Does it make sense to Buy gold at this level???

India
November 14, 2009 12:00pm CST
Gold has given a return of 106% over a 1 year period. While most experts continue to be bullish on the yellow metal, there are some sceptics who are bearish. What do you feel???? Should you buy at this level? Should you Sell at this level?? My personal feeling is, if you want to buy Gold, do not rush in just yet, wait for a correction and then buy. What do you feel???
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@kavikent (57)
• India
4 May 10
I know I am very late in answering this discussion, but I could not resist the topic. Which woman can resist Gold. Gold is a good buy at all levels. There is no replacement for Gold's emotional appeal. I would buy Gold at every opportunity
• India
9 May 10
Yes, a woman's weakness is known all over the world as Gold. Go ahead, buy Gold at every opportunity., but also make sure that you add other assets as well.
• India
21 Nov 09
I would rather wait for the gold to come down a bit, even though I should admit that I am very bullish on Gold. What do you suggest? Should I add Gold at these levels???
• India
22 Nov 09
Sure, why not??? Buy Gold at every decline. If you are an aggressive investor, you could also consider buying Gold Funds like AIG World Gold Fund and DSP Black Rock World Fund which in the stocks of Gold Mining Stocks worldwide. These Funds have given a return of 130%-140% compared to the return of 45% by Gold. You can read more about these investments in my blog.
@babshish (1387)
• India
14 Nov 09
Hi, Whenever something goes up like this has to come down as some time, you can't predict the exact time, but it has to definately come down, like in Share markets, they went up and up and when the bubble bursted, the fall was also rapid. Similarly will happen with Gold and Silver as well, both of them went up in past one year, and the fall is dew now, but when not sure, but sooner or later it will come down to very low price as compared to today, so wait for investment as of now as per my view, wait for a downfall and then invest.
• India
22 Nov 09
While agreeing with most of your points, I must also mention here that most number of people do not speculate on Gold, like they do on Gold. So, a rapid fall is out of question. I am not saying that there will be no fall, but a free fall, like the ones seen very often in the stock markets, is not very likely. Yes, I agree with you,. that it is better to wait for some correction in prices, before investing in Gold.
• India
15 Nov 09
there may be a correction round the corner, try to wait for some time, so that prices fall before buying gold
• India
22 Nov 09
Sure, correction is always expected in anything which has gone up so much so fast. But waiting could also be futile, I would rather accumulate at least 5% of my targeted purchase now and then buy 5% at every decline.
@Koriana (302)
• United States
15 Nov 09
I'd say that it's time to sit. I don't know, seems to be alot of bargains in real estate, if you really have alot of money burning a hole in your pocket. Gold very well may keep going up. The dollar more than likely will keep losing value, which means that everything will keep going up. But, watching how the markets are behaving, I've got to say, I think they are all being manipulated by the big players, ya know, the ones who've received the billions in bailout money. These players aren't gonna let gold, or silver, or anything else spike, even if all the economic fundamentals scream that they should, they will just keep playing their game of hot potato with these assets to keep them where they want them.... heck, if the dollar keeps going down, and keeps getting printed up the way it has been, well...might be better off just to by more of what you know you are gonna need, ya know, canned food, toilet paper, ect....
• India
22 Nov 09
The way the US govt is printing Dollars, there would be no firewood left in the whole of the United State of America. And the fall in the value of Dollar is thus expected to continue. I am sure that Gold is going up not just because of speculation, other points like Central Banks (like the India Govt) and lack of Gold findings in South African mines is putting pressure on Gold and thus supply is limited whereas Demand is more or less same.
@bantoogi (24)
• Canada
17 Nov 09
I think that it still makes sense to buy gold at this level. Our world still hasn't accounted for the trillions of dollars that was infused as bailouts for the financial system during the recession. This means that hyper inflation is coming, and a rapid devaluation of the US dollar is coming. The most popular hedge against the US dollar and the most popular insurance against inflation is GOLD. These two factors will bolster the demand for gold. Couple that with the consistent decline in gold production year over year (meaning that supply is dwindling annually), then we will see gold rising much higher in the years to come. So buying in at this level locks in your price early. The really wealthy folks out there are the ones who bought in during the early part of this century during the dot com boom and bust, and continue to hold their gold assets. Gold then was selling for around $300 to $400 per ounce.
• India
22 Nov 09
Really great analysis bantoogi. That is the reason your response has been marked as 'best response' by me. I am in complete agreement with you. Gold's demand is backed by fundamental factors like the fall in production, devaluation of US Dollar. People were expecting Gold prices to fall on announcement of IMF's 400 tonnes sale, but half of that.i.e, 200 tonnes was quietly gobbled by the Reserve Bank of India. News reports say that China is quietly increasing its Gold reserves. Sri Lankan Govt too has announced its intention to buy Gold.
• India
23 May 10
I think it will not fall more, so if one has money buy gold, keep safe and resell.. Thanks for sharing. Welcome always. Cheers. Prof