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April 14, 2011 at 2:03 PM #688064April 14, 2011 at 2:09 PM #686915VeritasParticipant
In response to bob2007:
“So, is this a problem/opportunity? Should everyone invest heavily in silver before the big “event”, like selling your house in 2005?”The problem is perceived to be the death of the dollar due to excessive spending and printing of worthless fiat money. In such a situation, PM’s are believed to be more valuable than dollars. Secondarily, people are investing in food items that will last such as emergency type non-perishable food in sealed containers. I think meat in the freezer could be a problem unless you have a back up generator.
“Creating money out of thin air is inflationary, and gold and silver are reacting to the government’s printing press. That will surely mean an imploding U.S. dollar and exploding inflation. This is scheduled to happen by the end of June, making this the most predictable financial calamity in history.” http://usawatchdog.com/look-out-above-for-gold-and-silver-prices/#more-4294
This is a personal decision and PM’s as mentioned by previous posts can keep going up and could conceivably crash. If you decide to take delivery of physical gold or silver, where will you keep it to keep it safe? In the 30’s FDR had gold seized. The real estate bubble was built on greed and this particular bubble is probably built on fear. Unless the Federal government gains an upper hand in its spending frenzy, I do not see the fear dissipating. I see it increasing. All it will take is one crazy event to set it off. A large earthquake on the West Coast could be such an event. You all can use your imagination for other events that would set off more speculation in emergency preps and metals.
April 14, 2011 at 2:09 PM #686971VeritasParticipantIn response to bob2007:
“So, is this a problem/opportunity? Should everyone invest heavily in silver before the big “event”, like selling your house in 2005?”The problem is perceived to be the death of the dollar due to excessive spending and printing of worthless fiat money. In such a situation, PM’s are believed to be more valuable than dollars. Secondarily, people are investing in food items that will last such as emergency type non-perishable food in sealed containers. I think meat in the freezer could be a problem unless you have a back up generator.
“Creating money out of thin air is inflationary, and gold and silver are reacting to the government’s printing press. That will surely mean an imploding U.S. dollar and exploding inflation. This is scheduled to happen by the end of June, making this the most predictable financial calamity in history.” http://usawatchdog.com/look-out-above-for-gold-and-silver-prices/#more-4294
This is a personal decision and PM’s as mentioned by previous posts can keep going up and could conceivably crash. If you decide to take delivery of physical gold or silver, where will you keep it to keep it safe? In the 30’s FDR had gold seized. The real estate bubble was built on greed and this particular bubble is probably built on fear. Unless the Federal government gains an upper hand in its spending frenzy, I do not see the fear dissipating. I see it increasing. All it will take is one crazy event to set it off. A large earthquake on the West Coast could be such an event. You all can use your imagination for other events that would set off more speculation in emergency preps and metals.
April 14, 2011 at 2:09 PM #687590VeritasParticipantIn response to bob2007:
“So, is this a problem/opportunity? Should everyone invest heavily in silver before the big “event”, like selling your house in 2005?”The problem is perceived to be the death of the dollar due to excessive spending and printing of worthless fiat money. In such a situation, PM’s are believed to be more valuable than dollars. Secondarily, people are investing in food items that will last such as emergency type non-perishable food in sealed containers. I think meat in the freezer could be a problem unless you have a back up generator.
“Creating money out of thin air is inflationary, and gold and silver are reacting to the government’s printing press. That will surely mean an imploding U.S. dollar and exploding inflation. This is scheduled to happen by the end of June, making this the most predictable financial calamity in history.” http://usawatchdog.com/look-out-above-for-gold-and-silver-prices/#more-4294
This is a personal decision and PM’s as mentioned by previous posts can keep going up and could conceivably crash. If you decide to take delivery of physical gold or silver, where will you keep it to keep it safe? In the 30’s FDR had gold seized. The real estate bubble was built on greed and this particular bubble is probably built on fear. Unless the Federal government gains an upper hand in its spending frenzy, I do not see the fear dissipating. I see it increasing. All it will take is one crazy event to set it off. A large earthquake on the West Coast could be such an event. You all can use your imagination for other events that would set off more speculation in emergency preps and metals.
April 14, 2011 at 2:09 PM #687730VeritasParticipantIn response to bob2007:
“So, is this a problem/opportunity? Should everyone invest heavily in silver before the big “event”, like selling your house in 2005?”The problem is perceived to be the death of the dollar due to excessive spending and printing of worthless fiat money. In such a situation, PM’s are believed to be more valuable than dollars. Secondarily, people are investing in food items that will last such as emergency type non-perishable food in sealed containers. I think meat in the freezer could be a problem unless you have a back up generator.
