After Trump was elected, it was obvious listening to them talk that devaluing the dollar was a priority (reasons I don't know or really care when it comes to investing) and that meant two things to me - invest in gold and increase international stocks. Both of which have paid off nicely.

A big question now, is when does it end? That one I don't know.

I looked at my account today and saw it was nicely up. Later I looked closer and it was mostly gold and international stocks up nicely.

Would I buy now? Not sure. We saw what happened to bonds when many of us older folks could recall any mortgage rate under 9 or 8% was a good deal. Rates went down some and people said they can't keep going down but downward they went to near zero before rebounding sharply but still on the low side historically.

We seem to get getting to a point where there isn't much I would consider a good investment. Rates (treasuries) are declining, gold is very high, internationals have had a nice run and domestically I don't think the economy is very good due to tariffs and immigration issues.

Rich