Gold and silver were indeed considered money under the US Constitution, and the Constitution granted Congress the authority to coin money, regulate its value, and specify the standards for coinage. Thomas Jefferson, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and the third President of the United States had strong opinions about central banking […]
Wealth preservation refers to strategies and actions taken to protect and maintain the value of one’s assets over time. It involves managing risks and minimizing potential losses to safeguard wealth and ensure its long-term sustainability. These strategies can include diversification, risk management, asset allocation, regular monitoring and review, and tax-efficient strategies. Wall Street will not […]
The gold standard is a monetary system in which a country’s currency is directly linked to a fixed quantity of gold. Under the gold standard, the value of a currency is determined by the amount of gold that can be exchanged for it. For example, if a country’s currency is linked to gold at a […]
Most major banks call for higher gold prices in 2023. As we enter 2023, the financial landscape is increasingly uncertain with predictions from the traditional “experts” broad. The only consensus seems to be that uncertainty will prevail and gold will trend higher.
Since the consumer price index was first used in 1919 as a key measure of inflation, it has been modified at least 18 times. Many argue that the goods measured are not representative of the true increase in living costs. Recently President Joe Biden announced that inflation dropped to zero percent despite double-digit annual increases […]
Money can be any item or confirmable record that is generally accepted as payment for goods. Money is also used for the payment of services and the repayment of debt such as taxes. Money is supposed to be a medium of exchange, a unit of account, a store of value, and sometimes a standard of […]
Gold is a store of value. It holds your purchasing power when paper fiat money does not. Remember in 1971 the US dollar was taken off of the gold standard. Since that time and the “temporary” move, our money is backed by nothing but a promise. It was a promise by the government to pay […]
The financial system of paper assets has become more complex since 1971. Since the evolution of computers, the idea of money has taken on different behavior. With the attitude of debt and reckless money printing and creation, our money is losing the trust of the people. Central bankers and governments have weakened the store of […]
Does anyone realize how far stocks rallied from 2009 to 2021? The Dow Jones Industrial Average was under 7000 in 2009 and hit over 36,000 in 2021. What is stretched so far one way eventually snaps back the other way? Of course, much of this performance was due to debt, money printing, and abnormally low […]
In 1933, the United States devalued our dollar by approximately 40%. The government redefined our dollar from being backed by about a 1/20th of an ounce of gold to only a 1/35th of an ounce of gold. In 1971 President Richard Nixon devalued the dollar again by completely taking it off the gold standard “temporarily”. […]
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