When you give your money to a bank, you lose control.
When you take out a loan, you lose a great deal more control.
When your debts add up, and you suddenly find yourself struggling to repay them, the banks own your life.
Watch this clip from the movie, The International.
Job one, clearly, is to reduce or eliminate one’s debt.
Job two, is to secure a proportion of your wealth outside of the banking industry altogether.
And that’s where gold comes in – physical gold, in the form of coins or bars.
When you own physical gold, you are holding wealth that is yours and yours alone. It’s a not a promise or a piece of paper. It’s there, in the palm of your hand.
When you hold wealth in the form of gold, you retain control.
This is the purpose of owning gold. Not as an investment. Not as an item to trade.
Its purpose is to give you control over your wealth and your life.