Comments on: Golden Opportunity for Portfolio Diversification http://esbjournal.com/2011/10/golden-opportunity-for-portfolio-diversification/ Business Information, Innovation & Inspiration Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:53:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: June Young http://esbjournal.com/2011/10/golden-opportunity-for-portfolio-diversification/comment-page-1/#comment-4572 June Young Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:53:14 +0000 http://esbjournal.com/?p=7301#comment-4572 On November 30, 2005 Rick Munarriz of The Motley Fool posed the question of which represented a better investment: a share of Google or an ounce of gold. Thomas Sewell also stated, "To take an extreme example, while a dollar invested in bonds in 1801 would be worth nearly a thousand dollars by 1998, a dollar invested in stocks that same year would be worth more than half a million dollars. All this is in real terms, taking inflation into account. Meanwhile, a dollar invested in gold in 1801 would by 1998 be worth just 78 cents." That will probably keep you thinking. I will always go for stocks though. On November 30, 2005 Rick Munarriz of The Motley Fool posed the question of which represented a better investment: a share of Google or an ounce of gold. Thomas Sewell also stated, “To take an extreme example, while a dollar invested in bonds in 1801 would be worth nearly a thousand dollars by 1998, a dollar invested in stocks that same year would be worth more than half a million dollars. All this is in real terms, taking inflation into account. Meanwhile, a dollar invested in gold in 1801 would by 1998 be worth just 78 cents.”

That will probably keep you thinking. I will always go for stocks though.
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