Real estate got annihilated in the 1930s, and many lost homes or even land they had no debt on, due to increased property taxes and falling incomes. The idea that an asset which was in a once per century super-bubble top just 3 years ago, and is still not remotely close to historical bear market bottom valuations, is going to be the place to earn excess returns seems far-fetched. As for gold, the party most likely hasn't even started yet. Government bonds are at pretty low yields, although not all-time lows. Whereas gold is still way below its inflation-adjusted high - and that's if you just use the understated CPI as your inflation meaasure. Secular bull markets typically go to new inflation-adjusted highs before they top out, meaning gold should reach at least $2000 and maybe higher before this run ends for good. And if the retail investors start piling in en masse like with tech stocks and housing in the previous bubbles, gold could hit something crazy like $5000
You sell gold when DOW and gold meet! People think it can't happen, just as they thought we will never see 1325$ an ounce, but it will! Although I have to be honest and admit I have made a pledge to myself to sell once the ratio drops below 3... Or 2... Greed is so hard to fight.
Actually he was in the gold MINING business, with very low costs: slave workers! As simple as that. Only naive morons believe everything they read about.