Anja, it's definitely not okay to for them to lie to the public. Just don't fall into it
And I'm Canadian too!
PtGatsbys:
Gold value in 1910. $20.67/oz ... relative to dollar now.. $412.84
Gold Value in 1960. $36.50/oz... relative to dollar now.. $248.30
Gold Value in 2000 $272/oz... relative to dollar now $318.68
Gold value in 2005 $513/oz.. relative to dollar now $529.41
Gold Value in 2008 1,002.00/oz relative to dollar now $979.04
Bottom line.. yes gold prices rise and fall, but quantity never changes.. stocks.. really risky.
If you knew how our monetary system was set up... boy.. if anyone wants a copy of Modern Money Mechanics let me know.. I'll send it to them PDF.
And you're right Anja, we have a "failproof" system, but if you analyze it, it was built to fail.