06/02/2026
In 1968, $1,000 bought 28.57 ounces of gold.
Today, that same $1,000 buys barely 0.22 ounces.
To buy those original 28.57 ounces back now would cost roughly $125,000–$130,000 depending on the daily gold price. Gold is currently trading near $4,400–$4,500 per ounce.
That is not gold “going up.”
That is the long-term erosion of purchasing power.
Since the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in 1971, the U.S. dollar has lost over 99% of its value when measured against gold.
Yet most people still view gold as volatile while assuming fiat currencies remain stable.
Meanwhile, physical bullion continues migrating from Western financial centres toward Asia as central banks, sovereign wealth funds, and private buyers steadily exchange paper reserves for hard assets with no counterparty risk.
At the same time, North American portfolio exposure to precious metals remains historically tiny relative to total financial assets, leaving most capital fully dependent on the purchasing power of the currency itself.
Slowly at first.
Then all at once.
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