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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 1222501, member: 3011&quot;]Gold and silver bullion are just two more tools in the toolbox.They have been in a bull market for a decade and look good compared to bonds and stocks.&nbsp; Bonds get a lot of bad press, but have outperformed the stock market over the past 20 years.&nbsp; Stocks have gone nowhere since 1999, but the time will come when the DJIA outperforms gold.&nbsp; Cash still has its place because it has value in providing flexibility to jump on bargains in other asset classes, and this feature can be more important than the interest rate and can outweigh inflation.&nbsp; Even real estate will make a comeback since it can be a very effective leveraged inflation hedge, although probably not soon. It appears that gold provides financial security because there hasn&#039;t been a significant bear market in gold for a long time.&nbsp; I don&#039;t expect this to change in the near future, but the time will come when the correct course of action from an investment standpoint will be to not own any gold at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I would never rule out any asset class.&nbsp; Everything has a time and place in a portfolio.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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