Charts!

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Historical USD chart

Historical Gold chart

Historical Bitcoin chart

S&P 500 chart

Relativity is hard to get our heads around. While we've been focusing on rising asset values (property, shares, Bitcoin etc.), I wonder if we've missed the other story here. Part of the return you get from investments, is a form of compensation for the fact your purchasing power fades over time. 

Sadly, inflation robs those who believe in the power of savings, and transfers wealth to those who take risk. Often those who take risk (hopefully), have a longer investing timeframe. Here, you can see the transfer of wealth from one generation to the next through the conduit of inflation. I think it's interesting anyway!

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