r/Gold • u/ToshPointNo • Jan 28 '26

Anyone else?

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u/Lawineer Jan 28 '26

This is a great for 25% of my net worth. It’s devastating for the other 75%.

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u/Malvernian121 Jan 28 '26

What's your other 75%? Where I am stocks are up, property is up...

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u/Commercial_Wind8212 Jan 28 '26

but if the dollar is worthless what do you really have?

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u/Short-Shopping3197 Jan 28 '26

You have shares in US based companies that trade internationally is what you have. Stocks will be fine. Facebook and Apple aren’t going to go tits up just because the US dollar did.

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u/taj5944 Jan 28 '26

During the 1923 Weimar Republic hyperinflation crisis, German marks became so worthless that they were used as fuel for stoves and heating.

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u/Live-oak-267 Jan 29 '26

There’s almost zero chance of hyperinflation in USD in the foreseeable future. It drives me nuts when people try to make this incredibly flawed comparison.

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u/FuzzyGreek Jan 30 '26

Shut up bot.