GOLD NEVER LEADS A MARKET CRASH

It doesn’t move before disaster — it moves after the damage is already done.

Let’s pause the fear and look at history. 👇

Every single day, headlines scream:

💥 “Financial collapse coming”

💥 “Dollar about to die”

💥 “Markets will crash”

💥 “Wars, debt, instability everywhere”

What happens next?

👉 People panic

👉 They jump into gold

👉 They exit risk assets

Sounds smart…

But history tells a very different story. 📉

Here’s what gold actually did during real market crashes:

📉 Dot-Com Crash (2000–2002)

S&P 500: −50%

Gold: +13%

➡️ Gold didn’t pump before — it moved after stocks were already bleeding.

📈 Recovery Phase (2002–2007)

Gold: +150%

S&P 500: +105%

➡️ Fear stayed high after the crash, pushing money into gold.

💥 Global Financial Crisis (2007–2009)

S&P 500: −57.6%

Gold: +16.3%

➡️ Gold performed during panic — not before it.

But here’s the mistake most people forget…

🪤 2009–2019 (No crash, only growth)

Gold: +41%

S&P 500: +305%

➡️ Gold investors stayed trapped while equities exploded.

🦠 COVID Crash (2020)

S&P 500: −35%

Gold: −1.8% initially

After fear peaked:

Gold: +32%

Stocks: +54%

➡️ Once again — gold rallied after panic, not before it.

⚠️ What’s happening today?

People are afraid of:

▪ US debt 💰

▪ Rising deficits 📉

▪ AI bubble 🤖

▪ Global wars 🌍

▪ Trade tensions 🚢

▪ Political instability 🗳️

So what do they do?

👉 They rush into gold before anything breaks.

But history doesn’t support that behavior.

🚫 The real danger

If no crash happens:

❌ Money stays locked in gold

❌ Stocks, real estate & crypto continue running

❌ Fear-driven investors miss years of growth

🧠 The truth most won’t say:

Gold is not a forecasting asset.

Gold is a reaction