Here's how much a $1,000 investment in Gold in 1999 is now worth

Gold has remained in the public consciousness consistently in the last several thousand years and, though it lost its role as money in recent decades, it maintains an important place as the commodity of choice for investors wishing to safeguard their wealth against inflation and volatility of the stock market.Indeed, prominent investors such as the author of the best-selling personal finance book “Rich Dad Poor Dad,” Robert Kiyosaki, has for years been recommending gold as one of his top three investments – ...