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Re:Federal Reserve balance sheet trends by xiphias2 on Thursday April 23, 2020 @01:41PM (#22958599)
Sure, you're both right, I didn't really explain why I think it's we're in the part of the business cycle where gold performs better.

As these cycles take a long time, it's better to look at long term charts, like this:

https://www.macrotrends.net/1378/dow-to-gold-ratio-100-year-...

Gold is an asset that was able to keep its value for 5000 years (unlike fiat currencies), and it has to be mined, it can't just be created in an excel spreadsheet in the FED. If you put these things together, it makes sense, that having a new high every few years is normal (just like with stocks).

Gold performs well in highly inflationary environments, so the question is whether the FED stops printing money, or it will just print much more than it did recently (about 4T). To me it looks like it just has gotten started.

Re:Federal Reserve balance sheet trends by kyuudou on Friday April 24, 2020 @12:32PM (#22969907)
Also important to consider what it's being valued in. The USD index is based on a basket of several other currencies, for example. Finding an objective comparison point to determine what is pegged to Things of Real Value to Most Humans is multivariable to say the least. Gold seems to be more stable over the long-term with regards to things like houses, suits, food staples and such.