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(Kitco News) - Invest Like the Experts is back!

Known as a fan favorite, the Expert Series brings together well-known investors and Kitco regulars to find out where they will be putting their money in 2018.

This year, Kitco News asked experts where they would invest $100,000 next year and why.

2017 has been anything but boring with new assets like cryptocurrencies making waves in financial markets. What does 2018 have in store? Check out what the experts have to say!

PART I: Avoid Tesla 'Above All Else' in 2018

PART II: Put Half Your Investment In The Best Of The Best Of 2017 - Rick Rule

PART III: Pick Miners With Low Cost And Good Management - Marin Katusa

PART IV: Base Metals & Energy To Win In 2018 - USCF

PART V: Keep 10% In Gold And Avoid Long-Term Bonds - Frank Holmes

PART VI: These Are The 3 Companies Brent Cook & Joe Mazumdar Like In 2018

PART VII: Here Are Top 3 Investments To Avoid In 2018 - Mickey Fulp

PART VIII: Everything & Gold Will Rise in 2018, Except Bitcoin - Expert

PART IX: This Will Drive Gold Prices And Miners In 2018 - Jordan Roy-Byrnes

Expert: Dennis Gartman

Claim To Fame: Editor and publisher of the widely followed Gartman Letter

How would you invest $100k in 2018?

It’s all about agriculture, bonds and gold next year, said the famed investor.

1/3 in ‘ag’ related investments, “such as fertilizer and the ‘ag’ commodity ETFs.”

1/3 in “bond-related closed end funds such as FAX and PFN.”

1/3 in “Gold related equities such as GLD and/or CEF.”

What will affect gold most in 2017?

“Gold will be most effect by the knowledge that inflation in commodity prices actually began several months ago and that that trend becomes more certain in early 2018,” Gartman said.

What 3 investments would you avoid in 2018? Why?

“I would avoid high tech companies generally; I’d tend on balance to avoid equities generally and I would avoid Tesla above all else,” he said.

If you could describe 2017 in one word, what would it be?

"Surprising."

Any Additional comments?

A very vocal market watcher, Gartman obviously had additional comments for investors, especially stock market bulls.

“Equities are monumentally over-valued and likely to undergo a material bear market and thus are to be avoided in 2018.”

By Sarah Benali

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