I have been, and still am, a gold and hard assets investor to, number one, hedge against global monetary inflation and
fiat currency devaluation and, number two, leverage rising demand for the metal in an environment of low market confidence.
Not exact matches
To do so would either create massive hyperinflation (
devaluation) of our current
fiat currency, massive swings (politically rather than market driven) in the price of the metal, or create such a high conversion rate as to be nearly meaningless.
(1) What is the risk that the
fiat currency in use in my nation will experience a further rapid
devaluation event, and do I have too great of a percentage of my savings in this
currency?
Even with the rapid
devaluation in purchasing power of literally dozens of Central Banking
fiat currencies worldwide in the past decade, billions of people still cling to the «It Can't Happen to Me» syndrome.
When I wrote an article detailing the best reason to own physical gold and silver in coming years, and in that article, detailed recent strong
devaluations of global
fiat currencies, including the crash of the Russian ruble in recent times, someone sent us an email, in response to that article, that effectively stated, «I'm Russian, and the ruble never crashed, you idiot.»
Do you think the petro can actually help stabilize the national
fiat currency of Venezuela or it will simply increase its
devaluation?
Today, due to concerns about the
devaluation of
fiat currency, and given gold's track record as an investment «safe haven,» investors are once again turning to gold.
According to BI, Shvetz argued that investors should consider integrating cryptocurrencies into their portfolio strategies, describing them as a hedge against the
devaluation of
fiat currencies like the dollar.