Love the "fine print" here @josephsavage ...

> *"(Everything included here is personal opinion. It is not financial advice. It is not legal advice. __It is not even advice__.)"*
>
> [emphasis added mine]

... as it made me smile.  It's been a long day, so I appreciated the opportunity to smile ... 😊

Seriously, it was interesting to read a brief bit of history about you and your investing experience.  In response to your question, I *want* to be a long-term, value investor, but ...  There seems to be so much going on in the world which undermines this conservative approach and all but forces us all to be much more speculative ... Far too much for this "old war horse," but ...  What can we do?

Fundamentally, "the system" appears to me to be *systematically* destroying the value of our money, hence the commonly referenced phrase in the "cryptosphere" to "fiat money."  And with our money's steadily advancing decline, seems we have to "run" faster and faster just to try and break even.  Let alone get ahead a little ...

Will this new asset class somehow be the answer?  Don't know.  But, along with you and many others, I suppose we are all "on board" to find out!