[aedron]

Wow, downvotes. The hate for gold is strong, never really understood why.

The fact is that gold is one of the few asset classes that are safe.

[ac29]

Gold has the volatility of the stock market, with lower returns than bonds: https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/backtest-asset-class-all...

[AstralStorm]

I wouldn't be so sure, it is only worth much because we believe so. (Likewise platinum.) They will bubble and crash.

As opposed to say steel and copper which are tied to industrial supply and demand.

[tempsy]

Money is shared fiction too. The difference is we can print an infinite supply of it but only have a finite supply of gold in the world.