Yea, in hindsight, I shouldn't be giving too "politically correct" suggestion. Thanks though for doing the dirty job

However, regarding the "nightmare" stuff, in my country (and I think globally), businesses haven't fully recovered, and layoffs are still happening. People who were fired or in a brink of bankruptcy would regard this situation as a nightmare.

Not really, the "boom and bust" is everywhere! Not sure if there is empirical evidence to support the relationship between the increase in gold price and crash/recession. It would be best if you find one before making such claim.