The old 60/40 portfolio—60% stocks, 40% bonds—used to be gospel. Wall Street pitched it as the gold standard of "balanced investing." But let me tell you, that gospel’s gone stale. We're in a new era now, and as the WisdomTree article points out, people are finally starting to realize it. The rules have changed. We’re dealing with sticky inflation, ballooning deficits, and interest rates that are no longer our friends. Bonds aren’t doing what they were supposed to—counterbalancing equity risk—and that’s got institutional investors scratching their heads. Meanwhile, everyday Americans are watching their grocery bills double and their savings accounts quietly bleed value. What’s interesting—and long overdue—is that gold is finally being recognized not as some fringe "doomsday" asset, but…
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