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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KSorbo, post: 1998872, member: 56370&quot;]Okay, so if I would have invested in gold at $1800 and now the price is $1200, are my assets still protected?&nbsp; That&#039;s almost as big of a drop as we saw in the stock market during the last recession.&nbsp; In all actuality both gold and silver are very volatile commodities, and that is why I am afraid to tie up a large percentage of assets in either one of them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>People like to tout precious metals as the ultimate safe investment because &quot;they will never be worth nothing&quot;.&nbsp; I agree that their value will never fall to zero, but like any investment, if you don&#039;t time the market right they can be worth a whole lot less than what you paid for them.&nbsp; They seem cheap now but I am still afraid to invest because by historical standards they still have a long ways to fall.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree that even common pre-1933 gold coins are somewhat less volatile because of their numismatic premium, but their value still tracks with the spot price.&nbsp; I&#039;d rather stick with a good mutual fund and buy coins as a hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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