The main précis of your argument is you don’t like government control over money. If owning gold as a form of expressing your political beliefs is something you feel good about, who am I to dissuade you? But recognize you are making a political argument and it has not much to do with whether or not...

Jack, Legit question; why should anyone care what derivative they use to purchase something? You didn't answer my questions, but sure. People obviously care. There's a law about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gresham%27s_law So for example, in a hyperinflationary environment you're going to spen...

Derivatives at the end of the day are going to follow the thing they represent fundamentally and always which means inflation and deflation are going to be primarily driven by the basic surplus or shortage of all goods in aggregate. The economy is the dog and money is the tail...always. This does n...

Side comment and slightly snarky remark...I love it when folks assert that gold is great due to lack of government control. That's an idea that started in the 1970s and is a shill point made by purveyors of gold. Gold is great due to lack of government control! When I wrote the above I was specific...

When Christian individuals and organizations attempt to blend their faith with political machinery, it seems that it ends up looking mostly like politics and little like faith. Jesus' example was to be in the world, but not of the world, right?. E.g. he lived during Roman times, but didn't concern ...

Kbg wrote: ↑Wed Jul 27, 2022 2:04 pm Here ya go...homework on a platter.

That’s a lot of reading for me to do in order for you to make a point. Have you read those papers in their entirety?

Why don't you just make your point. What's with the student/teacher posturing?

I don’t know if all that was practiced at the time of Jesus. Centuries of cruft have accumulated since he walked the earth.

The difference between a great prophet and a cult is the impact. Jesus had and continues to have a large impact on the world. Time is a great filter.

In Jesus’ time, belief in a God or Gods was widespread. When I read his teachings, it seems like a belief in God was a foregone conclusion. Today, belief in God is not as widespread. Jesus’ teachings, although they may have great significance, fall on deaf ears because we don’t know God anymore. We ...

Why don't you enlighten us then? It seems like you're dangling the jewels of your mind in front of us but not sharing them. You just want us to know of the jewels' existence? Sorry Jack, not going to do your homework. Try reading actual economists and outside the gold fan world. Ah, so indeed, you'...

I’ve been curious about the principles of moderation for this forum. For example, under what circumstances do the moderators take action? Regarding lost soldiers, anyone know what happened to vincent_c? Seems like he left and deleted all his posts. I’m curious if anyone knows why. I occasionally ca...

No argument here. I don’t even think the most ardent Libertarian expects a No Restrictions society. The harder question is where is the stopping point? Each side takes the position of the man who was arrested for swinging his arms and hitting another in the nose, and asked the judge if he did not h...

Retrospectively, how do we feel about executive order 6102? It seems like financial repression. Perhaps they needed a captive audience for the government bonds being issued w/out backing: With gold and paper money now separated, FDR was able to increase the federal deficit by issuing bonds (debt) i...

Jack Jones wrote: ↑Tue Jul 19, 2022 12:40 pm I think we're at 1975 on this chart:

Here we go!
Who's on board?

2022 is the year of gold.

And KBG I reject your premise that civility is a good thing. Whenever I read civility I translate it to civility bullshit . Any mention of civility is invariably a ruse to manipulate the unwashed into following a different agenda. A civil agenda. Purveyors of civility are bullshit artists. How abou...

I’ve been curious about the principles of moderation for this forum. For example, under what circumstances do the moderators take action? Regarding lost soldiers, anyone know what happened to vincent_c? Seems like he left and deleted all his posts. I’m curious if anyone knows why. I occasionally ca...

What was the deal? Did the gold market somehow anticipate the Covid spending spree?

Retrospectively, how do we feel about executive order 6102? It seems like financial repression. Perhaps they needed a captive audience for the government bonds being issued w/out backing: With gold and paper money now separated, FDR was able to increase the federal deficit by issuing bonds (debt) in...

I’ve been curious about the principles of moderation for this forum. For example, under what circumstances do the moderators take action? Regarding lost soldiers, anyone know what happened to vincent_c? Seems like he left and deleted all his posts. I’m curious if anyone knows why. I occasionally cat...

Anyone doing it? Buy and hold high beta stocks across the broad market. I went back in the old threads where this was raised and the primary objection was cost. Well, times have changed and now with free trades, it’s cheaper to run your own index. Say 25-50, equally weighted, across the broad market...

"If you consider the possible outcome of our Government failing to handle inflation, the gold prices will also skyrocket. I know that gold was always a reliable source of investment, but it gives a little reward for your investment price. This seems like an AI-generated response, but I'll resp...

I accidentally viewed this thread without being logged in, so that means I've also accidentally directly viewed one of your posts. Yeah, the trouble w/ everyone blocking his posts is that the FUD he spreads just sits there w/out being challenged. There is an energy imbalance at play. Regular people...

It seems like you have lost interest in investing. That’s fine. Interests change. However, even if you’re not interested in investing anymore, you still have the problem of the wealth you’ve accumulated. In a sane society, you could put it in the bank and forget about it. I think there is sort of a ...

I mean , it is no different then the fact that even 100% equities can loose way more at this point and still be ahead balance wise of the pp so you need to look at a complete cycle . False. Consider someone who is about to retire. The returns of a complete cycle are less relevant to said individual...

This seems relevant to the Permanent Portfolio, but since the article discusses the B-word, I'll post here instead. https://elmwealth.com/bitcoin-allocation-investment-sizing/ 4. Among Constant Proportion investment strategies, there will be a range of investment sizes that will be profitable, with ...

I think the value vs growth argument by the OP is compelling. Equal weight is MORE AGNOSTIC than an implicit tilt toward growth. If you're truly honest with yourself, and you truly believe this statement - "I don't know which factors or assets will outperform in coming years" - why wouldn...