Gold has been a great investment for the last five years. It has gone from $1,320 an ounce to $1,779 an ounce with just a few hiccups. At the moment, the price of gold is a bit off its all-time high and sits at $1,731. It’s not as cheap as it was, but it is far from a mania... I’ve yet to hear a taxi driver or waitress tell me to buy gold. The strip mall stores are closed, there are no “buy gold” commercials on TV, and it never leads to the news. Default Risk It’s much easier to envision gold going up versus down as the global currency warlords are fighting each other for the right to surrender... It’s easy to ... (full story)