That's cherry-picking, everything out-performs for short periods, but over time gold is a lousy investment.
http://www.bloomberg.com/infographic...the-world.html
http://www.barfoot.co.nz/Info/Market...ice-Graph.aspx
For example:
Average AKL sale price 1973 $18,469
Current sale price, $645,000
Up 34.9 times.
Average 1973 gold price $97.39.
Current price $1,320.
Up 13.5 times.
And that doesn't include the rent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Silver is even worse, since 1973, silver is up 10.5 times.
Not gonna be much of a retirement at that rate JB.