Defy the “Death Cross”?

If GDP is the measure of the economy’s health and you’re investing in companies seeking growth in that economy, the graph below must surely beg the question of balancing your wealth with some defensive hard assets such as gold and silver.  Gold and silver historically outperform when, not if, that sharemarket correction happens or if that GDP continues to fall and confidence is lost.  Unlike the shares in this graph, many argue gold and silver are at the bottom of the cycle, not towards the top…