Thanks craigr. You are indeed brave to take this board on.  Expect more than a few trolls. I understand Browne's concerns.   On the other hand I would think PRPFX is a "close enough" substitute and I can imagine individual's rebalancing large (relative) amounts of gold especially in extrem...

Greetings (and good luck to caigr!) Just curious.  I don't invest in it. Are the holdings (esp the gold) audited? I seem to recall Browne was skeptical of seperating ones' self from that aspect for varied reasons. Did he hold auditing of bullion suspect? If not the actual holding, how about the valu...