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Posted on 12/28/2025 4:48:48 AM PST by MtnClimber
The gold price is racing from one all-time high to the next. That’s good news for friends of the precious metal and bad news for anyone still hoping for a stabilization of global debt dynamics.
Assuming the markets close out the year without major volatility, gold holders can look forward to an approximate 70 percent increase in value within a single year. This is remarkable -- not least because 2024 already ended with a 26 percent gain for the otherwise conservative asset class of precious metals. That amounts to a doubling of value in just two years -- a surge usually seen in the tech sector rather than gold.
A Store of Value in Turbulent Times
For the most stable money humanity has ever known, which has served as a store of value in crises for millennia, this is no ordinary development. Quite the opposite. Among those who follow geopolitical developments and financial markets closely, such a compressed upward movement is an unmistakable signal: Danger is imminent.
Whether it’s military conflicts -- like the Ukraine crisis, which still carries dangerous escalation potential -- or the global debt dynamics now affecting nearly every region, capital is visibly fleeing to the safe haven of gold. Gold has a key advantage over other assets: there is no counterparty risk. Physical ownership -- not as an ETF held at a bank -- represents a tangible value that, aside from the annual 1.6 percent mining increase, neither inflates nor can be arbitrarily frozen.
By comparison, the M2 money supply -- which includes cash, deposits, short-term term deposits such as money market funds, and savings accounts -- is expected to grow by seven to nine percent globally this year. Gold is becoming scarcer relative to circulating fiat money -- a compelling argument, particularly in central bank circles.
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Who trusts the global financial system?
what goes crazily up can come crazily down
Monitoring.
>> A Store of Value in Turbulent Times
No! No! NO! Can’t you see??!? Gold isn’t a “store of value”, it’s an INVESTMENT. You buy gold, gold keeps going up, that’s the definition of an investment! Something that keeps going up up up! Finally, there’s no need to agonize over that messy stock-picking, we have GOLD and SILVER, safe and effective INVESTMENTS!!!
>> what goes crazily up can come crazily down
Good point! And nice to “see” you here, Chaplain! Pray you had a joyous Christmas. FRegards & Blessings to you and yours.
I couldn’t afford it last month. Now it’s way out of reach.
As I tell my friends: “When my gold and silver holdings are increasing in value, that is not a good indicator.”
The rumors and rumbles about referring to the FDR gold confiscation.
I’ve heard those same rumblings on many sites I frequent. I don’t think that would be tolerated today.
That’s a ploy to stampede people to sell and bring down the prices, however, American citizenry is small change. The big money is Asia and India and they won’t sell.
Oh for second I thought this was about goldigger Stormy Daniels.
You could buy a coke for a nickel back in the 1950s. Now it’s at least a buck. Should people have bought Cokes and stored them?
That is my hope. My new granddaughter’s 2025 Maple Leaf is on hold.
When the Supreme Court rules on the tariff case, will this have an effect on the price of commodities?
Yep. I bought a couple of 1/2 oz coins in 2000. I think the gold price was 400-500/oz. I sold them when gold hit $3K/oz.
Made some good money on it. I don’t have any more gold but I expect the prices to come down and when it gets down to a comfortable level, I will stockpile more and pass it down to my kids.
I once heard that some people made a fortune on tulips.
Tulips aren’t gold and silver. Gold and silver have been considered money since before Jesus was born. Its not a fad.
Gold and silver are never ever worth nothing.
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