Simple economics: When SUPPLY exceeds DEMAND, prices can and will fall - the exact opposite happens when DEMAND exceeds SUPPLY, prices can and will rise, period!!
If you take a closer look at what we call MONEY, a Federal Reserve paper One Dollar Bill, Five Dollar Bill, Ten Dollar Bill, Twenty Dollar Bill, Fifty Dollar Bill or a Hundred Dollar Bill you will notice the basic differences are really only the stamped symbol numerical value placed on them stating they have x value as a medium of exchange. The reality is they are merely pieces of paper (a cotton linen fiber to be exact) that have been issued by government decree (fiat).
This concept, under any government control, has no limits (infinity) in terms of the SUPPLY of them being created (out of thin air) by the printing press and placed in the market place with whatever stated Dollar values symbols placed on each one of them. As this SUPPLY of money grows larger and larger (unlimited and unchecked), the value of that money must go closer to its real value which is ZERO (they will become worthless) and this has happened over and over throughout the history of mankind. Likewise, all dollar backed denominated financial assets (stocks, bonds, CD's, etc.) most likely will also approach this value of zero (YOU LOSE to inflation).
If however, you invest or switch your hard earned paper dollar money into a limited supply of tangible assets, such as GOLD, SILVER, REAL ESTATE and ENERGY you may maintain a standard of living that you may have become accustomed to over your life to this point (at least you will tread water and not drown). Tangible Assets have a value that is independent of the supply of paper money, and as the purchasing power of financial paper backed assets nears zero, then the value of tangible REAL assets goes in a reverse (exact opposite) pattern maintaining their value due to the inflation and thus you get the greater benefits of buying tangible assets as a hedge.
If you do invest in tangible assets my preferences are GOLD and SILVER! My opinion is to buy and take physical possession of them for the ultimate safety, because what you have in hand you actually own and control (don't let someone else hold your precious metals for you - period). They have been used for over 5000 years as the real money of last resort by mankind (outside governmental forced controls) all over the world and are easily bought and sold on a daily basis between people.
GOT GOLD and SILVER ? If not, get some - protect your hard earned money!
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