There is never a bad time to buy gold. Ever. Worst case scenario is you buy "too late" to see huge dividends and you'd "only" have the value at the time of purchase/market value. So....no downfall. Gold will never be worthless, it's incredibly malleably and is rust proof. It's also gorgeous and there's something within the human psyche that admires its intrinsic beauty. Silver is the worlds best conductor and also will always carry value because of it.