Rather Than a Hedge, Make Gold a Revenue-Producing Asset

It’s time to stop thinking about gold as a doomsday investment or just a routine hedge against inflation or stock market volatility. New strategies, technologies, and opportunities are transforming gold investment in powerful ways this quarter.

Traditionally, investors allocate 2.5-5% of their clients’ portfolio to a gold ETF or some physical bullion, and there it sits, doing very little, unless the markets are in a position to drive up the price of gold. Your typical investor might see some gains, but you’re not going to generate reliable revenue.

If nothing is happening in the stock market, your gold allocation might look pretty - mostly a symbol of existing wealth and a means of preserving it— but it’s not increasing that wealth.

The problem has always been how to fuse gold’s stability with a growth-advantage...

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