All good points. Opinions don't matter in trading, just profits. Trading shouldn't ever be a statement or stylistic choice, it is an action taken to improve position that is all.
Well, the odds at a casino are currently better than the win rate of traders at many brokerages.
Popular place to put money, but the debt issue looks scary.
Better to hold physical than paper. They have machines in China and India that dispense physical gold/silver/diamonds.