Reference "financial decisions", hat do you make YOUR decisions on?
How can you leave "current politics" out of it?
Charts aren't everything, but they are a good way to put forth a vast amount of information in an understandable way, quickly.
Plus,
Biblical knowledge tells us that the system will get worse,
until weacknowledge and repent our sins as a nation to God,
then ask for forgiveness,
and return to God's laws, statutes, and judgments as a nation,
... and return to God.
I am pretty well stocked on LEAD, which will be the real precious metal, and am changing my invested portfolio from time to time but not bailing out. Good luck to you.