Splitting a portfolio prudently

All in on gold.

As Warren Buffet says, 'put all of your eggs in one basket and watch that basket closely'

Gold is only going one way and despite Mr Ben's 'the world is rosy, everything is fine' opinion that is not true.

The more problems the Eurozone has and the more money America prints the higher gold shall go and protect you from inflation. Get in now before QE3.

Don't punt it Mr Ben ?
Whilst it's great to read of your apparent current trading success, don't ever start to kid yourself that you have developed some sort of no-risk trading skill.
If one exists in fact .
Everytime you open a currency trade position you're punting big time. Stops mean nothing, particularly on currencies.

Not fishing no , its a genuine question. I could bung it in the bank for 1% interest eroded by inflation. I could stick it on gold and find that precious metals get taken down in a deflationary spiral down to say $800. I could chuck it on the US$ only to find that the performance since 1913 continues unabated. I could stick it under my pillow only to find that hyperinflation takes hold and /or the bedroom burns down. Any sensible suggestions please PM me.

cricketjon
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Not fishing no , its a genuine question. I could bung it in the bank for 1% interest eroded by inflation. I could stick it on gold and find that precious metals get taken down in a deflationary spiral down to say $800. I could chuck it on the US$ only to find that the performance since 1913 continues unabated. I could stick it under my pillow only to find that hyperinflation takes hold and /or the bedroom burns down. Any sensible suggestions please PM me.



In 2002, following coverage of concerns about deflation in the business news, Bernanke gave a speech about the topic.[50] In that speech, he mentioned that the government in a fiat money system owns the physical means of creating money. Control of the means of production for money implies that the government can always avoid deflation by simply issuing more money. He said "The U.S. government has a technology, called a printing press (or today, its electronic equivalent), that allows it to produce as many U.S. dollars as it wishes at no cost." (He referred to a statement made by Milton Friedman about using a "helicopter drop" of money into the economy to fight deflation.) Bernanke's critics have since referred to him as "Helicopter Ben" or to his "helicopter printing press." In a footnote to his speech, Bernanke noted that "people know that inflation erodes the real value of the government's debt and, therefore, that it is in the interest of the government to create  some inflation."[50] For example, while Greenspan publicly supported President Clinton's deficit reduction plan and the Bush tax cuts, Bernanke, when questioned about taxation policy, said that it was none of his business, his exclusive remit being monetary policy, and said that fiscal policy and wider society related issues were what politicians were for and got elected for. But Bernanke has been identified by the Wall Street Journal and a close colleague as a "libertarian-Republican" in the mold of Alan Greenspan.[46]


From Wikipedia on how he got the name 'helicoptor Ben'. Bernanke noted that "people know that inflation erodes the real value of the government's debt and, therefore, that it is in the interest of the government to create  some inflation.". Do you think it might be in their interest NOW to create some inflation? As in hyperinflation? Keep printing, let people lose faith and then pay your loans back with devalued currency. China know this is happening, hence them buying commodities and getting rid of as many dollars as possible.