Goldfinger Was Right: Why Bonds Can No Longer Protect You

When the rules change, bonds fail and gold becomes the only real safeguard.

You do not need a financial crisis for the system to fail. You only need enough people to stop believing in the safety of bonds.

We all remember the film Goldfinger. Bond had charm, gadgets, and nerves of steel, yet he was helpless against one thing: Goldfinger’s plan to irradiate Fort Knox. Bond’s skill could only delay the inevitable. That same princip…