The Rodney Dangerfield of Investments

Ask any average Joe off the street what investment category is at or near record all-time highs, and a good number of them will confidently answer â??gold,â? as prices recently eclipsed $1,600 per ounce. But of course this makes perfect sense, right? The Fed is printing money like itâ??s going out of style, the dollar is collapsing like a drunken sailor, inflation is about to sky-rocket to the moon, and China is on the verge of becoming the worldâ??s new reserve currency. Never mind that Greece, Portugal and Ireland are in shambles with the Euro on its death bed. Or Japan has achieved a debt to GDP ratio that would even make U.S. vote grubbing politicians blush. A sub-3% 10-Year Treasury Note doesnâ??t appear to discourage fervent gold-bugs either.