Which one is the best investment?

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9. The question is really about hedging the US Dollar

and thus is a query about allocation: what asset class will grow?

Owning physical assets is a pain to store and protect. Supposedly there are a handful of ETF funds that guarantee they hold the actual precious metal. One's in Australia as I recall.

Hi quality dividend paying stocks have merit. There are blue chip or large cap dividend growth ETFs.

Can't avoid mentioning AI. These companies are where Microsoft and Apple were in 1990, and Amazon was in 2005. There are plays on chips and memory which is to say hardware, software companies that leverage AI.

I'm not throwing this out there as an idea, just to illustrate missed opportunity. Nov 2 2022, Facebook (META) traded at $86.50. In 15 months it was $500.00, now it's over $600. Or take a look at the 10 year chart on LLY.