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Re:Scott Adams: Shiny Objects by DennisP on Monday February 15, 2010 @05:43PM (#1127757)
Some people always say gold is a great investment, other people always say it's a terrible one. Both sides are wrong.
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Re:Scott Adams: Shiny Objects by nazgulnarsil on Monday February 15, 2010 @05:58PM (#1127792)
gold is a stopgap against catastrophe, not an investment in the traditional sense.
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Re:Scott Adams: Shiny Objects by DennisP on Monday February 15, 2010 @08:16PM (#1128045)
That's pretty much how I think of it, but I've also gotten a 39% gain with it over the past year or so.
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Re:Scott Adams: Shiny Objects by nazgulnarsil on Monday February 15, 2010 @08:23PM (#1128055)
whereas most people experienced catastrophe over the last year or so. commodities move inversely to cash investments.
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