There is only opinions in these replies, no facts..... In fact, Gold may fall quite a distance from where it is today in coming months. You will have to make a long term plan or a short term plan and decide what you are trying to accomplish. Just jumping in because someone says so may prove to be very costly. The best investment is the one that you decide on after doing your own research.
if you have more than 100000$ so try to invest with trusty forex managed account companies like: Fxstay
Real estate is out of the question in my opinion. Do you know why? Why? Because how fast can you get rid of your house? Now, how fast can you get rid of that stock you hold? Less then a couple clicks. Not only just that, real estate requires a significant of capital $400,000 minimum depending on where you buy the home. California alone, this is only a median house hold cost where I live.
I agree about the liquidity of real estate...... sometimes it is hard to unload, whereas a listed stock or forex is, as you say, a couple clicks.
All of us know very well that investment is a very important factor in human life which can be done in many ways.Some of them are very profitable and easiest kind of way where we can earn more without con-seeding any risk.