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30 August 2018 | 62 replies
Cash is the most liquid form of currency there is, and the best tool to have when purchasing power goes up.
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28 March 2014 | 3 replies
However, several years ago, last time I checked, in 2009, some banks likes HSBC, Standard Chartered has loans that allowed you to buy investment real estate in the US with very favorable interests rates, but the problem being of course that you had to play the currency exchange game.
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15 April 2021 | 4 replies
Sorry to pitch my new best friend, but cryptocurrency does not have the same issue.
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16 January 2024 | 104 replies
Boy, sound almost as bad as a crypto bro telling people how "they just don't understand blockchain", etc.
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21 February 2016 | 8 replies
The value of gold doesn't really change much, just the amount of dollars it takes to own some which is more a reflection of the value of the currency than the value of the gold.
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16 June 2018 | 13 replies
Seems like a stable investment and a nice way to diversify geography and currency risk.Bumping this thread for further discussion.
13 October 2017 | 5 replies
I also have $0 in crypto right now which I am seriously thinking about building a smallish portfolio of BTC and altcoins with a pretty even alloation.
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19 September 2012 | 42 replies
Increased money supply and currency debasement should mean property value is going up.
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27 June 2010 | 38 replies
Cheap currency is here to stay in all of the developed countries because of our massive entitlement beast that cannot be slayed.
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25 November 2010 | 8 replies
They are now calling for the dollar to be removed as the world standard for valuating currency.