By Tehmaas S. Gorimaar
To simply follow the silver price without trying to understand the extreme stress in the global paper currency system today would be folly.
Since August 15, 1971, when Nixon closed the gold window, the world has been floating on a sea of fiat currencies, supported only by its one reserve currency, the U.S. dollar, which is nothing more than an I.O.U.
During the days of the true gold standard, a country was required to disgorge its gold reserves if it ran consistent trade deficits. Of course, these days, in the absence of the gold standard, countries have been at liberty to print as much currency as they deem fit.
This has led to a scenario of competitive devaluations. We are now at a point where the smart money is losing its faith in this paper currency system, and is viewing it as a giant, Ponzi scheme, the likes of which the world has never witnessed before.
The U.S. dollar has abused its privileged status as the reserve currency via extremes in fiscal and monetary policy. We are now at a breaking point. Make no mistake about that. To protect itself, real wealth is starting to abandon the paper Ponzi system in earnest. Smart investors are accumulating real money, namely, gold and silver. LINK...
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