The dollar’s decline against gold is seen as a durable trend with no limit, indicating potential for significant long-term gold price appreciation.
Rising gold prices, driven by futures and leverage, may signal deteriorating economic conditions despite short-term profits for traders.
Central banks in the Middle East, including Iran and Saudi Arabia, are actively buying gold, while retail demand remains strong in the region.
Tariffs and trade wars could lead to a stronger dollar as foreign debtors struggle to obtain dollars, potentially increasing geopolitical demand for gold.
Gold serves as a non-banking system liability and store of value during crises, unlike traditional currencies vulnerable to banking collapses.
Gold is viewed as a safe haven in countries with currency instability like India, Russia, Brazil, and Turkey, protecting against currency destruction and inflation.
Systemic banking risks, capital controls, and the potential for Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) to trap people in the system are driving factors for gold investment.
Banks are increasingly required to perform Know Your Transaction (KYT) checks, scrutinizing the source and purpose of each transaction, creating an endless cycle of compliance.
CBDCs could enable governments to impose negative interest rates on digital cash, making it impossible to opt out of value depreciation.
Gold ownership offers privacy and an escape from growing surveillance and control of banks, as it is difficult to perform anti-money laundering (AML) or Know Your Customer (KYC) checks on gold transactions.
A perfect storm for a gold bull market is emerging, driven by banking instability, rising interest rates, and potential for negative real yields on CBDCs, enhancing gold’s attractiveness as a safe haven asset.
Tariffs can trigger a worldwide trade war, leading to a great reduction in international trade with potentially devastating historical consequences.
Presidential rule-making uncertainty causes investors to “hang on to their money”, as evidenced during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
While Trump’s tariffs may be a short-term policy, extending them for four years could lead to economic stagnation, reflected in recent stock market downturns.
The “FDR approach” of experimenting with policies is reasonable within established rules, but becomes problematic when the policymaker is simultaneously creating the rules.
Paid protests are orchestrated by 24 organizations, using funds from programs like AIDS care for homeless to bribe protesters and maintain funding flows, particularly against budget cuts.
The Federal Reserve’s unlimited money printing enables widespread government corruption, funding fake protests, wasteful programs like USAID, and creating economic instability.
BLM riots were funded by US aid to NGOs, who paid protesters to manufacture public sentiment, with media companies participating in the scheme.
Public choice economics reveals government bureaucrats are as corrupt as the worst businessmen, using coercion and jail threats to amplify corruption.
Fractional reserve banking is responsible for 75% of inflation, boom-bust cycles, and government growth, while Bitcoin’s full reserve model could reform the banking system.
Each regulation is estimated to kill 138 jobs according to a Mercatus study, suggesting deregulation could significantly boost economic growth.
Bitcoin’s superior transaction speed, cost, and security make it a better store of value than gold, with potential to reach a market cap 2-3 times that of gold.
The banking industry’s response to Bitcoin, including custody and buy/sell services, will be major drivers of Bitcoin’s price increase in the coming years.
Dual collateralized loans using Bitcoin and real estate equity could deflate the monetary premium in housing and redirect trillions into Bitcoin.
Gen Z is more right-wing than Gen X at the same age, with COVID-19 lockdowns and Zoom classes serving as radicalizing experiences.
Universities, funded by $200B/year from the federal government and sitting on $1T in endowments, act as a state religion justifying government action.
60-70% of Fortune 500 CEOs, predominantly Republican, remain silent on issues like BLM due to intimidation and fear of deep state regulators.
Elon Musk’s understanding of Austrian economics, central banking, and government corruption is potentially influenced by his upbringing in South Africa under ANC communist policies.
Chinese Bitcoin miners quickly relocated worldwide, including to the US, demonstrating that profit motive drives companies regardless of nationalism.
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