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Lens #014 - Why your savings are losing 10% a year (not 3 anymore)
The government reports a number every month and most people treat it as the truth. 2.8%, 3%, whatever it happens to be that quarter. Meanwhile the dollar itself is losing value at a completely different rate, and the gap between those two figures is where your savings are going.
In this one I break down the difference between inflation and debasement, and why only one of them tells you what your money is actually worth.
Gold near $4,900, Bitcoin at $72,000, silver at $77. Those moves are telling you something about the dollar that the reported figures are not.
I also walk through the three…
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