The golden constant
by Roy W. Jastram · first published 1977
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…deal with unexpected inflation: * https://www.nber.org/papers/w18706 * https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3667789 * https://www.pwlcapital.com/will-gold-save-the-day/ See also The Golden Constant: The English and American Experience, 1560-1976 by Roy William Jastram: * https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3267510-the-golden-const... * PDF: http://csinvesting.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/RoyJastram...
on “BRICS gold-backed currency coming in August” ↗…well during times of intense inflation, it does very well. No, it does not: * https://www.nber.org/papers/w18706 * https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3667789 From Roy Jastram's The Golden Constant: The English and American Experience 1560 to 1976: > Andre Sharon, head of the international research department at Drexel Burnham, Inc., notes, “the value of gold essentially derives from its capacity…
on “Harry Browne’s 17 Golden Rules of Financial Safety (2013)” ↗…asset to keep in place of cash. It is not a good hedge against inflation: * https://www.nber.org/papers/w18706 * https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3667789 From Roy Jastram's The Golden Constant: The English and American Experience 1560 to 1976: > Andre Sharon, head of the international research department at Drexel Burnham, Inc., notes, “the value of gold essentially derives from its capacity…
on “Harry Browne’s 17 Golden Rules of Financial Safety (2013)” ↗…it's value through time. Papers have been written on how it does not: * https://www.nber.org/papers/w18706 * https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3667789 See also Roy Jastram's The Golden Constant: The English and American Experience 1560 to 1976 on how it's no good against infaltion: > Andre Sharon, head of the international research department at Drexel Burnham, Inc., notes, “the value of gold…
on “Spain’s Lessons for American Decline” ↗…https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/08/why-the... Is not an hedge against inflation: * https://www.nber.org/papers/w18706 * https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3667789 even over the long-term, per Roy Jastram's The Golden Constant: The English and American Experience 1560 to 1976: > Andre Sharon, head of the international research department at Drexel Burnham, Inc., notes, “the value of gold essentially derives from its capacity…
on “Most investments are bad. Here's why” ↗…https://www.macrotrends.net/1333/historical-gold-prices-100-... Papers have been written on how it does not hedge inflation: * https://www.nber.org/papers/w18706 * https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3667789 See also Roy Jastram's The Golden Constant: The English and American Experience 1560 to 1976: > Andre Sharon, head of the international research department at Drexel Burnham, Inc., notes, “the value of gold essentially derives from its capacity…
on “Ask HN: Predictions for 2025?” ↗…later standards. Less than 1% of what was to be 1930 world production was produced in each of the years from 1500 to 1520." Over the next 80 years, it never got much above 1.3%. [0] Roy W. Jastram, The Golden Constant (1977), pg. 41.
on “What happened to all the gold Spain got from the New World? (1985)” ↗