agree and hard to know which will do best in short term....

agree and hard to know which will do best in short term. Probably a2 but gold is a core holding for me too

I think medium to longer term trend is for a higher gold price. Just too many factors supporting it...world economies no longer able to support the high levels of debt / money created out of thin and as a result slowing economies, falling interest rates and currency devaluation in a race to the button that only gold can win. At best we will soon enter a recession, at worst financial system malfunction...eventually central bankers will run out of smoke and mirrors and mainstream will finally wake up and see reality!

trade war isn’t ending anytime soon as Chinese Communist Party can’t show themselves to be weak and besides China’s economy relays on technology theft...they’ll wait for US election in hope of trump losing. When Brexit finally happens and BRITAIN leaves EU, Europe is finished...negative interest rates...the list goes on