As (i) rates rise in US wrote:
I bought gold and silver when gold was trading between 200 and 400 US dollars per once, 1990's. I sold my gold and silver when gold was trading between 600 and 800 US dollars per once. Some of you will call me an idiot for selling too soon. I will be the idiot who sells too soon every day of the week! Just a cautionary note: when people are on tv telling you to buy gold and silver, they have huge positions. They are selling to the last sucker!
I bought quite a bit when it was $320 and everyone told me "it will never go back up." I sold at 1K.
My Dad actually urged me to buy it because he was a refugee from Germany in the 1940s and lived through the days when people got four or five raises EACH year because their salaries were not keeping up with inflation.
Besides, it's beautiful.