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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1501525, member: 26302&quot;]From history, either the data set from 1904 to present or the 1923 to present data sets. Take your pick, they are both accepted data sets for financial modeling. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am saying HISTORICALLY you would have held about even investing in bonds, and would have maintained your purchasing power.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am saying nothing about the future. Your scenario of hyperinflation but only 3% bond yields, while highly improbable, I was not commenting on. I was commenting on the lamentation of loss of purchasing power.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wasn&#039;t trying to pick on your post Blaubart, as I know you were joking around, its just way too many people say loss of purchasing power is &quot;proof&quot; our currency is failing. It was never DESIGNED to maintain purchasing power forever. You take your $5 today, and if you wish it to be worth $5 in ten years you INVEST IT, maybe even some in PM&#039;s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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