I hear what Lynette is saying here, but not owning any shares at all? If gold starts to move gold stocks are a leveraged play. Given the uncertainty around what will happen or how bad it will be surely it would be wise to spread some of your wealth across a variety of different asset classes. Assuming gold goes to $10K as I've heard her suggest before, where do you think that would leave gold stocks? You'd be looking at a 50 bagger and more in many cases, so owning even a small percentage of your assets, in gold and silver mining stocks would make sense.