This timeline exists to provide context, not justification.
It records how exposure to gold and silver developed across different monetary phases — including long periods where holding required patience rather than conviction.
Dates are approximate. The emphasis is sequence.
2005 — Initial Accumulation
Gold is acquired in a period of relative monetary calm.
Debt expansion is visible but not yet destabilising.
Gold ownership is unfashionable and largely ignored.
Silver is treated as secondary.
2008–2009 — First Signal, Poorly Understood
The global financial crisis exposes structural fragility.
Extraordinary monetary interventions are introduced as temporary measures.
Gold responds strongly.
Silver moves violently.
The episode is widely interpreted as an anomaly rather than a precedent.
2011 — Apparent Peak, False Resolution
Gold reaches new nominal highs.
Confidence returns prematurely.
The prevailing view is that the system has been stabilised and that extraordinary measures can be withdrawn without consequence.
Gold enters a prolonged period of stagnation and decline.
Interest fades.
2012–2019 — The Quiet Years
Monetary distortion becomes embedded.
Low rates persist.
Debt expands.
Asset prices inflate unevenly.
Gold and silver attract little attention.
Holding requires indifference to validation.
Accumulation continues without narrative support.
2020 — Structural Shift
Extraordinary monetary and fiscal responses are reintroduced — at scale, and without clear exit paths.
Temporary measures become indefinite.
The language around money begins to change.
Gold responds decisively.
Silver follows with volatility.
2021–2024 — Pressure Without Panic
Inflation emerges unevenly.
Purchasing power erodes.
Official explanations lag lived experience.
Gold and silver fluctuate but remain elevated relative to prior decades.
Attention remains fragmented.
2025–2026 — Repricing Phase
Gold and silver reach new nominal highs concurrently.
Currency weakness becomes more visible.
Energy and agricultural prices reassert relevance.
Movements remain largely non-speculative in character.
This phase is marked by adjustment rather than panic.
Beyond
No dates are assigned.
Historically, the most decisive phase does not announce itself in advance.
It arrives when trust has already been withdrawn and behaviour has already changed.
This timeline exists to anchor observation — not to define endpoints.
This page is not updated.
It stands as a record of sequence, not outcome.
Everything else on this site refers back to it.