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orwellian said:Commodities and especially gold is your only safe bet against inflation and devaluation
Well, gold could be discussed for pages : it's a commodity but it's not one, it's a currency but it's not one.
The gold market is highly fluctuant, it could indeed keep on raising but once the crisis would be over, investors would very quickly sell their gold provoking a very quick decline of its market.
There are the gold mines too (but they already are overpriced).
The safest bet with gold, if someone has strong assets, is to invest about 5% in it, "just in case".
It seems quite hard to speculate with gold for individuals.