Which do you think is a better asset over the next 5 years: Gold or Land

[Walkerfan]

If it was in a good location, with a nice structure and with no issues; I'd rather have the LAND.

[Nutmeg Coin]

Stay in cash and wait for suckers, distressed or unknowledgeable sellers to come along. Vulture capitalism pays off well, in this world anyway; personally I don't play that game.

[World Colonial]

I expect a lot of distressed sellers in the future but the duration of the financial levtiation act has execeeded my wildest expectations by a longshot.

 

I believe the value of real estate is substantially inflated by the credit bubble, though yes it does vary by location. Gold is also historically overpriced versus other commodities, relative to silver and has increaased a lot faster than the (inaccurate) CPI. I concurrently believe that gold's relatively inflated price is also primarily due to the credit bubble and monetary inflation, but is also susceptible to contracting credit conditions, as occurred in late 2008 to early 2009.