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Deadly Myth #2: Gold Is Too Risky of An Investment
Deadly Myth #2: Gold Is Too Risky of An Investment
Their perception is that green paper is a viable benchmark for the cost of goods or
assets to be priced in, and they couldn’t be more wrong.
By contrast, the central banks that control the world banking system use gold as
their store of value and backing to their currencies, because gold has a real value
that cannot be debased by monetary policy the way paper money can. Simply put,
the more your paper gets diluted, the more your purchasing power is eroded, and
the more you need to switch your faith out of paper money and into gold. I try my
best to help my clients understand that there is an endgame to debtbased savings
and living beyond our means in a debtbased economy. Gold’s upward limit can
really only be calculated in terms of fiat currencies’ downside limit. Yet if a
currency’s downside limit is zero, think how high can gold go, considering it has
outlasted every fiat currency ever made. It’s clear that gold will keep rising as long
as debt accumulation persists and fiat currencies continue to be debased.
Deadly Myth #2: Gold Is Too Risky of an Investment
We all worry about risky investments. Yet gold and silver often get lumped
together erroneously with other paperbased “investments” in the risk basket. I
would argue that they should not be, especially gold. As I tell my clients, gold is one
of the least risky places you can store your wealth, and it has also been one of the
least risky places to find yield. Investments that work are ones that go up and have
intrinsic value. Dollars in the bank or government bonds are nothing more than
debtbased savings, while gold is real savings. When you consider what the bank is
paying, real negative interest rates, and current Fed policy, sitting with your money
in a bank has proven to be much riskier than gold.
In addition, looking for wealth preservation or yield in the equities market certainly
must be considered risky given it’s volatility and downswings, not to mention
possible failure. When I hear people say they perceive hard gold ownership as
“risky,” I can’t help but hope that they are capable of a change of perspective,
because it’s their faith in paper that should be seen as risky and is misguided in our
professional opinion. When paper provides no return, loses value, loses people’s
faith, and is intrinsically worth zero, hard monetarybased assets like gold and
silver are the least risky assets.
Deadly Myth #3: I Can Get Better Performance from Other Investments
It may very well be possible that you can think of an investment that has done
better or “might” do better in the future, but with how much risk? Remember, we’re
not here to hit home runs for people based on performance. Gold is not a purchase