streetTRACKS Gold Trust (ETF) (GLD)

intelledgement (95.33) Submitted: 7/20/07 4:23 PM : Start Price: $63.58 GLD Score: 53.49

My father has been a gold bug for as long as I can remember. Canadian mines, gold mutual funds, Krugerrands stashed in the bomb shelter (yep, true child of the 50s: my family had a bomb shelter), you name it, he tried some.

When I was a kid, this so...

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TMFSinchiruna (98.51) Submitted: 1/31/08 4:43 PM : Start Price: $91.75 GLD Score: 6.82

Gold is going through $1,650 in short order, on its way through $2,000 and beyond. The US Dollar has no support, technical nor fundamental. Congress and the FED have made it blatantly obvious that they are willing to desperately try to print / infl...

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BlueStarLikes (< 20) Submitted: 9/28/07 9:29 AM : Start Price: $73.19 GLD Score: -40.92

Currently, there is too much precious metals optimism and hype in the media and by the "average" investor living on mainstreet. I think today's optimism about gold is about equal to the important 1987-1988 peak in gold prices.

Gold's price, when ad...

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stockpower (96.89) Submitted: 2/21/07 9:27 PM : Start Price: $65.34 GLD Score: 51.93

In my personal portfolio, I'm long the real stuff, since Oct 1999, prior to the Y2K scare. At the time, it was believed that gold would no longer be used to back the World's currencies. Countries were dumping their gold in the open market and the p...

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Curmudgeon1729 (30.36) Submitted: 8/28/06 11:22 PM : Start Price: $61.88 GLD Score: -48.66

Don't be stupid.

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soggytennisballs (86.46) Submitted: 8/24/06 8:07 PM : Start Price: $61.71 GLD Score: 49.61

Devaluation of the US dollar will cause gold to increase over the long term.

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NetscribeETF (98.67) Submitted: 2/07/07 7:53 AM : Start Price: $64.78 GLD Score: 52.61

History has carved out several instances whereby financial advancement has led to the fundamental revaluation of an asset class. Taking a cue from the same, with the launch of streetTRACKS Gold Shares (GLD), inclusion of gold in an asset allocation m...

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LORDZPAIN (98.64) Submitted: 6/02/08 7:07 PM : Start Price: $98.03 GLD Score: -3.12

GOLD ETF play that actually buys you the physical product,

holds that product and manages it for you.......

THis is a hedge against inflation

and should be used to diversify your portfolio

when done properly you should see a nice return on your i...

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OldNickel (98.97) Submitted: 12/12/06 1:12 PM : Start Price: $62.26 GLD Score: 55.78

Gold's price should increase due to a declining dollar. Most of the major stocks will soon go down, especially with the baby boomers starting to retire shortly, allowing the miners to beat the S&P 500.

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FoolforSilver (99.14) Submitted: 12/01/06 4:47 PM : Start Price: $64.03 GLD Score: 51.21

Gold is a must for every portfolio. All investors should have at least 15% of their assets in gold, silver or other precious metals. Gold protects buying power, the ultimate inflation hedge. This stock is much easier (and cheaper) than buying gold...

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