Here’s a not-so-fun fact: If you’ve been holding dollars for the past 25 years, you’ve lost almost half your purchasing power. A strategic allocation to gold — through bullion, ETFs, or miners — can help you stay ahead of the erosion. The iShares Gold Trust (IAU) is one option, suggests Sean Brodrick, editor at Weiss Ratings Daily.
The Fed’s own FRED database shows it: The greenback has dropped about 46.5% since the late 1990s. Gold, on the other hand, has been a rocket. Over the same time frame, gold has blasted higher by more than 1,052
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That’s not a typo. While your dollars wilted, gold went vertical. Every trip to the grocery store or gas pump proves the point. The dollar buys less and less. That’s why a $1 bill today won’t even buy you a candy bar. Inflation is the silent tax on savers, quietly stripping away wealth year after year.
What’s hammering the dollar?
Monetary Policy: The Federal Reserve’s policies, such as quantitative easing and low interest rates, have increased the money supply, contributing to inflation. Since 2000, expansive monetary policies, especially after the 2008 Great Financial Crisis and during the Covid-19 pandemic, injected trillions into the economy, diluting the dollar’s value.
Fiscal Policy: The US national debt has grown from $5.6 trillion in 2000 to over $36.2 trillion in 2025.
More recently, President Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and the 2025 “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” added to concerns about debt sustainability.
Fed Crisis: Threats to Fed independence further undermined investor confidence and are an ongoing and increasing threat to the US dollar. For example, a single comment by Trump about dismissing the Fed chair on July 16 caused a 1.2% drop in the dollar within an hour.
As the dollar goes lower, gold, which is priced in dollars, tends to go higher. You don’t need a vault in Switzerland to protect yourself. Funds like the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) or IAU track the gold price and are easy to buy or sell through any brokerage account.
So, what are you waiting for now? The dollar should continue to crumble. Your golden rocket awaits on the launch pad.
