3. Gold and silver are too risky for investment.

As Stefan Gleason explains in his article, this lie is part of the anti-gold propaganda used by Wall Street financial consultants, who are addicted to anti-gold propaganda. Here, the conflict of interest is obvious: the financial industry loses its fees when investors invest in solid financial assets. That is why they classify gold and silver as “exotic and risky” investments. It would be really risky to put everything on gold and silver. Experts advocate a reasonable distribution of assets in the precious metals sector - from 5-10% to possibly 20-25% of the portfolio.

A study by Ibbotson Associates showed that investors who invest in precious metal portfolios from 7.1% to 15.7% get an excellent risk-adjusted return. The price of gold practically does not correlate with stocks and bonds, which means that it can grow when paper assets fall.

For example, when in 2002 the stock market collapsed, prices for precious metals rose. Or, for example, when the financial sector entered a crisis in 2008, gold ended the year with moderate growth. When the United States is hit by a debt money crisis (which, in the opinion of many analysts, is inevitable), the greatest risk to investors will be the lack of a sufficient percentage of precious metals in their investment portfolio.