Canada Has By Vote, Become Officially Communist.
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At a vote of 185 to 151, the DemoLibs of Canada have successfully made their PM TruDope a Communist Dictator by agreeing to formally vote in his “Emergency Powers”! God bless the Conservative people of Canada, and have no mercy on the Communists that have allowed Tyranny to overthrow their country. Stand tall America. Russia, Brazil, a handful of other countries, and we are all that stand against the World Economic Forum. And We Will Win.
There are pros compared to metals -- portability, divisibility, easily transactable, to name a few.
However, what the Canadian gov has shown us is the value of holding your own assets... be it physical metals and/or Bitcoin in 'cold storage'.
BTC as an investment will and has outrun the metals market. The short term volatility is nauseous to many. But look at the charts and see for yourself and use a longer term horizon.
e.g.
$100 invested in Gold/Silver 4 years ago, vs. BTC, where would you be now? $100 invested 3 years ago...
etc.
IF the goal is to horde more physical gold, then what I would do is invest in Bitcoin for a few years... then move my gains to metals.
But as you say, if the dollar isn't going to tank then why 'invest' in metals? If you want to hedge against the US Dollar then there are other ways to do that as well.