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>>49748605
>Checked and don't mess with options anon.

Sheeeit.
If you would have bet with one year option spreads on what the Fed has been doing since 2008 you could have doubled or quadrupled your bankroll every year.

>>49740209
So the nature of the item that represents the purchasing power is irrelevant. The important part is the purchasing power itself. There is the issue of retention of purchasing power over time though. Gold is medium which has an established track record at doing this, no doubt. But it is dramatically underperforming vs USD lately. It should have commensuratly increased in purchasing power relative to the expansion of the money supply in the past couple of years. It has not.