What Type of Gold?

I’m not a big gold enthusiast but this is for those who insist on its purchase at all odds, at all times:

Purveyors of gold investments often sell one type without discussing various other forms that you can buy. Or whether everyone ought to be buying gold, even with inflation looming. The public never gets full information, nor the pros and cons of gold ownership.

After all, gold can be in bullion or bars, or coins. And if the latter, they can be rare, or bought just for content. In either instance, they must be stored for safety, and preferably insured. Furthermore, gold values can be had in mining shares or in the form if mutual funds or ETFs.

There is lots of confusion, and the fear of not getting it exactly right. And I haven’t even gotten to whether gold pricing can become a bubble. (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinesNewshole at Twitter.)