Dispelling a dangerous rumor…

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Dear Subscriber, I wanted to come to you today to dispel a rumor that many people in the financial community have been leading you to believe since the 70’s. Unfortunately this fallacy has negatively impacted so many people already… and could lead to further serious financial consequences in the very near future, if proper actions aren’t taken. I’m talking about gold. It’s likely that some of you have the yellow metal stored away for safe-keeping for sentimental reasons… but many of you also keep it around as a crisis hedge in case the dollar tanks or the bottom drops out of the economy... The latter group may want to think again, because here are the facts… While gold bubbled up along with most other commodities during the boom in the early 2000s, during the financial meltdown in 2008 it fell 33%! And at the same time the dollar surged up 27%!  In fact, the only two things that held their value in the last crash were the U.S. dollar and U.S. Treasuries. You tell me what really would have been the safer hedge here! Unlike many stocks, bonds and investment trusts, gold produces no income for its investors and no real returns when adjusted for long term inflation. This indictment on the yellow gold doesn’t even include where I see the prices going in the near term either... Read all about it right here… and find out what you should be doing with your hard-earned money instead in preparation for the next downturn, which could be much worse than 2008. Don’t put this off, you’re going to want to read this right now! Sincerely, Harry Dent Founder, Dent Research

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