“Creating money out of thin air is inflationary, and gold and silver are reacting to the government’s printing press. That will surely mean an imploding U.S. dollar and exploding inflation. This is scheduled to happen by the end of June, making this the most predictable financial calamity in history.” http://usawatchdog.com/look-out-above-for-gold-and-silver-prices/#more-4294
This is a personal decision and PM’s as mentioned by previous posts can keep going up and could conceivably crash. If you decide to take delivery of physical gold or silver, where will you keep it to keep it safe? In the 30’s FDR had gold seized. The real estate bubble was built on greed and this particular bubble is probably built on fear. Unless the Federal government gains an upper hand in its spending frenzy, I do not see the fear dissipating. I see it increasing. All it will take is one crazy event to set it off. A large earthquake on the West Coast could be such an event. You all can use your imagination for other events that would set off more speculation in emergency preps and metals.
April 14, 2011 at 2:09 PM #688079VeritasParticipantIn response to bob2007:
“So, is this a problem/opportunity? Should everyone invest heavily in silver before the big “event”, like selling your house in 2005?”The problem is perceived to be the death of the dollar due to excessive spending and printing of worthless fiat money. In such a situation, PM’s are believed to be more valuable than dollars. Secondarily, people are investing in food items that will last such as emergency type non-perishable food in sealed containers. I think meat in the freezer could be a problem unless you have a back up generator.
“Creating money out of thin air is inflationary, and gold and silver are reacting to the government’s printing press. That will surely mean an imploding U.S. dollar and exploding inflation. This is scheduled to happen by the end of June, making this the most predictable financial calamity in history.” http://usawatchdog.com/look-out-above-for-gold-and-silver-prices/#more-4294
This is a personal decision and PM’s as mentioned by previous posts can keep going up and could conceivably crash. If you decide to take delivery of physical gold or silver, where will you keep it to keep it safe? In the 30’s FDR had gold seized. The real estate bubble was built on greed and this particular bubble is probably built on fear. Unless the Federal government gains an upper hand in its spending frenzy, I do not see the fear dissipating. I see it increasing. All it will take is one crazy event to set it off. A large earthquake on the West Coast could be such an event. You all can use your imagination for other events that would set off more speculation in emergency preps and metals.
April 14, 2011 at 2:30 PM #686940ZeitgeistParticipantCheck out the historical charts on gold, silver, etc.
April 14, 2011 at 2:30 PM #686996ZeitgeistParticipantCheck out the historical charts on gold, silver, etc.
April 14, 2011 at 2:30 PM #687615ZeitgeistParticipantCheck out the historical charts on gold, silver, etc.
April 14, 2011 at 2:30 PM #687754ZeitgeistParticipantCheck out the historical charts on gold, silver, etc.
April 14, 2011 at 2:30 PM #688104ZeitgeistParticipantCheck out the historical charts on gold, silver, etc.
April 15, 2011 at 7:32 PM #687205BubblesitterParticipantBuying physical gold is generally a rip off. Only place I’m aware of getting a halfway reasonable deal is to buy at the Dubai gold souk, need to report >10k to customs.
Everywhere else comes with high fees, transaction costs. Need to insure If you keep in house. I suppose a decent sizes safety deposit box will hold a number of kilos, say 10 or roughly $500k (10×2.2x16x1400)I’m mostly in ETF like GLD IAU, and GDX and select higher quality miners such as AEM, newmont, etc. All protected by trailing stop orders
April 15, 2011 at 7:32 PM #687262BubblesitterParticipantBuying physical gold is generally a rip off. Only place I’m aware of getting a halfway reasonable deal is to buy at the Dubai gold souk, need to report >10k to customs.
Everywhere else comes with high fees, transaction costs. Need to insure If you keep in house. I suppose a decent sizes safety deposit box will hold a number of kilos, say 10 or roughly $500k (10×2.2x16x1400)I’m mostly in ETF like GLD IAU, and GDX and select higher quality miners such as AEM, newmont, etc. All protected by trailing stop orders
April 15, 2011 at 7:32 PM #687880BubblesitterParticipantBuying physical gold is generally a rip off. Only place I’m aware of getting a halfway reasonable deal is to buy at the Dubai gold souk, need to report >10k to customs.
Everywhere else comes with high fees, transaction costs. Need to insure If you keep in house. I suppose a decent sizes safety deposit box will hold a number of kilos, say 10 or roughly $500k (10×2.2x16x1400)I’m mostly in ETF like GLD IAU, and GDX and select higher quality miners such as AEM, newmont, etc. All protected by trailing stop orders
April 15, 2011 at 7:32 PM #688021BubblesitterParticipantBuying physical gold is generally a rip off. Only place I’m aware of getting a halfway reasonable deal is to buy at the Dubai gold souk, need to report >10k to customs.
Everywhere else comes with high fees, transaction costs. Need to insure If you keep in house. I suppose a decent sizes safety deposit box will hold a number of kilos, say 10 or roughly $500k (10×2.2x16x1400)I’m mostly in ETF like GLD IAU, and GDX and select higher quality miners such as AEM, newmont, etc. All protected by trailing stop orders
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