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