47 Filograph We'll be honest - we're not the biggest fans of gold. While the commodity gets a lot of love from investors of all stripes, we've never seen it as anything apart from a moderately effective inflation hedge. Sure, in the past, the yellow metal has gone on a number of incredible runs, but over almost any length of time, we'd rather own productive assets, like stocks. This is because the yellow metal consistently underperforms owning equities outright. Over 10, 30, and 50 years, gold has underperf ...