HardDrive........when gold comes back down to earth prices.......you are looking at them right now. Its as good as it gets.
I am sure in a few yrs when the gold price is in the thousands that you will say, damn, 550 was a good price.
Actually, the train left the depot in march, 2001 when the price was at 260
If gold is looking a bite out of your price range, get some silver, it has much more value in the world of industrial use, etc ,etc. Do your DD on the subject, there is plenty out there.
Right now Mexico, India are the biggest holders of silver, in fact Mexico this past yr tryed to re-establish its currency backed by silver. China right now is buying all the silver it can get its hands on, hmmmmm, let me think about this one.
I believe Bill Gates owns a very big chunk of PAS, a silver mine in BC and good ol Warren Buffett has about 11 mil worth of silver sitting in a bank vault in england.
Problem with most investing, by the time the general public starts hearing about anything, the cream is about gone but in the case with gold and silver, we got alot of wiggle room left before it hits any top.
IMHO, buy now rather than later....think of it as starting a saving account or another way of looking at it is invest about 30% of your portfolio. You don't need to look like MR T, invest in coins like maple leafs or liberty coins, numismatic is priced too hi and is not for the faint of heart, stay away from bullion, that can always be called in by the feds but not coins.
Hope this helps