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> [Everyone asks about gold. This is the irony: just as Jim Grant tells us (correctly) that we all have faith-based paper currencies backed by nothing, it is equally fair to say that gold is a faith-based metal. It pays no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-grantham/everyone-asks-about-gold-this-is-the-irony-just-as-jim-grant-tells-us/)

[Jeremy Grantham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-grantham/)

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> [I hate gold. It does not pay a dividend, it has no value, and you can't work out what it should or shouldn't be worth," he said. "It is the last refuge of the desperate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-grantham/i-hate-gold-it-does-not-pay-a-dividend-it-has-no-value-and-you-can-t/)

[Jeremy Grantham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-grantham/)

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## More by Jeremy Grantham

> [The investment business has taught me – increasingly as the years have passed – that people, especially investors (and, I believe, Americans), prefer good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-grantham/the-investment-business-has-taught-me-increasingly-as-the-years-have/)

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> [The stock market is overpriced. Everything is overpriced. Junk is king.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-grantham/the-stock-market-is-overpriced-everything-is-overpriced-junk-is-king/)

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> [Some societies are also more optimistic than others: the U.S. and Australia are my two picks Tell a European you think there’s a housing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-grantham/some-societies-are-also-more-optimistic-than-others-the-u-s-and/)

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> [The potential for alternative energy sources, mainly solar and wind power, to completely replace coal and gas for utility generation globally is, I think,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-grantham/the-potential-for-alternative-energy-sources-mainly-solar-and-wind/)

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> [Battering down solar cells on the roofs of Wal-Marts in California. I think that will be some of the highest-return investments that anyone ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-grantham/battering-down-solar-cells-on-the-roofs-of-wal-marts-in-california-i/)

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> [When it comes to portfolios, my personal advice is for anyone who can, put money into forestry or farmland. Long term, you would probably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-grantham/when-it-comes-to-portfolios-my-personal-advice-is-for-anyone-who-can/)

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> [By background I'm both a Quaker and a Yorkshireman, which I like to call double jeopardy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-grantham/by-background-i-m-both-a-quaker-and-a-yorkshireman-which-i-like-to/)

[Jeremy Grantham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-grantham/)

> [Volatility is a symptom that people have no idea of the underlying value-that they have stopped playing the asset game. They're not buying because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-grantham/volatility-is-a-symptom-that-people-have-no-idea-of-the-underlying/)

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> [Libertarians believe that any government interference is bad. Anyone with a brain knows that climate change needs governmental leadership, and they can smell this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-grantham/libertarians-believe-that-any-government-interference-is-bad-anyone/)

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> [Think how weird profit margins are: We've got high unemployment and financial crises - and world record profit margins. People think the American market…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-grantham/think-how-weird-profit-margins-are-we-ve-got-high-unemployment-and/)

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> [Bubbles have quite a few things in common, but housing bubbles have a spectacular thing in common, and that is every one of them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-grantham/bubbles-have-quite-a-few-things-in-common-but-housing-bubbles-have-a/)

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> [Modern agriculture has been accurately described as a way of turning oil into food. As the price of oil continues to rise, so will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-grantham/modern-agriculture-has-been-accurately-described-as-a-way-of-turning/)

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> [The individual is far better-positioned to wait patiently for the right pitch while paying no regard to what others are doing, which is almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-grantham/the-individual-is-far-better-positioned-to-wait-patiently-for-the/)

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> [Ridiculous as our market volatility might seem to an intelligent Martian, it is our reality and everyone loves to trot out the 'quote' attributed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-grantham/ridiculous-as-our-market-volatility-might-seem-to-an-intelligent/)

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> [We live on a finite planet. We have finite resources, and we're running out of good, arable land.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-grantham/we-live-on-a-finite-planet-we-have-finite-resources-and-we-re-running/)

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