Often, we observe that two pieces of data, which are not supposed to have any relationship, appear to have a very high correlation. What makes the apparent good correlation is that they both exhibit an upward long-term trend. In addition, fluctuations of the data do not seem to converge around the trend but just seem to move in an upward direction. These types of data statisticians label as “non-stationary.”

In a recent article, I pointed out that the surest path to saving the fiat dollar from destruction was to make it fully redeemable in gold at whatever that price happened to be on a certain day in the near future.

“My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you. Ask instead what your country has been doing to you and is likely to keep doing to you for as long as it can buy with fiat money the votes of a majority.”—Gary North, “History Revisionism - High Priests of Woodrow Wilson’s Covenant”