I suggest anyone pretending gold losing its shine put their money where their mouth is. If gold is indeed losing its value, why not short it against euro, dollar and whatnot? Gold can lose value against some currency for some time, but its long-term expectation against any fiat currency has never been negative...
Exactly. Gold will protect its value much better than any of the fiat currencies. As per my understanding, the logic is pretty simple. Let's say right now, some 171,300 tonnes of gold exists in the world (according to
BBC). And right now Euro worth some € 1 trillion is in circulation.
Now comes the interesting part. Gold is mined at the rate of 3,000 tonnes per year (growth rate of 1.75% per year), but Euro notes are being produced at the rate of €60 billion per year, which represents a growth rate of 6% per year. This means that the inflation for Euro is going to be much higher, when compared to gold.