I had an older guy I worked with, honesty way too smart to be a security guard, tell me all during 2006& 2007 to buy gold, it was <600 an ounce. I let telling him no no no, that’s crazy. Then the crash happened and gold spiked over 1600 an ounce....
This guy, never married, wasn’t gay, looked like he maybe was only 40, but he’s pushing 70. At least. He enlisted in the Marines at 17, did a tour in 70 or 71 in Vietnam, got selected for OCS, stayed for 20 years, retired from the Marines, then immediately joined the Army Reserves, got activated for 4 years to Germany where he served as a Provost Marshall, and served in the Gulf War, retired from the Guard after 14 years, then worked for the State during that time as well. His stacked pensions and 401k, when he retired a couple years back under forced retirement, 175,000 combined annual.