The Fortune Investor’s Guide 2012 sure glitters with gold. Hard to miss it on a cluttered newsstand.
With all the talk about the price of gold ranging from investment advisors, to returning to the “gold standard” advocated by Ron Paul in the Republican debates, to local pawn stars like Harold the Jewelry Buyer, Oran and the Loan Arranger competing to buy my gold dental fillings, this cover exploits our fear and our greed beautifully.
Perhaps too brilliantly.
One wag posted this “filed in the round file” cover on his blog because there apparently was precious little coverage of gold or gold coins. So while the cover may have succeeded on the one hand, it may have failed to deliver on the other. A dangerous game to play. Still, my guess is that the coin collector may be overly dramatic, and that this cover sells extremely well with investors looking for advice.
