Another Gilded Age

“It was the age of confidence. Arrogance was epidemic.” [Unsubscribe]( [Wiggin Sessions] September 03, 2022 Another Gilded Age “It was the age of confidence. Arrogance was epidemic.” — David Laskin [Addison Wiggin]Dear Reader, Take a quick look at this week’s meandering discussion of the The Great Dollar Standard Era featuring Jim Rickards, author of Currency Wars, below. You may also enjoy our thoughts on gold and Jeff Bezos. Or, at least, not take umbrage with them. See below… cheers, Addison --------------------------------------------------------------- 29 August 2022 [Inside the Global Liquidity Crisis]( [Click here to learn more]( The stock market didn’t like Powell’s speech on Friday. And it sure hasn’t recovered today. Uncertainty abounds. I sat down with Jim Rickards to talk about how we devolved into this monetary mess the week leading up to the Fed Chair’s Jackson Hole address. In our Session, Jim romped with acumen through monetary history from 1815 to 1974 claiming, “History does not repeat, but it often rhymes.” [Click here to watch now...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 30 August 2022 [The Sun Also Rises]( [Click here to learn more]( In the Roaring 20s – not these ones, but back then, in the 20th century – American literature came to represent a grandeur and pomposity that exemplified wealth and extravagance. A gilded age, encrusted in gold, looked back on with delight… and delirium. Mind you, the world had just fought a ghastly, pervacious war… So when the likes of Hemingway and Fitzgerald and Gertrude Stein gallivanted about Europe, talking art and espresso and love in the evening-time… they were dancing on a wasted land. [Continue reading…]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 31 August 2022 [Everyone & Their Mother]( [Click here to learn more]( People often brandish gold as the #1 hedge against inflation and deflation… But the chart below shows that gold’s price year-over-year has very little correlation with CPI data. Translation: It’s more complicated than a simple hedge. Rather, we buy gold as insurance, not as a speculation. “The goal is a rising cork in an inflationary market,” Piepenburg concludes. “It'll certainly get the last laugh.” [Continue reading…]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 2 September 2022 [Middle Earth Enterprises]( [Click here to learn more]( I keep my family’s stash in a vault in Salt Lake City, Utah through HAA. We’ve set up a drip system for each of the kids to relay a steady $25-$50 into the account every month. HAA makes the plays for us, buying up when they think it's the right time. Each of the three kids has a small stash of gold and silver hidden under the desert. (You can check out HAA’s MetalStream ™ program by clicking [here]( Buying the bullion itself and storing it somewhere is a completely separate investment strategy than buying gold mining securities. So I’d say that those market plays might actually be hogwash, like you say. [Continue reading…]( Follow your bliss, [Addison Wiggin] Addison Wiggin Founder, The Wiggin Sessions P.S. Jim Rickards strikes again… [Click here to learn more]( That’s one frightening, fascist photo of… oh, wait, that’s our current president, Joe Biden. He seems angry about something. And you have to wonder, what PR firm chose the devilish red background for this event? Aren’t they trying to win the midterm elections? Maybe they aren’t. --------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by Hard Assets Alliance How to prep for food shortages. [Click here](. 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