RE: Not to get off topic here but..
You were all inflicted with political messages that I truly apologise for. The bottom line is that I would be very surprised if 99.9% of gold investors were not in gold because of their total lack of faith in money management of their respective governments wherever and whoever they may be.
I went through the 70s boom in gold and clearly it was motivated by inflation and huge deficits. What did we do? Once again we jumpstarted the money machine and pushed the problem down the road. You know I think Milton Keynes took a bad rap. He did say that spending more than you take in can help in a recession. He also said that the excess deficit should be repaid in good times. Governments only heard the first part and spent freely, then when good times arrived they did not pay it off. We find ourselves in the same situation but kicking the can down the road is not as easy as lenders are demanding more. What do we do instead? We buy our own debt and solve it that way.
What a solution..............
If governments suddenly came up with a financial solution to save the world, as gold investors, that would be a concern. I think we have all got past that and realised that a new monetary regime will ultimately replace the US Dollar.
I invest in junior explorers and many have done well and some have been upsetting. Ultimately I feel I am in the space that will pay off as we have many more years to run in this bull market. They certainly ran in the late seventies.
Good luck to all and I hope the next set of GNH investors buying in now will be stronger and hold in while the area is proved up.