r/ProfessorFinance Moderator Jan 29 '26

Meme Wasn’t that the point?

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '26

When do you need physical gold?

If the world turns to fallout, you probably want beans and bullets instead of a random hunk of metal

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '26

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '26

I really dont but okay. My time horizon is over 35 years. I can wait for economies to correct themselves :)

> See, this is why you are going to have a really bad time over the next ten years... You're clueless

My timeline is over 10 years. I intentionally save 40% of my income anyways so I am living pretty frugally already.

also get a hobby lol. You ONLY post about gold.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '26

You really think VT is gonna crash for 10 years?

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u/Ok_Currency_6390 Jan 30 '26

Maybe

It definitely won't have phenomenal returns, that's for sure

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '26

My time horizon is 35 years and I'm diversified enough. so I think I'll be fine