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Posted on 04/09/2025 8:17:07 AM PDT by delta7
INTRO: MONEY SYSTEMS ARE CHANGING
What if this isn’t about collapse -- but a carefully engineered shift? The old system is faltering. Something new is taking shape. And gold? It’s not being fought -- it’s being repositioned. We usually lead with charts. This time, we lead with perspective.
The data’s there — but this isn’t about making a case.
It’s a shift already in motion. You just have to look differently.
THE NARRATIVE SHIFT: SOMETHING BIG IS HAPPENING
Central banks aren’t resisting gold’s rise. They’re guiding it. Gold isn’t just a hedge. It’s becoming a cornerstone in what comes next. This isn’t chaos -- it’s control. The silence around gold’s movement isn’t oversight. It’s strategy. Share
THE GREAT WEALTH REPOSITIONING
Insiders aren’t waiting. They’re accumulating real assets while paper confidence holds. Physical gold is moving. Sovereigns are repositioning. The window to reposition is closing. Gold’s role is shifting from a relic of the past to a pillar of the future.
While the public debates policy, the central banks are stacking quietly.
Charts
50 years of noise. One signal.
THE NEW SYSTEM TAKING SHAPE
Gold may not “back” the next system, but it will anchor confidence. Whether through revaluation, digital frameworks, or hybrid models, the shift appears to be underway. The future isn’t certain, but one thing is clear -- gold matters again. This isn’t about returning to a gold standard. It’s about restoring trust in what comes next. POSITIONING FOR THE SHIFT
Navigating this transition requires a framework that goes beyond financial positioning. The right strategy accounts for multiple outcomes, not just one. This shift isn’t just about wealth -- it’s about resilience. BEYOND THE RENAISSANCE
The shift is happening, but the future remains unclear. This isn’t the end. It’s a controlled transition. Gold’s role is far from over -- but how it evolves will surprise many. While they fight, we build.
Here’s a question I don’t see discussed much.
A lot of sources encourage buying gold.
Other than some personal situations where you need cash, when do you sell your gold?
Wow, the author used a lot of words to say absolutely nothing.
Precious metals move between upper and lower bands. They will never break out the way a company like Nvidia can because companies can produce real products that are in demand and market demand grows. Their upside is unbounded.
The best thing the author wrote is “the future remains unclear.”
A bit of trivia. I live in Virginia. I was amazed to learn that until 1850 Virginia was the third largest gold production state in the USA with North Carolina and Georgia second and first respectively.
What Pictures?
Gold has historically been viewed as a safe haven asset and a store of value. However, its performance compared to equities like the S&P 500 has varied significantly over different time frames. Average Annual Return (Gold): From 1980 to 2023, gold generated an annualized return of about 3.2% before inflation and only 0.02% after adjusting for inflation.
I go with Buffett's advise for long term investment, which isn't sexy. Invest in a S&P 500 fund/etf, which reinvests its dividends.
Other than some personal situations where you need cash, when do you sell your gold?
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Gold is your storage of “ Wealth “, it can not bankrupt, go to zero, has no counter party claims, etc….PM’s are held to “ make it to the other side”, in other words, when all the paper takes a huge haircut, ( financial event) , those with the PM’s can buy up the “ deals” , foreclosures, properties, cars, boats, etc….
Paper is for spending, PM’s for Preservation.….it’s been that way for 5,000 years…
“PM’s for Preservation.….it’s been that way for 5,000 years…”
Just find a better hiding spot than you mother’s old house!
Trump has always liked gold interiors. Search out photos of his NYC home on whatever floor it is.
IATG
I look at it like this.
Suppose your mother or grandmother worked in the agricultural industry in 1970 making $1 an hour, no matter how many hours she works.
She gets paid and pays her bills. She now has $10 left over representing 10 hours of her life. It will buy her 40 gallons of gasoline.
She gets sidetracked and misplaces that $10.
You today inherit all her property and find that $10 stuck in a book. It still represents ten hours of her life but will now only buy 4 gallons of gasoline.
Had she been paid in gold in 1970, that same $10 in gold would buy her 40 gallons of gasoline today.
Ask delta7 how he lost $millions in gold he hid in his mother’s house!
In a similar example for silver - in 1964 (last year quarters were minted in silver for circulation) you could buy a gallon of gas. Today with the same amount of melt weight silver, you could buy nearly two gallons. $30.58/oz spot x90%(quarters were only 90% silver) = $27.52/4= $6.88.
Gold in USD:
1 year, 28 percent.
5 year, 77 percent.
20 year, 595 percent.
I like to stick with “ God’s money”, equal weights and measures always wins out.
Why do you keep spamming pictures of some random dude? Are you in love with him or something?
“Why do you keep spamming pictures of some random dude? “
Not a random dude.
Ask delta7.
Here is the random dude blog pimping looking to scam freepers.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4310138/posts
Eleven years in prison over a failed ponzi scheme which lost over $700,000,000 of his clients’ funds in bad trades.
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