RIP The USD 1944-2024. Since 1944, the Dollar has been the world’s reserve currency, dethroning the British Pound Sterling. But all that has changed starting June 2024. Saudia Arabia recently announced it would not be renewing the deal and would begin selling oil in other currencies. The Bretton Woods Agreement. In 1944, after the Bretton Woods Agreement, the US. Dollar […]
Why is gold poised for an exponential revaluing? The gold super cycle. Why could it be the biggest investment opportunity of our decade? To understand the gold super cycle we are in, you must look at the history of gold, the history of monetary policy, the national debt and inflation. The Gold Spot Price is artificially suppressed. On the Comex […]
I wrote a blog post about Acres of Gold last year about this new way of buying physical gold. The service automatically deducts money from your bank account until you reach a certain threshold and you purchase fractional gold bars like 2.5 grams, 5 grams and larger sizes. I wanted to like Acres of Gold. I liked the idea of […]
So you want to know, How to invest in a bear market? Like it or not, the US Stock market and much of the world’s markets are in a Bear Market. So How do you invest for profit in a Bear Market? Cash is trash. The US dollar may be doing better than other currencies in the world right now, […]
Why not Bitcoin? With the risk of offending my readers, Bitcoin has no history of being a hedge against inflation. Nor has any other cryptocurrency been proven to protect wealth in times of inflation. But why? First of if Bitcoin is a store of value, what is its utility? Not a very useful currency. The volatility in Bitcoin and other […]
This is an alternative investment class that I did not consider because it has traditionally only been for the uber rich. But if you follow the theory that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, it would make sense to capitalize on this. Wealth inequality is a terrible thing. But that being said—if you can’t beat them, join […]
Investing in troubled times could have alternately been titled “Investing during Stagflation” or “Investing in times of Market Volatility”. What do you do when you find that the investing world is not a safe place to park your money in 401ks and sit it and forget it? How can you be sure that when you are putting your hard earned […]
In this blog we are going to look into the Federal Reserve Bank. Are they lying about Inflation? In other words are statements like the following lies? “Inflation is transitory,” “Covid related supply chain issues,” “If inflation runs hot the Fed will use our tools to curb inflation.” These statements have been made by The Federal Reserve Chairman. But when […]
Learning how to invest in Black-Gold, hated energy sectors, this is value investing 101. Firstly it will challenge you to buy when the market seems to hate this energy sector and wait for the blackness of the sector to turn to gold as the real demand and profits compound. Supply and Demand Two factors that move the price of any […]
Cash is King, or is it? When during times of inflation is having cash reserves a good thing? “Cash is trash.” – Ray Dalio Inflation is itself an increase of the money supply and a devaluing of the currency. So in the long run over the years holding cash is like being the last one to not get a seat […]
Inflation Trades 101 By Nate Plissken Inflation Proof Income, the Essential Investment For The Middle-Class During Inflationary times. Inflation may not be transitory but your income could be. The working-poor and the middle-class and the poor and elderly on fixed incomes are the groups of people that are hit the hardest by inflation. Investments like, gold and silver, and real […]
