[4plexowner]

silver would have to be at $128+/oz to match its inflation-adjusted high of the early 1980’s

historic price ratio between silver and gold is 16:1 – $900 gold at this ratio would mean $56 silver

there is less silver above ground than gold

silver is primarily a byproduct of mining the base metals (60+%) so in an economic downturn, the supply of silver DECREASES significantly (declining construction, etc reduces the demand for base metals) at the same time demand for silver INCREASES (flight to safety – little guy can’t afford gold so buys silver instead)

silver is a very useful metal – far more so than gold – every electronic device you have has some silver in it – silver is also a natural antibiotic and anti-viral agent – it is being used in more and more settings (bandages, surface coatings for appliances, etc) where these properties are important

do your research about both silver and gold and decide which is the better investment

the 100 oz bars are very satisfying to hold and they do make good paper weights

[4plexowner]

silver would have to be at $128+/oz to match its inflation-adjusted high of the early 1980’s

historic price ratio between silver and gold is 16:1 – $900 gold at this ratio would mean $56 silver

there is less silver above ground than gold

silver is primarily a byproduct of mining the base metals (60+%) so in an economic downturn, the supply of silver DECREASES significantly (declining construction, etc reduces the demand for base metals) at the same time demand for silver INCREASES (flight to safety – little guy can’t afford gold so buys silver instead)

silver is a very useful metal – far more so than gold – every electronic device you have has some silver in it – silver is also a natural antibiotic and anti-viral agent – it is being used in more and more settings (bandages, surface coatings for appliances, etc) where these properties are important

do your research about both silver and gold and decide which is the better investment

the 100 oz bars are very satisfying to hold and they do make good paper weights

[4plexowner]

silver would have to be at $128+/oz to match its inflation-adjusted high of the early 1980’s

historic price ratio between silver and gold is 16:1 – $900 gold at this ratio would mean $56 silver

there is less silver above ground than gold

silver is primarily a byproduct of mining the base metals (60+%) so in an economic downturn, the supply of silver DECREASES significantly (declining construction, etc reduces the demand for base metals) at the same time demand for silver INCREASES (flight to safety – little guy can’t afford gold so buys silver instead)

silver is a very useful metal – far more so than gold – every electronic device you have has some silver in it – silver is also a natural antibiotic and anti-viral agent – it is being used in more and more settings (bandages, surface coatings for appliances, etc) where these properties are important

do your research about both silver and gold and decide which is the better investment

the 100 oz bars are very satisfying to hold and they do make good paper weights

[4plexowner]

silver would have to be at $128+/oz to match its inflation-adjusted high of the early 1980’s

historic price ratio between silver and gold is 16:1 – $900 gold at this ratio would mean $56 silver

there is less silver above ground than gold

silver is primarily a byproduct of mining the base metals (60+%) so in an economic downturn, the supply of silver DECREASES significantly (declining construction, etc reduces the demand for base metals) at the same time demand for silver INCREASES (flight to safety – little guy can’t afford gold so buys silver instead)

silver is a very useful metal – far more so than gold – every electronic device you have has some silver in it – silver is also a natural antibiotic and anti-viral agent – it is being used in more and more settings (bandages, surface coatings for appliances, etc) where these properties are important

do your research about both silver and gold and decide which is the better investment

the 100 oz bars are very satisfying to hold and they do make good paper weights

[4plexowner]

silver would have to be at $128+/oz to match its inflation-adjusted high of the early 1980’s

historic price ratio between silver and gold is 16:1 – $900 gold at this ratio would mean $56 silver

there is less silver above ground than gold

silver is primarily a byproduct of mining the base metals (60+%) so in an economic downturn, the supply of silver DECREASES significantly (declining construction, etc reduces the demand for base metals) at the same time demand for silver INCREASES (flight to safety – little guy can’t afford gold so buys silver instead)

silver is a very useful metal – far more so than gold – every electronic device you have has some silver in it – silver is also a natural antibiotic and anti-viral agent – it is being used in more and more settings (bandages, surface coatings for appliances, etc) where these properties are important

do your research about both silver and gold and decide which is the better investment

the 100 oz bars are very satisfying to hold and they do make good paper weights

[4plexowner]

“This new breed/generation knows consumption.”

