# Is there a GQ response to the right wing marketing of gold?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 13, 2009, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-gq-response-to-the-right-wing-marketing-of-gold/517433 "2009-11-13T12:12:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-gq-response-to-the-right-wing-marketing-of-gold/517433/47 "2009-11-21T02:00:08Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> So the only difference between a lottery ticket and gold is that lotto tickets have a higher brokerage fee?

Gold may be volatile, but I would expect it to at least keep up with inflation over the long run. So it’s a little different than horse racing.

**Contrast with this type of stock trading**  
Those who engage in day trading based upon a 2-3 day seminar on the subject are probably just gambling, since the brokerage fees should exceed one’s expected returns, absent a systematic (and back-tested) strategy. If done rigorously though, it can arguably rise to the level of speculation, speculative investment or risk arbitrage. Professional trading desks engage in the latter.

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