As the year comes to a close; Gold Prices are Up 11% from the beginning of the year. 

January 3, 2017 Spot Price $1,158.96
December 29, 2017 Spot Price $1,302.76

Historically to present day; with so much uncertainty Social, Political, Economic and Environmental issues precious metals markets is and will always yield a (RIO) return on investment over time. Sure one can successfully argue that at one point real estate and the stock market was the best place to park you cash. But then those markets did crash leaving some people with a really big unex