Good money can be made on miners if you strike it right, but as for hoarding gold bars awaiting real estate and stock market meltdowns and global crashes - that's strictly for the birds.
How many years have goldbugs been here awaiting financial Armageddon, while bleating about the debt clock, Russia and China will rule the world, the EU crash, WW3, USD implosion, bond bubbles, Dow 3,000, etc?
Goldbugs overexposed to gold bars and coins have done themselves significant financial damage.