Anyone ever bought any gold?

If you buy the physical stuff, I believe you'll pay a premium to the spot price and you'll have to figure out where to securely store it. There are some gold and silver ETF's out there, however, that follow the price of the underlying metal minus the fund's fees.

But why buy physical or ETF gold now? As the dollar becomes stronger, particularly when interest rates are raised again this year (up to 4 times!), your gold will lose significant value. You'd be better off just holding the cash.

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I only own gold coins which were minted in New Orleans

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No Carson City? Have to step your game up.

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Have to step your game up.

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I have numerous silver CC dimes, quarters, half dollars and dollars but no gold. You?

Thanks for the info. Always been told that gold was a good offset against inflation and my mutual funds are worth less every quarter it seems. Also thought if these terrorists every take out our grid that having gold would be valuable.

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gold was a good offset against inflation

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Whether that is true or not is irrelevant right now because we have been facing a lack of inflation lately. Deflation seems like more of a threat than inflation right now.