This year, investors decisively chose precious metals such as gold to hedge against the potential erosion of paper money ...

For a long time, I have had concerns about national debts and the value of fiat currencies—and have written about how these concerns both increase the appeal of gold. Since I first expressed those ...

Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio believes sovereign gold bonds and gold certificates introduce credit risks, unlike ...

The Continentals and other paper monies only temporarily retained some value largely because of an initial promise of future ...

Inflation is caused by the growth of the money supply, and gold is a strong hedge because it rises alongside it. I realize there’s a noticeable discrepancy between the roughly 80% loss of purchasing ...

Gold continues to shine brightly, hitting new all-time highs. A confluence of factors, from central banks around the world on net reducing their U.S. dollar reserve holdings in favor of gold to ...

In the modern world, it would be almost impossible to function without having some sort of paper currency. Paper money ...

Ray Dalio speaks onstage during the 2025 TIME100 Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 23, 2025 in New York City. For a long time, I have had concerns about national debts and the value of fiat ...