Gentleman, If I may interject, you both basically said the same thing while making each others point... Zeev: msg#124368 "this particularly in view of the , by now, well known fact, that gold will never again serve to back currencies" George: msg#124423 "the ultra low interest rates that have fueled that bubble will be gone -- perhaps forever --" So how about you guys agree to disagree and follow it up with a cyber handshake? BTW, they are both fine investments if you ask me