Gold Basics

Soon enough, robots will operate on people. Don’t worry, there’s still a human doctor overseeing the robot. In fact, Vicarious Surgical, a company that develops medical robotics just went public. It was founded by Adam Sachs, an MIT grad and alum of the 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

The man, the legend, the prohibition era gangster, Dutch Schultz. It is said that he has hidden treasure made of thousand-dollar bills, diamonds, and uncashed World War I Liberty Bonds. But the majority of it is gold bars and coins. How did he amass all that wealth?

It’s like we are on the fastlane to economic sabotage. Not that it’s entirely our fault. The pandemic caught the entire world off guard but the economic system we have in place isn’t helping. It is faulty by nature.

We have no chips. I mean, computer chips. These same chips are also used on phones, tablets, data servers, vehicles, heavy machines used in agriculture and manufacturing… basically everything we need to keep businesses running while we battle this pandemic that seems to have 9 lives. Without computer chips, our society as it is constituted today simply could not function.

Investors should be well-diversified according to billionaire investor Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates. Dalio thinks there’s an economic shift that will soon happen. He used history to explain the looming global currency threat.

We're all looking for an investment strategy that works consistently. Perhaps a valuation technique, a technical strategy, or a way to predict which funds will outperform.While investors go to great lengths to create such cleverly named strategies as "Japanese cloud" formations and "economic surprise" indicators, no methodology seems to work all the time.

The Brink's Company is an American company that provides secure logistics and cash management services. It's headquartered outside Richmond, Virginia. It’s one of the biggest in the world. They are so big that they buy other big companies.

Like any other limited natural resource, there is a finite supply of gold in the world. At some point, the world’s supply of new gold will run out. The only question is how far away that day is.