Anyone who exchanges real assets for Federal Reserve notes is getting the worst end of the deal. If you exchanged Federal Reserve notes for real assets on the other hand, you made out like a bandit, no matter what you paid.
I suggest you ignore the "exchange rate" unless you have some Federal Reserve notes you want to get rid of. It is only in watching their little fraudulent numbers that you feel like you have "lost." That is a scam, designed specifically to make you feel that way. Don't fall for it.
Unless you have sold, you haven't lost anything.
Anyone who exchanges real assets for Federal Reserve notes is getting the worst end of the deal. If you exchanged Federal Reserve notes for real assets on the other hand, you made out like a bandit, no matter what you paid.
I suggest you ignore the "exchange rate" unless you have some Federal Reserve notes you want to get rid of. It is only in watching their little fraudulent numbers that you feel like you have "lost." That is a scam, designed specifically to make you feel that way. Don't fall for it.
Buy and Hold. That is all you need to do.