debasement
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The so-called debasement trade has fallen out of favor as both a discussion point and an investment concept.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
The yellow metal rallied sharply last year and extended its gains into early 2026, helped by central-bank buying and worries about profligate spending and currency debasement around the world — but particularly in the U.S.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
Time revealed a path forward that doesn’t demand artistic debasement.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026
Following gold’s recent trouncing of stocks, and fears of dollar debasement, was he wrong?
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Fairly or unfairly, to her derogators Pittman epitomized all that was reprehensible about Dick Bass’s popularization of the Seven Summits and the ensuing debasement of the world’s highest mountain.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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