/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>30261885
>there's a problem, though, because this thread is touching on issues that span too large a time frame
No. When we are in a bubble, the economy is weak even if the valuation are high. The economy doesn't die when a bubble pops, it was already dead.

>>30236690
>>30236618
All financial instruments experience short term pain as its the current owners of those financial instruments are also owners of massive debt liabilities. Then they spike as those debts either default or hyperinflate.
The only way gold does bad is if the economy is actually healthy, which it clearly isn't.
>>30236699
Yes. In fact, even further, 2008's crash never ended. It's only kept getting worse. Picrel. We are also in double digit percentages in both unemployment and rent/mortgage deliquency.