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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Morgan1878, post: 737411, member: 17869&quot;]Depends to some extent on what the other 90% of your investments are.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a well diversified portfolio, the odds of this occurring are so slight that I don&#039;t think the risk/reward probabilities favor putting 20% into precious metals.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, that is only my opinion. </p><p><br /></p><p>My neighbor, the gold dealer is convinced everything is going to collapse and the dollar will go to zero. As a result, he has a <i><u>lot</u></i> more than 20% wrapped up in gold because he is waiting for the economic world as we know it to end. He is not a happy man.</p><p><br /></p><p>Investors often make decisions based on what it takes to make them feel psychologically comfortable. If it takes 20% to do that, so be it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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