Gold does pay interest if you lease it. See: http://www.kitco.com/market/LFrate.html http://www.kitco.com/market/LFrate.html - note that sometimes this goes ne

Gold does pay interest if you lease it. See: http://www.kitco.com/market/LFrate.html http://www.kitco.com/market/LFrate.html - note that sometimes this goes negative for all kinds of weird reasons (see: http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2012/01/13/831971/goldman-on-metal-pawning/ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2012/01/13/831971/goldman-on-meta...). disclaimer: I don't work in capital/metals markets so if you do and you're reading this please add to the conversation.