a debate about 9-11 or any other conspiracy I would love to have a civilized conversation with you. I must warn you that I debated to pay for collage, and was pretty good at it. While I will admit that most 4th graders can spell and write better than I can. I think I make due with what God gave me as far as being able to express ideas and think critically.&nbsp; Dyslexia is a Witch with a B and you got to play the hand your dealt.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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