Shock Therapy: Trump Trauma or Trump Tantrum?
Either way, don't sell your gold.
This Stack was recorded on Sunday afternoon, April 6, 2025, following last week’s vicious stock market sell-off.
As usual you can enjoy this 40-minute recording at 1.25x because I tend to speak rather slowly. In my recorded presentation, I forgot to show you the slide on the S&P500 index, so here it is:
Enclosed is an information-rich PDF transcript with added links and notes in case you want to dig into some of the issues raised.
FInally, here is Ben Nadelstein’s excellent six-minute video on how earning a yield on gold, paid in gold, is a game-changer:
Thanks for listening or reading! Your comments are always welcome.
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HardmoneyJim, April 6, 2025
Jim, thank you for the great podcast. And more importantly for all of the prescient advice you've given since I started talking with you about finances at the inception of Covid. One question... My hunch is many of your listeners already own gold. I'd be curious whether your thoughts on what portion of the portfolio to allocate have changed. And as always, I am curious to here your thoughts both with respect to percentage of the "financial portfolio" (stocks, bonds, cash, etc.) and relative to total net worth. Thank you!
Thanks for the insights.
Question on owning gold: How is gold taxed when sold, or gains from owning at Monetary Metals?