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“It has always been this way because gold IS the yardstick… and yardsticks by definition do not change!”

Gold Isn’t Going Up—Your Money is Just Losing Value

Whenever gold rises and I get excited as a gold investor, I’m often met with the familiar refrain: “Gold isn’t really going up—the dollar is just losing value.” I used to brush that off as a cliché or a semantics game, and honestly, it annoyed me. But eventually, I decided to dig deeper. I started analyzing the data visually—my favorite way to learn—and that’s when it really clicked: they were right. Gold wasn’t so much soaring as fiat or paper currencies were quietly eroding. Since then, I’ve made it a mission to help others see this clearly too—through compelling charts that drive the point home. And that’s exactly what I’m going to show you today.

Let’s start with a clear visual: the chart below shows gold’s performance since 2007 in several major world currencies: the U.S. dollar, euro, British pound, Swiss franc, Canadian dollar, Japanese yen, and Australian dollar. 

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