Whilst reading through my feed reader today, I came upon this quote.  I think it offers some nice perspective during this current period of (so-called) asset depreciation (i.e. 401Ks, IRAs, pensions, stocks, bonds, currency, property, etc.) regarding our actual valuables:

“There are only three real measures of wealth: health, food, and energy. Everything else is a means of exchange or a speculative store of temporary value.” - Charles Hugh Smith

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