They will learn about “delayed gratification” and “saving for a rainy day”

Unfortunately for them, reality is a harsh teacher

[4plexowner]

“This new breed/generation knows consumption.”

They will learn about “delayed gratification” and “saving for a rainy day”

Unfortunately for them, reality is a harsh teacher

[4plexowner]

“This new breed/generation knows consumption.”

They will learn about “delayed gratification” and “saving for a rainy day”

Unfortunately for them, reality is a harsh teacher

[4plexowner]

“This new breed/generation knows consumption.”

They will learn about “delayed gratification” and “saving for a rainy day”

Unfortunately for them, reality is a harsh teacher

[4plexowner]

“This new breed/generation knows consumption.”

They will learn about “delayed gratification” and “saving for a rainy day”

Unfortunately for them, reality is a harsh teacher

[4plexowner]

It’s funny – anyone who believes in the 5000+ year history of gold as money is called a “gold bug”

Why don’t we call people who base their future on the US dollar “dollar bugs”?

I mean look at the history of fiat currencies – there has NEVER BEEN ONE that HAS NOT FAILED – the average lifespan of a fiat currency is less than 50 years

In contrast, humans have been choosing gold as money for at least 5000 years

Gold NEVER fails – it IS intrinsic wealth – it isn’t a representation of wealth (paper), it IS wealth – there is no debt tied to physical gold and gold isn’t dependent on any government or agency to determine its value

So you dollar bugs keep knocking gold – you’ll be proven wrong just as all fiat currency bugs have been proven wrong in the past

~

The stories about “my dad bought gold / silver and lost his ass” amuse me – says to me that your dad is a poor investor – actually just an average investor because that is what average investors do: buy high and sell low – the average investor loses their money over time because they buy high based on greed and sell low based on fear – lots of stories about people losing their ass in stocks but the American ‘investor’ continues to buy and hold them like they were a sure thing

~

The trick to investing IMO is to identify secular trends and get on the right side of them – if you hold an investment on the wrong side of a secular trend you will lose your ass – holding precious metals past 1981 was being on the wrong side of a secular trend

The only secular bull market at this time IMO is gold and silver – all other asset classes, especially equities and real estate, are in secular bear trends – the precious metals bull will run until 2015 to 2020 – the real estate and equity bears will run until 2012-2014

Are you on the right side of the current secular trends?

[4plexowner]

It’s funny – anyone who believes in the 5000+ year history of gold as money is called a “gold bug”

Why don’t we call people who base their future on the US dollar “dollar bugs”?

I mean look at the history of fiat currencies – there has NEVER BEEN ONE that HAS NOT FAILED – the average lifespan of a fiat currency is less than 50 years

In contrast, humans have been choosing gold as money for at least 5000 years

Gold NEVER fails – it IS intrinsic wealth – it isn’t a representation of wealth (paper), it IS wealth – there is no debt tied to physical gold and gold isn’t dependent on any government or agency to determine its value

So you dollar bugs keep knocking gold – you’ll be proven wrong just as all fiat currency bugs have been proven wrong in the past

~

The stories about “my dad bought gold / silver and lost his ass” amuse me – says to me that your dad is a poor investor – actually just an average investor because that is what average investors do: buy high and sell low – the average investor loses their money over time because they buy high based on greed and sell low based on fear – lots of stories about people losing their ass in stocks but the American ‘investor’ continues to buy and hold them like they were a sure thing

~

The trick to investing IMO is to identify secular trends and get on the right side of them – if you hold an investment on the wrong side of a secular trend you will lose your ass – holding precious metals past 1981 was being on the wrong side of a secular trend

The only secular bull market at this time IMO is gold and silver – all other asset classes, especially equities and real estate, are in secular bear trends – the precious metals bull will run until 2015 to 2020 – the real estate and equity bears will run until 2012-2014

Are you on the right side of the current secular trends?

[4plexowner]

It’s funny – anyone who believes in the 5000+ year history of gold as money is called a “gold bug”

Why don’t we call people who base their future on the US dollar “dollar bugs”?

