[bulldogs]

"Gold mining stocks with significant proven reserves"

Yeah, I know. I am chicken. Give me the granny way.

[GregoryFul]

Gold stocks are more volitile than physical gold, but are more liquid. If you want to hedge against the dropping value of the $, but don't want to do homework, buy one of the gold funds, SGLDX, GOLDX, etc. offer good management of a gold hedge.