In mid-2007 I was talking with my friend Tom about investing. I told him I was thinking about buying gold, not bars, but investing in gold funds on the stock market. Tom, who was a seasoned Wall Street veteran and was at the time a vice president at a large reinsurance company, told me I was crazy.
He said gold had no inherent value, was way too risky and that I’d be much better off just… Read More »









