In an interesting aside, how many of you have heard some of the talking heads on TV mention that people who see gold as a safe-haven store of value are out of touch or strange?

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Almost commodity-like in its price movements, housing has historically been a safe investment, its long-term value on an upward path no matter the economic climate.

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As such, if your goal with investing in gold is "safety, " you have to ask yourself how safe something is when its long-run value is determined solely by the whims of the collective crowd.

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Roubini himself calls the 2008 downturn a "stag deflation" and Shilling says 30-year Treasurys are the only safe value store in a deflationary storm.

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Long-term averages make gold look like a safe store of value.

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If anxiety about the value of financial assets is such that gold - perceived as the last safe haven in the storm - is to soar by almost 50% in four months, heaven help us.

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