Real, physical gold is a rare and intrinsically valuable asset that’s served as the foundation for economies, currencies, and empires for thousands of years.
For this reason, gold is considered a lasting store of value... not a trade.
Gold is an asset that is yours and yours alone. It can be liquidated or delivered to you anytime because it's not simultaneously someone else's liability.
For example, when you put currency into a savings account that deposit is lent out elsewhere by the bank and is owed back to you, a liability the bank must be able to make good on.
Gold on the other hand, is the ultimate hedge...
The one asset that can endure crises, conflict and crashes.
It is also indestructible. Gold can't be destroyed by fire and it does not corrode, rust, or tarnish.
This is why every government and central bank on the planet owns as much physical gold as they can and locks it in a bunker...
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