SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (AMEX:GLD)

Wouldn't want to own gold as shares of an ETF in real life, because it'd be easier to confiscate... that being said, a gold etf should still perform rather much like gold... and with a the federal funds rate where it is, that's not difficult to predict.

Europe go boom. US go boom. Japan go boom.

Inflation...deflation...the euro...the dollar... how many more reasons do we need?

The investment seeks to replicate the performance, net of expenses, of the price of gold bullion. The trust holds gold, and is expected to issue baskets in exchange for deposits of gold, and to distribute gold in connection with redemption of baskets.

Gold is going to only go up year after year and this is the best gold ETF.

I do not understand Gold at all but others think they do. I use it as a hedge against market collapse

excessive inflation incl. in current price

Gold will become important once people start worrying about inflation, again.

11-30-11

Nate:
"GLD is supposed to be gold investment. Actual gold, not gold companies. I haven't purchased gold since it went over $1k. Its a bubble, but I suspect it will remain until Govs stop meddling with finances."

Dave:
"If thats the case, then it will climb eternally. The Fed/gov will never stop their meddling."

Low interest rates, turmoil in the markets and demand for gold should drive this up.

Equity market rally. Broader rally retreats from Gold

So there are talks of currency wars, how many wars has the US actually won? I expect the dollar to strengthen and gold to drop, I love my gold i expect it to outperform against other currencies, just not the dollar.

Inflation is coming and gold is the best hedge against it.

My mom is a physical gold dip shopper.

She's been buying coins every freaking dip since $700.... I bow thee mum.

Historical gold cycles have gold on a bullish cycle until 2020

Gold is not an investment, it's speculation. In 5 years time the hysteria over printing money will be gone, and gold will be back where it belongs.

Long-term play based on the inevitable - fiat currencies around the world are going to hyperinflate and/or fail. Gold, along with food, water, guns, ammo, and other real resources will become the default store of value. Let's hope I am wrong.

I have gone through over a hundred years of data at a very granular level and gold has an early year bounce seasonally, after a seasonal autumn/Christmas trough, in something like 95 % of the cases. There are some reasons the seasonality persists even though one would think goldbugs would arb it away. I expect the seasonal bounce and worries about global geopolitical and economic dysfunction, to offset in the short term, the growing realization that the inflation everybody has been worried about will take a while to bite and short term we may have some serious disinflation and persistently sloppy global economy. Gold is more seasonal than energy and other nonprecious metal commodities.

Short term drop; long-term will go up. Significantly. When QE3 starts.