Hedge against USD risk. I have rolling futures position to hedge against all my USD assets in my home currency.
Computers and printers are dirt cheap. Used to cost me $2000 Cdn to get a decent computer now it's $500 Cdn . Printers that used to be $500-700 now $100-200. Most clothes are significantly cheaper these days. Not everything is more expensive. Gold may be "dropping" but it's bounced off this area every time and it's still not that far off the old high last cycle. However, it's certainly badly lagging all commodities right now. Gold miners are dirt cheap if Gold holds current levels, and a free call on higher prices. However, I have to respect if we don't get some upside out of remaining earnings reports that the investment community hates gold stocks.
the trillion of dollars that should have gone into gold went instead into bitcoins and the bitcoin industry. if/when btc collapses, i predict gold will surge.