Go back 112 years ago and people knew what to save, gold coins, heads of cattle, food in the cellar. There was very little talk about investing. Especially the impersonal, almost black-box, roll of the dice "investing" that we do today.
Even 50 years ago, people saved money, not the stock market.
Today, we are obsessed with where to invest. And, of course we should be, The US dollar is going to zero! Just not quite as fast as all the other fiat currencies. And this is because money printing is causing inflation, especially in financial assets. If you aren't invested in the stock market, you are losing money.
Just look at this picture of the Kondratieff Cycle. All of those words seem normal. The cycles have been playing out pretty consistently. Until now…
The super-cycle ends
We are in the midst of a larger cycle ending, and a very new different set of cycles beginning. For scale of the size of this cycle, you could call it the dawning of the Age of Aquarius. The end of the Age of Pisces, which lasted for about 2150 years.
In this new age, everything we defined as wealth, will be changed. Entirely new things will be valued.
All the words on the image above will become meaningless.
Not like these words go away and are changed to "new and improved" words, i mean, these words will become like shit you stepped in. Like, oh yeah, we used to believe that way, but then we grew up.
The term "stock market" will mean something like, "a place where psychopaths got together to deceive people and destroy their lives". (not bamboozle, or scam them out of money, although that happens, but i really mean 'destroy' as in destroy the environment, destroy the food nutrition…)
So, although the Kondratieff Cycle will continue, we have much bigger things happening. Bigger cycles ending/beginning that really overwhelm/dwarf the smaller Kondratieff Cycle.
What Wealth Means Changes
In the near future, we will no longer use terms like "scarce resources". We will be working in an abundance mentality.
This is hard to explain, because we are so frustratingly affixed to the idea of lack, that even the people who talk about abundance, talk about it in terms of lack.
Lets take a car, the idea of everyone having a car. Everyone will have all the car they need. And the car will be made in such a way that it is very fixable. And when its lifespan ends, it will be VERY recyclable. Meaning little new materials will be needed to build a new car. This car will not "burn" a precious resource to motivate. It will be more like, it is self-winding. Natural conditions of the earth will keep it "wound up". Like a trolley going downhill can pull up a trolley going uphill.
We will get into a state where people have enough. And there is no competition brought about by a feeling of lack. Like, keeping up with the Jones'
There will be an attitude of making sure everyone has their needs met. (food, shelter, clothing, social engagement) The term abundance will just mean everyone has a toaster. (not that there is an infinite supply of toasters)
How to preserve your "wealth" into the new age
The best advice is "invest in the new", because we do know that all the olds are crumbling to dust.
So, right now, invest in bitcoin and other cryptos, because that is the new. Bitcoin being so much better than fiat currencies, so much better than gold. However, bitcoin will not be around for long. (we really need better terms for ages/cycles.) It will probably be less than 100 years before we have something that is MUCH better than bitcoin. Maybe less than 40 years. So, when you see that coming out, "invest" in that. (although, at that time, the meaning of "invest" will have changed a lot.)
Stocks, bonds, real estate, commodities (as in on the COMEX), gold… will go away, with extreme prejudice. As in, how could those barbarians starve other people of things they need.
We will change to small communities growing their own food, and making a product that they can trade with other small communities. Think of this idea, when you are trying to think of what will be important in the future. Is money really important? Not really. Is friendship and mutual support in your community really important? Yes, it is your life.
The stock market is going to go away. The ideas of corporations is going be seen as evil. The idea of working for a soulless corporation will be seen as worse than suicide. Basically, everything, every level, of stock market goes away. Know this, and have plans to get your money out. Because the dominoes are going to fall quickly.
The stock market will not preserve your wealth.
Real Estate is going to go away. Even the name. Land where you and a hundred of your closest friends can live and grow food will be very valuable. Like a house is very valuable to keep your warm and dry, but no longer something of financial worth.
Bonds will be seen as scams. Getting people to sell their future for pennies on the dollar. We will again work out what usury really means, and bonds will be gotten rid of. (and who would want to support govern-cements or corporations with their labor?)
Invest in your new life. Invest in greenhouses (with hail shields). Invest in local manufacturing.
But, until these things are available to you, invest in bitcoin and silver.