Gold needs no interest to justify its value; it remains one of the few true safe-haven assets. Anyone who claims otherwise either has not experienced a counterparty failure, not lived through a currency crisis, or is overlooking centuries of monetary history and human behavior.
In turbulent financial times, gold serves as a reliable portfolio anchor. It is more than an appreciating asset—gold functions as insurance against currency debasement and systemic financial collapse. Holding gold can protect wealth when paper assets and fiat currencies lose purchasing power.
As the chart below illustrates, gold measured against the S&P 500 since 1971 demonstrates how gold has outperformed many paper investments over extended periods: