about 4 years ago, i received a cold call from an american accented person , with a chinese name and trading in gold, he was located in germany.
gold was then $1139 dollars an ounce the market fluctuated up and down on a daily basis, and rose to around $1700 per ounce, then it started to slide back down , the man was trying to get me to but 10 x $1000 shares which would be sold in 3 months for the market value of the gold. One could make good money on a rising market, research suggested gold would reach $2500 within 12 months and perhaps a world conflict might drive the price up, a bloke i worked with bought gold on the futures market , made and lost money but he was positive on his trading technique, so how long has gold been the basis for the world economy to trade with , in 1972 gold was $350 an ounce, its been around for a long time and is scarce, man can't make it, not like the new stuff called bitcoin , in my humble opinion a pyramid currency, riven by greed , some will make a fortune but at the end of the journey most will loose do you remember the avatar stuff that was popular in the internet years ago, all virtual possessions like land, islands, cities , don't hear about it these days, the younger generation are into gaming and can make some money out of it,
I have a 747 parked out back years ago the quick way to wealth was buying a seat on the airplane , each time the captain left with a hit load of money you moved closed to the cockpit , remememder that rage ,
at the end of the day gold has been around for a long time , cant be made , and has been used to up port the paper money wealth of a country I think I will keep my gold until it really time to sell it