{"id":34018,"date":"2020-03-18T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/?p=34018"},"modified":"2020-06-03T03:28:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T07:28:10","slug":"getting-into-gold-part-3-why-is-gold-important-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/blog\/getting-into-gold-part-3-why-is-gold-important-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting into Gold Part 3: Why is Gold Important Now?"},"content":{"rendered":"
This past year, the incredible bull run in stocks continued. The stock bull has been running for over a decade now \u2013 since the Financial Crisis of 2008-2009. And, until recently, the Dow, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq were all making new all-time highs virtually every day. Those who have been invested in equities have done well.<\/span><\/p>\n If you missed Part 1 & 2 in this series, Getting into Gold Part 1: Why Should I Buy Gold?<\/a> you can read it here and here Getting into Gold Part 2: How Do I Buy Gold?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n So, you would probably guess that equities have been the best-performing assets of this century.<\/span><\/p>\n Not so fast\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n Gold and silver performed extremely well during their last 10-year bull market \u2013 gains of 650% for gold and 1,000% for silver. Most investors never saw returns like that with dividend stocks. Yet, when asked if they would consider adding a small allocation of gold and silver to their portfolio, most would say they had no interest in precious metals whatsoever.<\/span><\/p>\n Even introduced to staggering returns, they won\u2019t consider it. Nowhere has the media bias in favor of traditional paper stocks and bonds been as evident as these conversations.<\/span><\/p>\n The media has effectively convinced investors that precious metals are risky, do not appreciate, and are way too complicated to even consider owning. Of course, banks and brokerages have paid the media well over the years, through lucrative ad campaigns, to get that message out.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Considering the effectiveness of the brain-washing, those ad campaigns may actually be the first documented instances of \u201cfake news.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n When you look at the numbers, you get a slightly different picture.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nMedia Bias<\/b><\/h2>\n
Numbers Don\u2019t Lie<\/b><\/h2>\n