An in-depth guide to making gold a serious part of your portfolio

Gold, the long forgotten store of value that was once the center of the global financial system, suddenly matters a great deal again. It has become a leading asset by virtue of its strong performance, and its booming demand has made it the only financial asset that remains in an uninterrupted bull market. And yet gold remains one of the least-owned financial assets in investment portfolios today.

Hard Money helps investors move beyond the simple, yet widely accepted notion that gold makes sense in today's financial environment, and explores ways to magnify potential investment returns driven by precious metals. This reliable resource examines the investment vehicles (bullion, stocks, derivatives, and even rare coins) and strategies (aggressive, conservative, passive, and variations) aimed at beating the price of gold as it rises, and ways to protect a portfolio should the metal decline.

• Identifies five key drivers that should continue to push gold higher in the years ahead
• Explores the ins and outs of investing in gold and making this precious metal a part of your portfolio
• Examines the pros and cons of multiple ways to buy gold via coins, ETFs, mining and royalty stocks, and other investment vehicles
• Author Shayne McGuire is a highly-regarded expert on gold

Written in a straightforward and accessible style, Hard Money offers key strategies to enhancing returns with new methods for investing in gold.

SHAYNE MCGUIRE manages the $300 million GBI Gold Fund and is the Head of Global Research at Teacher Retirement System of Texas, one of the world’s largest pension funds. With eighteen years of financial experience, McGuire has managed a $2 billion European equity portfolio and was ranked among the best Latin American analysts by Institutional Investor in the late 1990s. An avid gold investor, he has in recent years worked closely with Austin Rare Coins, one of the country’s leading precious metals companies. McGuire graduated from Fordham University and holds a master’s in history and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his family.