I mean look at the history of fiat currencies – there has NEVER BEEN ONE that HAS NOT FAILED – the average lifespan of a fiat currency is less than 50 years

In contrast, humans have been choosing gold as money for at least 5000 years

Gold NEVER fails – it IS intrinsic wealth – it isn’t a representation of wealth (paper), it IS wealth – there is no debt tied to physical gold and gold isn’t dependent on any government or agency to determine its value

So you dollar bugs keep knocking gold – you’ll be proven wrong just as all fiat currency bugs have been proven wrong in the past

~

The stories about “my dad bought gold / silver and lost his ass” amuse me – says to me that your dad is a poor investor – actually just an average investor because that is what average investors do: buy high and sell low – the average investor loses their money over time because they buy high based on greed and sell low based on fear – lots of stories about people losing their ass in stocks but the American ‘investor’ continues to buy and hold them like they were a sure thing

~

The trick to investing IMO is to identify secular trends and get on the right side of them – if you hold an investment on the wrong side of a secular trend you will lose your ass – holding precious metals past 1981 was being on the wrong side of a secular trend

The only secular bull market at this time IMO is gold and silver – all other asset classes, especially equities and real estate, are in secular bear trends – the precious metals bull will run until 2015 to 2020 – the real estate and equity bears will run until 2012-2014

Are you on the right side of the current secular trends?

[4plexowner]

It’s funny – anyone who believes in the 5000+ year history of gold as money is called a “gold bug”

Why don’t we call people who base their future on the US dollar “dollar bugs”?

I mean look at the history of fiat currencies – there has NEVER BEEN ONE that HAS NOT FAILED – the average lifespan of a fiat currency is less than 50 years

In contrast, humans have been choosing gold as money for at least 5000 years

Gold NEVER fails – it IS intrinsic wealth – it isn’t a representation of wealth (paper), it IS wealth – there is no debt tied to physical gold and gold isn’t dependent on any government or agency to determine its value

So you dollar bugs keep knocking gold – you’ll be proven wrong just as all fiat currency bugs have been proven wrong in the past

~

The stories about “my dad bought gold / silver and lost his ass” amuse me – says to me that your dad is a poor investor – actually just an average investor because that is what average investors do: buy high and sell low – the average investor loses their money over time because they buy high based on greed and sell low based on fear – lots of stories about people losing their ass in stocks but the American ‘investor’ continues to buy and hold them like they were a sure thing

~

The trick to investing IMO is to identify secular trends and get on the right side of them – if you hold an investment on the wrong side of a secular trend you will lose your ass – holding precious metals past 1981 was being on the wrong side of a secular trend

The only secular bull market at this time IMO is gold and silver – all other asset classes, especially equities and real estate, are in secular bear trends – the precious metals bull will run until 2015 to 2020 – the real estate and equity bears will run until 2012-2014

Are you on the right side of the current secular trends?

[4plexowner]

It’s funny – anyone who believes in the 5000+ year history of gold as money is called a “gold bug”

Why don’t we call people who base their future on the US dollar “dollar bugs”?

I mean look at the history of fiat currencies – there has NEVER BEEN ONE that HAS NOT FAILED – the average lifespan of a fiat currency is less than 50 years

In contrast, humans have been choosing gold as money for at least 5000 years

Gold NEVER fails – it IS intrinsic wealth – it isn’t a representation of wealth (paper), it IS wealth – there is no debt tied to physical gold and gold isn’t dependent on any government or agency to determine its value

So you dollar bugs keep knocking gold – you’ll be proven wrong just as all fiat currency bugs have been proven wrong in the past

~

The stories about “my dad bought gold / silver and lost his ass” amuse me – says to me that your dad is a poor investor – actually just an average investor because that is what average investors do: buy high and sell low – the average investor loses their money over time because they buy high based on greed and sell low based on fear – lots of stories about people losing their ass in stocks but the American ‘investor’ continues to buy and hold them like they were a sure thing

~

The trick to investing IMO is to identify secular trends and get on the right side of them – if you hold an investment on the wrong side of a secular trend you will lose your ass – holding precious metals past 1981 was being on the wrong side of a secular trend

The only secular bull market at this time IMO is gold and silver – all other asset classes, especially equities and real estate, are in secular bear trends – the precious metals bull will run until 2015 to 2020 – the real estate and equity bears will run until 2012-2014

Are you on the right side of the current secular trends?

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