<prompt> Human: I am confident were heading toward a recession, and even if I am wrong its still nice to know I have some portfolio diversification. Joe Rogan interviewed Peter Schiff who claimed that to be recession proof you need to diversify including buying gold. It has me considering this option even though I am clueless.As someone who hasnt bought or sold gold, I feel like I may enter the lions den and get screwed. Is there a non scammy way to make these transactions? What is an expected cut that goes to a seller and to a buyer? Liquidity is a concern, is it difficult to sell?  <response>: You can buy gold and gold futures like any other commodity on the spot commodity exchanges. That being saideven though I am clueless.You should not be doing precious metals investment until this changes, and you should not be making major changes to your investment portfolios on the basis of an episode of a podcast with a guy who, if you invested using his strategy 100 over the last couple of decades, significantly underperformed the market. 