[https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bloombergquint.com/amp/businessweek/fearing-inflation-investors-hedge-with-gold-bitcoin-and-whisky](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bloombergquint.com/amp/businessweek/fearing-inflation-investors-hedge-with-gold-bitcoin-and-whisky) >"(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- One lunchtime in 2009, as the U.S. Federal Reserve started purchasing Treasuries in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, Richard Hodges stepped out of his office to buy his first gold bar in the City of London."