Why invest in gold for a lifetime?

Good times come and go but gold stays. Gold may go up and gold may go down but gold is an asset that does not go bankrupt. Why invest in gold for a lifetime? Because gold is the historic hedge against the corrosive effects of inflation on the value of the dollar and gold is the traditional refuge when other investments collapse. Physical gold works as a means of diversifying an investment portfolio and providing the long term security that "paper" investments can lose. Gold bullion and certified gold coins are both possible lifetime gold investments but certified gold coins tend to do better over many years and enjoy a legal precedent of protection against government confiscation that bullion does not.

Gold bullion today is roughly thirty times its early 1970’s price of $35 an ounce. Investment grade certified rare gold coins on the average sell for over 100 times their price in 1970. The PCGS mint state gold coin index follows the prices of a selection of uncirculated, mint state, coins since 1970. In that year the index started at $1,000. Today it is just under $120,000. In 1970 the Dow Jones Industrial average rose to just under 900 and today sits around 10,500, an 11 or 12 fold increase. Those who put part of their investments in certified gold coins 40 years ago did roughly ten times better than if they had put the same money in a basket of stocks from the Dow Jones Industrials.

Experts suggest that 20-30% of an investment of portfolio be in gold. There are certainly times, like the last decade, when holding part of this 20-30% as bullion makes good sense but over the longer term having certified gold coins in a portfolio provides better returns. So, why invest in gold for a lifetime? Invest in gold for a lifetime because it has has the potential to protect and growth wealth down through the years.

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