Investment Insights

The conversation among private wealth advisors is no longer about if they should invest in gold but rather, how much to invest. Bob Alderman, Managing Director for the World Gold Council, explains from Opal Financial Group's 2013 Family Office & Private Wealth Management Forum.

We also highlight that higher portfolio risk- consistent with a rotation out of cash or bonds into equities- warrants a higher strategic gold allocation.

Dr. Andrew Lilico, of Europe Economics, discusses his paper The use of Gold as Collateral for Eurozone Sovereign Debt. The paper assesses the World Gold Council’s proposals on gold as collateral for Eurozone sovereign debt, especially in the case of Italy and Portugal.