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Swede

(37,607 posts) Mon Oct 6, 2025, 01:02 PM Oct 6

Gold blazes through ,900/oz to new records as investors flee uncertainty reut.rs/46OYvvX
— Reuters (@reuters.com) 2025-10-06T16:25:11Z

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Gold blazes through $3,900/oz to new records as investors flee uncertainty (Original Post) Swede Oct 6 OP

It's going to get to the point that Haggard Celine Oct 6 #1

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1. It's going to get to the point that

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 01:36 PM

Oct 6

ordinary people won't have any gold at all. They're melting down their wedding rings to pay for health insurance.

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2. Silver is less than a dollar away from its all time high in 1980 when the market was being manipulated. nt

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 02:22 PM

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3. Gold mining cause immense human suffering and environmental destruction.

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 02:51 PM

Oct 6

I don't think it's ethical to hoard it as a measure of "wealth."

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4. Unfortunately as our dollar's value continues to fall, gold will continue to rise

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 03:02 PM

Oct 6