Just avoid sitting idle, as the protection gold can offer is critical both now and over the long run. Matt Richardson is the senior managing editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com.

Learn more about your gold investment options here. Matt Richardson is the senior managing editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com. He writes and edits content about personal ...

You can invest one big lump, or regularly drip a series of smaller amounts in ... used to argue that "the best time to invest is when you have the money". But as fund manager Mark Mobius notes ...

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