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hdgvhicvyesterday at 9:14 AM1 replyview on HN

So you’d be far worse off if you had put your savings in gold than in fiat currency based investments

Barely keeping up with inflation is not the win you think it is.


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AnimalMuppetyesterday at 11:59 AM

For certain periods of time, not losing to inflation is a major win. The more people think that we're headed into such a period, the more they reach for gold.