What are you guys talking about..ITS GOLD
Offshore markets? Be very careful. Globally, everyone is doing bad. Gold is the standard. It's much less risky and it's not going to drop off in value. Unless you are trying to launder drug money or something cray like that , investing in various energy stocks is not bad, even if you have to pay taxes on capital gains.
Lets not go crazy here. Other than that agreed 100%
Gold is always better than dollar/dinero/mark/pound/yen/Euro/baht/rubel/etc. Gold can drop in value but never below the value of a country's monetary value. It is less risky, and it doesn't have the potential to explode in value like real estate that carries even more risk.
But it does lose value.
In a decade gold has increased from $300 to $1500 or 500%
Compare that to Housing prices during 2000 - 2010
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