Peak To Trough Mini Series Part 2: The Gold Rush

Remember when the US economy ran on the gold standard? No?? Yeah, me neither. Its been awhile since gold really mattered. The Spanish Conquistador Cortes thought it mattered, "49er's" cared about it, so did FDR. In fact for most of human history, gold mattered. What about now? Does it still matter? Listen up, we are going to give you a crash course on the prettiest of precious metals. GOOOOOOOOOLD!!!