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Why is physical gold not held in every investment portfolio?

Intelligent Partnership‘s Luke Jackson asks the question why physical gold is not held in every investment portfolio? The price of gold over the last 10 years, and most notably since the start of the current financial crisis, has outperformed virtually every other available asset class with average (real) returns of over 25% per annum. Despite this performance, gold is still seen as a luxury good and one that is out of reach for the average investor. A recent survey of 1,000 investors undertaken by the US-based precious metals provider Gold Bullion International LLC (GBI) identified the types of assets investors… continue reading

September 6, 2012