wood for sheep?
This post feels like it's sponsored by the World Gold Council to encourage people to buy gold.
this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2024
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Gold prices must be high
Fucking big gold
Ignores that common folk can neither buy at spot nor sell at spot.
Memes from the alternate universe where we still use the gold standard
wood for sheep?
I almost missed this.
I'll just quote myself from my last game where I had a monopoly on the sheep...
YOU DARE COME TO THE MASTER SHEPHERD WITHOUT A TITHE IN HAND?
This is Catan meme? Because there's no gold in Catan, or im confusing it with other game.
The title is "gold for house" and the body is "wood for sheep" implying they are a similar type of trade, not implying both are from Catan.
Neither "gold" nor "house" exist in Catan.
They'd actually also be very likely to get you targeted by thieves as well. Even if you tried to keep quiet about them, there would be an entire chain of custody which would be required inform when such a large quantity of gold bullion where sold or bought, as well as their transportation and the transportation's insurance, if you don't get scammed in the process.
In 1920, the average price of gold per troy ounce was $20.68USD[26.2 kB pdf]; 1 Kilogram = 32.15075 Troy ounces. Average house price in the 1920's was $6,296.
$20.68 USD * 32.15075 oz t = $664.87751 USD * 10 = $6648.7751 USD
In 2023, the average price of gold per oz t was $1,940.54 and the average home price was $495,100.
$1,940.54 USD * 32.15075 oz t = $62,389.81641 USD * 10 = $623,898.1641 USD
This meme is credible, excepting errors in my assumption that 1 kilogram of gold is equivalent to 1 kilogram of common material.
At the same time, it picks and chooses its dates. Gold has been volatile, with the price oscillating between $2,100 USD in 1980, $470 USD in 2001, and back up to $2,200 USD in 2011.
The meme may be true, but it is less meaningful than you might assume at first glance. The obvious comparison is those memes comparing wages or dollar values with house prices, where obviously inflation has made a huge difference in 100 years. However, you should compare it to other types of investment, so does a stock index grow as fast as home prices or not?
Gold has no intrinsic value to me I wonder if as the boomers start to die off if it will start losing some form of value
Well, it has value to people who make electronics, and that industry is still growing. So, not likely.
Unlikely. Part of why gold is so valuable is its inertness. It doesn’t corrode or rust, which makes it great for electronics.
It has some intrinsic value because it's a metal with a variety of applications. It just doesn't have nearly enough intrinsic value to justify its price.
For example, plating memory contacts and latinum
Rule of Acquisition number 102: Nature decays, but latinum lasts forever
We're gonna need a ton of it for all the space shit we're starting to do again.
Multiple tons.