http://toughmoneylove.com/2008/08/19/when-inflation-attacks-gold-is-not-the-defensive-weapon-of-choice/ The Hard Truth about Money and Personal Finance Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:03:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://toughmoneylove.com/2008/08/19/when-inflation-attacks-gold-is-not-the-defensive-weapon-of-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Personal Finance and Money Carnivals | Tough Money Love Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:53:37 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=52#comment-179 [...] Broke Grad Student selected my post on gold as an inflation fighter for the 167th Carnival of Personal Finance .  There are lots of other interesting articles [...] [...] Broke Grad Student selected my post on gold as an inflation fighter for the 167th Carnival of Personal Finance .  There are lots of other interesting articles [...]

]]> http://toughmoneylove.com/2008/08/19/when-inflation-attacks-gold-is-not-the-defensive-weapon-of-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Carnival of Personal Finance #167 - Highlights from the Beijing 2008 Olympics — Broke Grad Student Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:07:45 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=52#comment-122 [...] When Inflation Attacks, Gold is not the Defensive Weapon of Choice [...] [...] When Inflation Attacks, Gold is not the Defensive Weapon of Choice [...]

]]> http://toughmoneylove.com/2008/08/19/when-inflation-attacks-gold-is-not-the-defensive-weapon-of-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-105 MasterPo Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:52:30 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=52#comment-105 I would own some physical gold for diversity sake and some other intangable reasons. But as a long term inverstment - definately not. I would own some physical gold for diversity sake and some other intangable reasons. But as a long term inverstment – definately not.

]]> http://toughmoneylove.com/2008/08/19/when-inflation-attacks-gold-is-not-the-defensive-weapon-of-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Mr. ToughMoneyLove Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:16:09 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=52#comment-88 Andy - Thanks for your comment. My brother has been a gold addict for years. I think he has done OK but at my age the volatility and lack of correlation with anything except bad world news is too much for me to handle. Andy – Thanks for your comment. My brother has been a gold addict for years. I think he has done OK but at my age the volatility and lack of correlation with anything except bad world news is too much for me to handle.

]]> http://toughmoneylove.com/2008/08/19/when-inflation-attacks-gold-is-not-the-defensive-weapon-of-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Andy Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:26:16 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=52#comment-85 Great analysis and I like your approach to mitigate inflation concerns. I am not a big gold fan myself.... Great analysis and I like your approach to mitigate inflation concerns. I am not a big gold fan myself….

]]> http://toughmoneylove.com/2008/08/19/when-inflation-attacks-gold-is-not-the-defensive-weapon-of-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-78 goldenrail Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:38:52 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=52#comment-78 Thank you for this post Mr. ToughMoneyLove. I saw an advertisement about investing in gold playing on a Vanderbilt informational TV on campus yesterday and was wondering if it was really a sound investment strategy. Now my questions have been answered, and I'm more concerned about where I saw the ad. Thank you for this post Mr. ToughMoneyLove. I saw an advertisement about investing in gold playing on a Vanderbilt informational TV on campus yesterday and was wondering if it was really a sound investment strategy. Now my questions have been answered, and I’m more concerned about where I saw the ad.

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