2025-04-29
9 分钟Here's your money briefing for Tuesday, April 29th.
I'm Julia Carpenter for The Wall Street Journal.
Gold.
A lot of people have opinions on how, if, and when you should buy it.
But in times when the market is volatile, some investors turn to it for protection.
Gold will do much, much better than stocks if there's a depression or inflation.
So it's an effective hedge in your portfolio against chaos,
against war, against inflation, things like this.
But how should you think about adding this controversial investment to your portfolio?
We'll talk with Wall Street Journal reporter Aaron Back about gold,
its history, and its sister commodity, silver.
That's after the break.
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Investors and historians agree.
Americans turn to gold in the midst of financial turbulence.
Wall Street Journal reporter Aaron Back joins me.
Aaron, in your story, you described gold as a bit of a controversial investment.