As you can check from the link above, gold was over $1800 an ounce back in 2011, and today, it is under $1500.

Do you think gold is a good investment in general? Please share your thoughts. Here are a few articles, some of them recent and others going back a few years, that offer different views and perspectives:

The best way to invest in gold (Fool.com - October 2019)

Investing in gold: Bullion could soar to $2000 next year (CNBC - October 2019)

Gold and commodities set to soar in 2019 (Forbes magazine - January 2019)

7 reasons to invest in gold in 2018 (Marketwatch - January 2018)

Now is a great time to buy gold stocks (Motley Fool - Aug 2017)

Busting the gold myth (Time magazine, April 2017)

5 reasons not to invest in gold (US News, 2016)

Impending gold production cliff (Marketwatch, 2016)

Should I ever invest in gold? (Time magazine, 2016)