I ran some numbers, and gold seemed to add value to most portfolios over the last 83 years, with modest real return and low correlation with other assets. (Of c

I ran some numbers, and gold seemed to add value to most portfolios over the last 83 years, with modest real return and low correlation with other assets. (Of course, it was legally problematic to own in large quantity in the US for a large part of that period, although you could own jewelry etc.) The last 30 years of disinflation, stable growth were not a good time to own gold. http://blog.streeteye.com/blog/2012/01/gold-as-part-of-long-run-asset-allocation/ http://blog.streeteye.com/blog/2012/01/gold-as-part-of-long-... http://blog.streeteye.com/blog/2012/01/are-long-term-asset-class-relationships-stable/ http://blog.streeteye.com/blog/2012/01/are-long-term-asset-c...