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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Invest In Gold During Periods of Inflation

By Garrett Strong

Many are turning to gold in these times of inflation and economic uncertainty. Gold hedges your money from the risk of inflation. If you assume that gold is just a piece of pretty metal that people strap on their bodies, then you are sorely mistaken.


Gold has been money for over 6,000 years. Gold and silver were the first forms of real money that met the requirements of sound money. Plato and Aristotle spoke of sound money to be


1. The ability to be durable. It must stand the test of time and not wither.

2. The ability to be portable. Good money needs to hold value in a small space.

3. The ability to be divisible. Real money should have the ability to be divided evenly and still hold its value. Also known as fungibility. Diamnonds are not fungible because each diamond has it's own value.


4. It must hold a rare value or quality.


Those four requirments are important because Plato and Aristotle knew something that most people today are not aware of. Our paper dollar, and all paper money for that matter, do not meet any of the requirements of sound money.

Paper is paper. It can be made on the spot and printed at will. Paper is neither rare or durable. The trust that we put into paper is the only thing giving it value at this point.

A piece of paper with ink stamped on it is essentially what our dollar bill is. That's all. If someone gave you some a sheet of paper to wash their car, it is the same thing as receiving a paper dollar. Ink is the only thing making a difference. Both are paper.

If someone gave you some oil, copper, silver, or gold in exchange for a pack of gum, then the transaction makes sense. Those are real assets. Someone's hard work and time went into producing those assets, so they hold a real value.

Our dollars become more worthless every day as our government prints dollars out of existence. A dollar collapse is happening in plain sight, yet few will recongnize the signs before it is too late. Gold and silver were used as the first real currency for this very reason. Gold and silver cannot be mass produced at will.


Gold and silver exploration companies have to survey and drill sites, and then they must mine the ore out of the ground. All of this takes energy and time. Only until relatively recently have governments used paper money as currency. It is important to not that there have been hundreds of paper currencies in history, and they all effectively went to zero.

Gold and silver coins are the only way to protect yourself from rising inflation. While paper money falls in value, gold will continue to soar higher.

Gold is in the middle of a 20 year bull market, and the dollar will continue to plummet. The most recent gold high is around $1,100/ounce. Inflation means that people will flock to gold. Why do they do this? Gold cannot be printed or inflated. What does that even mean?

Pretend you are inflating a balloon. The balloon gets so big that it sometimes bursts. Our government is inflating our dollars in much the same way. Our government is putting massive amounts of money into circulation. When you have more and more dollars chasing the same level of goods, you have inflation.

If you print more money then you have inflation, but inflation does not mean higher prices. Higher prices are the result of inflating the money supply. Basically, you should be diversifying out of dollars as soon as possible.

Gold, silver, gold bullion, silver bullion, and mining stocks should be in your investment portfolio right now. China, India, and Arab nations are currently getting out of dollars and into gold. Is it time for you to do the same?


God bless. - 23305

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