What a Weaker Dollar Means for Us | BBS 2026 Day 2
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0:00A: And how do we think about what it means for us to have a devalued dollar as everyday American people?
0:04B: Mm-hmm. Well, that means right now things are more expensive. Like, people are living paycheck to paycheck. The dollar does not stretch as long as it used to. And that’s why I say wealthy individuals own assets to hedge against that in particular. Like, that’s why I said they go from gold to then they might go to crypto and then they might go to stocks.
0:27A: They rotate. And that’s why they rotate. They’re always thinking, how am I hedging against the fact that this economy is extractive implicitly?
0:32B: Yes.
