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Higher treasury yields are typically bearish for gold because gold is a "zero-yield" asset.
Unlike bonds, gold does not pay interest which means the only return you can get is from price appreciation.
Interestingly, since 2008, gold has outperformed global govt bonds by 160%.
This Has NEVER Happened...
@KobeissiLetter on Twitter
Can you see how all it takes is one event in our lives to completely reshape the landscape of our priorities? At that point, we don’t have time to “do more research”—we need to already have done that research through our reading and notetaking.
The PARA Method
Tiago Forte
The solution to the atomization curse that both gives us significantly more time back, and makes us much happier, is to seek to reintegrate these various foci of life as much as possible. How do you turn food back into a rich, multivariate experience with friends, fun, exploration, and relaxation? How do you blend socialization and exercise and community? How do you spend less time having shallower atomized relationships through a screen, and more time having rich in-person relationships where you get the full experience of other people?
De-Atomization is the Secret to Happiness
Nat Eliason
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