Gold has averaged roughly 3% annual return over the past 100 years. That number varies slightly depending where you get your figures, but not much. Here's a few numbers to ponder:

One dollar invested in bonds in 1801 would yield $13,975 today.
One dollar invested in stocks in 1801 would be worth $8.8 million today.
One dollar invested in gold in 1801 would be worth $14 today.

There are occasional spikes in the price, usually during times of economic uncertainty. But IMO the spike has already occurred. It may still go up a little, and will likely stay elevated in the short term. But I think most of the big gains have already occurred. The most basic rule of investing is buy low/sell high. Gold is as high as it's been in about 30 years.

Keep in mind, I am an amateur. And I have not done any serious research on gold as an investment. But the little bit I have done makes me think it's a very poor investment. YMMV.

thanks, good info

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Look into penny stocks man. I have made so much money on pennys, started with almost nothing, have more than enough to buy a house now. They are high risk but get good at it and the pay out is amazing!

Do you have any particular strategy with the pennies? I've made a few bucks in the past with them, but I no longer have access to my old source for leads.

Yah, a company I was looking into getting some stock in back in march was around 20... it's now around 75+. I'm a little upset I didn't do it back then...

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most pennys are just simple pump and dumps. But I like to find ones that are riding near 52 week low. In most cases (if the company isn't dilluting) the 52 week low has great support and the stock will bounce off the low for very nice gains. Take a look at BZCN, played that one a few weeks ago from .0003- .0021 for 600%. Had 10 million shares lol. The company was dilluting heavily but it finally bottomed. By the way its just an ebay store lmao, most of them are scams but if you play them for short periods of time its unlikely you get trapped. Feel free to pm me if you want to know anymore

European and Asian markets, especially companies closely tied to China. Commodities, especially precious metals. Stay out of the American market. Better yet, save your money.

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