Wealth Insurance: The Case for Owning Gold

Gold is a unique asset: monetary but lacking counterparty risk, with its liquidity much more easily available than that in other high-value physical assets. John Hathaway, an elder statesman in the metals investment field, thinks that exposure to gold should be a part of everyone’s portfolio, not because he predicts a coming monetary apocalypse, but for far more present reasons. In this interview, he explains his short- and long-term outlooks as well as the structural forces arguing for gold ownership.

Wealth Insurance: The Case for Owning Gold