
A retirement investor studies portfolio charts beside stacks of physical gold, while the U.S. Capitol, rising market indicators, oil infrastructure, tankers, and a Middle East map represent debt, inflation, energy disruption, and geopolitical risk.

A retirement investor studies portfolio charts beside stacks of physical gold, while the U.S. Capitol, rising market indicators, oil infrastructure, tankers, and a Middle East map represent debt, inflation, energy disruption, and geopolitical risk.