Originally Posted by Craig

What you are saying is true over the long term, but there are certainly short term bubbles in the precious metals market; we are in one right now. If you go out and buy gold coins at close to $1400, you had better be prepared to hold on to them for a very, very long time. At some point the bottom will fall out, I don't know if will happen next week or two years from now but it will happen. Maybe your grandkids will come out ahead of the dollar if they hold those coins, but you will get slammed in the short term. If you really want to go that way, wait for this bubble to bust, then buy up a bunch of precious metals when everyone else is scrambling to get out.