Ha ha ha powayseller I am one of those crazy people who believe in gold; I’ve now got approximately 10% of my portfolio in gold and I will build on my foreign currency portfolio starting this year as soon as rates topped out.
All the above are actually ways to profit on one single theme: the fall of the USD. I believe that as rates stabilize, market attention will once again focus on the vulnerability of the USD (twin deficits, foreign governments already having too much of their reserves in USD and need to diversify, etc). Think of gold as a “universal currency” with which you can use to hedge against the dollar’s depreciation. Alternatively, you can bet against the USD by buying CDs in foreign currencies.
You mentioned “companies that hold 1st deeds”. I’m not familiar with them. Could you tell me what they are ?
In general I don’t usually invest in stocks because I don’t have enough time to research on individual stocks.