Business and Economics

Timeless: Discover the History of Money to Create Portfolios That Endure

Paul Hancock, CFP

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Length5h 30m

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Journey through 5,000 years of monetary history, from early forms of credit in Mesopotamia and the enduring power of commodity money like gold that served societies for millennia, through the rise of fiat currency, to modern digital assets such as Bitcoin and stablecoins. Timeless uncovers the cyclical nature of monetary systems, exploring the forces behind financial crises, speculative bubbles, and inflationary periods, and draws lessons from historical events. A core concept is John Exter's Inverted Pyramid, which positions gold as the foundation of the debt-based monetary system. Beyond historical insights, Timeless offers practical strategies for creating simple, safe, diversified, and enduring investment portfolios. It guides readers on how to allocate assets across key asset classes, including cash, gold, stocks, bonds, and real estate, to build long-term wealth and preserve purchasing power against the relentless erosion of inflation.

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Rating★★★★★ 5.0 (1)

GenreBusiness and Economics

Length5 hrs 30 mins

Narrated bySelect Your Own

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateAug 3, 2025

LanguageEnglish

1Dedication

14Chapter 11: Bretton Woods to Paul Volcker

2Preface

15Chapter 12: The Great Moderation

3Introduction

16Chapter 13: Solving the Debt Problem

4Chapter 1: The History of Money

17Chapter 14: A Clearer View of the Monetary System

5Chapter 2: Credit Money

18Chapter 15: Asset Allocation Basics

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6Chapter 3: Commodity Money

19Chapter 16: Asset Classes

7Chapter 4: Dual Bubbles

20Chapter 17: Portfolio Management

8Chapter 5: Inflation in Revolutionary France

21Chapter 18: Historical Returns

9Chapter 6: Fiat Money

22Chapter 19: Price Inflation

10Chapter 7: Digital Money

23Chapter 20: Monetary Inflation

11Chapter 8: Global Money

24Chapter 21: Portfolio Construction

12Chapter 9: The Long-Term Debt Cycle

25Epilogue: Monetary Leadership for the Future

13Chapter 10: The Gold Standard

26Copyright

About the author

Paul Hancock, CFP

Paul Hancock has a background in wealth management, financial planning, and property and casualty insurance and has been an active CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ since 2008. He balances his time between owning and operating Genesis Wealth Planning, his investment management business, and Super Insurance, a property and casualty insurance agency in Southwest Florida. He and his wife are blessed with three children, and the family resides in Estero, Florida. He is active in his local church and is a voracious reader of materials related to sound money, investing, economics, and financial planning.View all by Paul Hancock, CFP