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His firm has a 5-10% weight in gold at the moment, depending on the risk tolerance of a client. Most of it is just owning GLD, but at a level certainly no more than 10%. For good portfolio management, you want more than just 3-4 names.
You won't get hurt holding GLD, but individual mining names have run up and are primed to have some $$ taken off the table. Wouldn't be surprising for some bit of news over the next couple of months to knock the gold rally for a loop.
He does not generally buy ETFs. Gold producers have a long history of messing up their own good fortune. There are often operational disconnects between the share price and bullion prices. He would prefer to play gold with GLD-N. He feels doing so creates a good hedge against other asset classes. If we head into recessionary pressures, holding GLD-N could play well. Don't hold more than 5-6% of your portfolio in gold.