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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Juan Blanco, post: 1588312, member: 41665&quot;]Here&#039;s a top ranked mm (<i>Barron&#039;s </i>#10 of Top 100 Advisors) recommended allocation; check his past perf, no guarantee of future return:</p><p>&quot;His typical account {Retail, HNW = $5.5 Mln} is 50% stocks, 25% opportunistic income, 20% bonds, <b>4% hard assets</b>, and 1% cash.&quot; </p><p><a href="http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052748703628504578093162049542932.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052748703628504578093162049542932.html" rel="nofollow">http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052748703628504578093162049542932.html</a>#</p><p><br /></p><p>NYT 11/14/2012 <i>How About a Fort Knox of Your Own? </i>:&quot;More traditional advisers see a place for gold in some portfolios, though they put it in the same group as other alternative assets. They also advise keeping the allocation relatively low, <b>3 to 5 percent of a total portfolio.</b> {...} Then there is Ray Dalio, who runs Bridgewater Associates, the world&#039;s largest hedge fund, who has put <b>10 percent of his firm’s money into gold.</b> &quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Some stats on GLD: <a href="http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/gld/institutional-holdings" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/gld/institutional-holdings" rel="nofollow">http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/gld/institutional-holdings</a></p><p><br /></p><p>On 9/30/2012: 974 Institutional Holder claim 47.15% (211,400,522 Shares Held) of 449,000,000 of Total Shares Outstanding. It follows that </p><p>Retail Holders claim 52.92% (237,600,000 Shares Held) valued at $39,085,111,700. ... at $164.50 per share, an <i>averge account balance </i>of $195,426.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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