But you can lose everything if you ride a stock into the ground waiting for it to turn around. That's one thing about precious metals...they'll be here forever and they will never go much below what it costs to mine them because production will stop. Bitcoin can go to zero.
stocks are risky. I do mutual funds just a simple portfolio VTSAX is my favorite. Set it and forget it has done well for me. Precious metals don’t pay dividends but Gold sure has done well recently. There will always be bear markets and the average one drops 32%. It’s just a matter of how long it stays down. That’s why you have dry powder. Will This time “be different “? That’s what they said last bear market.