--- title: These Wall Street Titans Say Buy Gold. Should You? description: Some top Wall Street names say this is a good time to be invested in gold. Is it right for you? authors: - name: Martha C. White role: Writer url: https://money.com/author/martha-c-white/ education: BA, English, Princeton University at_money_since: 2015 articles: 354 covers: - Investing - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Debt - Economy and Politics - Education - Federal Reserve Rate Cuts - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology editors: - name: Katherine Peach role: Associate Editor url: https://money.com/author/katherine-peach/ bio: Katherine Peach is an associate editor with a focus on news and email at Money. She didn’t always intend to write about money. She’s a classically trained pianist who dreamed of becoming an archaeologist. However, in 2007 Katherine began working in financial publishing as an editor for Agora Inc. (Apparently, unearthing ideas about improving your personal finances isn’t such a bad career alternative!) Katherine’s writing and editing work has been featured in Investing Daily, Clever, Investor Junkie, The Palm Beach Letter, Truth & Plenty, Independence Monthly, NICHE, AmericanStyle, AntiqueWeek, Millennial Money, Money Done Right, TheStreet, Sure Dividend and many others. Katherine holds a Bachelor of Arts in Ancient Studies with concentrations in Archaeology and Ancient Languages and a minor in Literature from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. education: University of Maryland, Baltimore County at_money_since: 2025 articles: 14 covers: - Investing - Banking - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Debt - Economy and Politics - Education - Federal Reserve Rate Cuts - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes published: '2025-10-17T20:37:49.000Z' modified: '2025-10-17T20:54:21.000Z' section: Investing tags: - News word_count: 869 canonical: https://money.com/gold-record-price-ray-dalio-jamie-dimon-investing-advice/ type: NewsArticle source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Photo-illustration of stacks of gold bars with a stock graph in the background](https://img.money.com/2025/10/News-Wall-Street-Says-Buy-Gold.jpg) As gold’s record rally continues — most recently hitting a new all-time high of $4,300 per ounce — even ordinarily skeptical mainstream financial luminaries have been taking a shine to the yellow metal. In [remarks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoV4riDZW_U&t=323s) at an economic conference earlier this month, hedge fund heavyweight Ray Dalio noted that today’s economic conditions are reminiscent of the early 1970s, with elevated inflation and high levels of government debt. He said makes the yellow metal a valuable hedge. “If you look at it just from a strategic asset allocation perspective, you would probably have something like 15% of your portfolio in gold,” the Bridgewater Associates founder said at the Greenwich Economic Forum. “Because it is one asset that does very well when the typical parts of the portfolio go down.” ## Make sure your hard-earned money is protected with a Gold IRA ### Gold IRAs help you protect your investments by providing the asset diversification and stability you need. Click on your state to get started. [Invest in Gold](https://money.com/pr/i29c6a119361?ap_referrer=%2Fgold-record-price-ray-dalio-jamie-dimon-investing-advice%2F) Dalio isn’t alone in his enthusiasm. “\[Gold\] could easily go to $5,000 or $10,000 in environments like this,” JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon [said](https://fortune.com/2025/10/17/jamie-dimon-semi-rational-hold-gold-in-your-portfolio/) at a conference this week. In general, Dimon said, “I’m not a gold buyer. It costs 4% to own it,” referring to the opportunity cost of not holding productive assets such as equities. But he added that this market makes a compelling case for holding gold, saying, “This is one of the few times in my life \[that\] it’s semi-rational to have some in your portfolio.” Given the undeniable financial bona fides behind these bullish sentiments, does that mean gold is right for your portfolio? ## A look at the evidence The spot price of gold has already leaped by some 60% [this year](https://money.com/will-the-price-of-gold-keep-hitting-record-highs/) and has blown through [all-time highs](https://money.com/stocks-brace-for-september-slump/) with astonishing speed. By comparison, the broad-based S&P 500 is up about 14%. That’s above its typical annual increase of roughly 10%, but gold’s return far and away outpaces even this healthy return. Here’s why: The historical demand drivers of investors seeking a hedge against elevated inflation and a safe haven from Wall Street volatility play a role. In addition, the current run of rapid appreciation is a function of central banks’ recent stockpiling of the yellow metal, combined with a growing appetite for and availability of gold in the retail marketplace — Exhibit A being warehouse club Costco’s smashing success [selling gold bars](https://money.com/costco-is-selling-out-of-gold-bars/). Unfortunately, gold’s already-sizable gains mean that if you’re adding gold to your portfolio for the first time now, you’re paying a healthy premium to add it, points out Jay Hatfield, CEO and chief investment officer of Infrastructure Capital Advisors. “It’s fine to have small amounts, but this is unlikely to be the ideal entry point \[because\] gold has turned into a bit of a momentum play,” he says. "If anyone wanted to take a position, I would keep it modest, say 3% to 5%, and dollar-cost into it quite modestly,” Hatfield says. For instance, he suggests that an investor could add a quarter of a percentage point of the total value of their portfolio every month and build up to their desired allocation over six to 12 months. Despite Dalio’s 15% comment, most retail investors are best served with less than that, says Will Rhind, CEO of GraniteShares. “For a diversified portfolio, we typically see clients with allocations of somewhere between 7-10% in gold,” he tells Money via email. Make sure that allocation is significant enough to meet the goals you’re trying to achieve with a gold allocation, he adds. “You must hold enough for it to be mathematically relevant. In other words, holding 1% will not do much for your portfolio’s performance,” he says. ## How to hold gold As popular as [Costco’s](https://money.com/costco-limits-gold-sales/) gold bars may be, experts say there are more efficient ways for everyday Americans to own gold. In addition to the opportunity cost Dimon called out in his remarks this week, storing and insuring physical gold also carry costs, points out Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA Research. “Physical bars can work for those comfortable with storage and insurance, but for most investors, ETFs are the simpler route,” he tells Money via email. “We recommend owning gold mining shares over the hard metal," Stovall says. “We think gold mining stocks offer greater upside potential, since these stocks tend to rise at a multiple to the price change in spot gold.” If you want to hold actual gold, Hatfield says the SPDR Gold Shares exchange-traded fund (GLD) — the first, largest and best-known gold ETF — is a good place to start. “I would recommend that investors hold gold through GLD, which is quite an efficient way to do it,” he says. “If you want to hold gold as a diversifier of your portfolio, you should definitely hold it in GLD. It’s more liquid, it’s a security — if you want to sell it, you can do it in 10 seconds,” he says. While GLD’s 0.4% expense ratio is nominal, “Investors who look a bit further can reduce costs with lower fee funds such as BAR at 0.17%,” Stovall says. 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