Throughout their history, the SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD) and iShares Gold trust EFT (NYSEARCA:IAU) have never experienced a decline in performance. The metal was one of the most talked about hard assets during the past two years, with its price plummeting in the months that followed, which contrasted with the $85 billion monthly printing by Ben Bernanke and the Fed, all of which had been expected to cause inflation.