[unicornmama]

None of the things you mentioned are "value storage vehicles". Currencies may be a stores of value.

Gold is a hedge against hyper inflation and global crisis. Art is an elaborate mechanism for money laundering. Baseball, stamps, and pokemon cards are collectibles and eb and flow with the tides of pop culture And I am too tired to explain stocks to you.

> You only make money - or get your money back out - by passing it on to the next person. It might actual shock you to learn that the US money supply historically grows faster than inflation.