Gold at $4,220. The S&P at 7,811. Bitcoin at $84,043.
Two of those are claims on somebody else. A gold fund is a promise that a custodian holds the bars. An index is a promise that a set of boards keeps earning. Bitcoin in your own wallet is a promise from nobody, and that is the whole product.
Prices do not reveal that difference. A claim and a thing can trade at the same number for years, because almost nobody asks for delivery. Asking for delivery is what turns a position into property, and no custodian can take that step for you.
One line on the chart, three different instruments. The number tells you what somebody else will pay for a position. It never tells you what you own. Most people learn the difference in the week the claim stops paying, which is the most expensive week there is.
Roger
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