The Safest Money Moves Ever Made (They hid $350 billion of gold)

What does Winston Churchill, Fort Knox, a billion-dollar shipwreck and the invention of money have in common? In this episode, Bryce, Ren, Mr Beat Up (aka Simon) and team member Ned go deep on some of history’s wildest “safe money moves” and land on the one idea that made every investment possible.

In this episode:

1:33 Operation Fish: Churchill moves Britain’s gold to Canada

7:34 Fort Knox: America’s gold vault and the conspiracy theories

15:21 Volvo EX90

16:05 The Atocha: the most valuable shipwreck ever recovered

24:50 The invention of money: from barter to banknotes

33:45 Voting on the safest money move of all time

This episode has been sponsored by the Volvo EX90 - designed to be the safest Volvo ever made. Book a test drive today at volvo.com/au

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