{"id":64023,"date":"2019-01-15T22:04:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T21:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geab.eu\/or-relique-barbare-ou-vraie-reserve-de-valeur\/"},"modified":"2023-10-12T18:57:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T16:57:34","slug":"gold-a-barbarous-relic-or-a-proven-store-of-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geab.eu\/en\/gold-a-barbarous-relic-or-a-proven-store-of-value\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold \u2013 A \u2018Barbarous Relic\u2019 or a proven store of value?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What international role does gold play today and do recent market trends and new avenues for investment reaffirm the case for including gold in a balanced portfolio?<\/p>\n

With the holiday season over and stock markets around the world still reeling from a volatile end to 2018, many investors will be wondering where best to store their gains as we enter a storm-threatened 2019. While most major stock indices have taken a prolonged nose dive, gold and gold mining stocks have been two alternative investments that have bucked the recent trend (see figure 1).<\/p>\n

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Figure 1 – Comparison of gold stocks against S&P500 \u2013 Q4 2018. Source: USFunds.com<\/a><\/p>\n

For many in today\u2019s Bitcoin generation, gold may seem a somewhat quaint and archaic form of investment \u2013 a \u2018Barbarous Relic\u2019 of older days John Maynard Keynes described it.[1]<\/a>\u00a0 So why invest in a metal that is no longer used as money and even seems to become less popular in jewellery as the years go by? Perhaps it is time to remind ourselves as to why precious metals have been and remain so important and to look at some of the traditional and newer ways of using them to store our wealth in these uncertain times.\t\t

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