Sentences with phrase «arguments about gold»

One could make similar arguments about gold coins or diamonds having a special allure for criminals trying to move their money out of the law's reach.

Admittedly, one could make the same argument about gold, but gold has been widely accepted by humankind as a thing of value for more than two - and - a-half thousand years — compared to less than a decade for bitcoin.

Admittedly, one could make the same argument about gold, but gold has been widely accepted by humankind as a thing of value for more than two - and - a-half thousand years — compared to less than a decade for bitcoin.»

Not exact matches

Analysts who retain sympathy for the gold standard, like self - confessed «gold bug» John Mauldin, have always understood that the main argument in favor of gold is that it imposes an unbreakable trade and capital flow discipline — indeed that is also the main argument against gold — but many of them have tended to de-emphasize reserve currency economics mainly, I think, because this particular problem is to them subsumed under their more general concerns about money.

When I last wrote about gold, I discussed the argument for gold as a potential hedge against volatility.

An argument can be made that Bitcoin will eventually catch gold at about $ 250,000 - $ 500,000 per coin.