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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 2093554, member: 73489&quot;]It&#039;s clearly not.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem is that gold is highly volatile and to compare any data from the pre- or post-floating exchange rate era (1971) distorts the data.&nbsp; You had a 1-time 20-fold increase in the price of gold as we came off fixed exchange rates....inflation tripled....Watergate....Nixon resigned....Jimmy &amp; Disco....Malaise and Sweaters...etc. etc. etc. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Waiting for a re-run is as likely as baseball cards getting hot again.</p><p><br /></p><p>I enjoy collecting gold/silver coins...I think investing/speculating in gold/silver with periodic purchases is OK...but it should NOT be a replacement for stocks, bonds, and CDs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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