Stocks are in a precarious position and low-risk bonds offer below-inflation returns. It seems that there are few places where investors can put their money with the expectation of a positive long-term reward.
Of course, when long-term bonds and stocks are not great investments, precious metals often become the default best investment. Gold and silver tend to be uncorrelated to the stock market and, unlike bonds, deliver excess returns when inflation is rising.
More conservative investors could buy the metals outright or via an ETF like [[GLD]] for gold or [[SLV]] for silver, but I