Spot Gold Price … Long Slow Rise is Best Bet

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A long slow price rise in gold is the best scenario for anyone who holds precious metals. That being said, it is inevitavble that there will be volatility and it is impossible to predict when large swings either way will take place. I would not want to be out of the gold market at any time during the next several years.

Today’s most relevant gold investment question for readers of this thread is not “whether” to hold gold, but, “how much” as a percent of one’s investment portfolo. I have heard recommendations of everything from 10% to 80% of one’s portfolio. I tend to believe in the high end (although it is not 80%). Perhaps more relevantly is how to split between physical, PM ETFs and similar, and mining stocks. My personal thinking on such a split, is about 50%, 25%, 25% respectively.                                           Yukon gold nuggets