WHAT IS THE BIGGEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK? Silver, Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Other?

If you had $10,000.00 to invest in precious metals or other bullion today, then it was to be sold 5 years from now and you could keep anything over $10,000.00, how would you invest and why?

Make it $1,000,000.00 if that makes it more interesting.

 

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550,000 in silver, 250,000 in copper, 100,000 platnum, and 100,000 in gold, for a variety

 

Rhodium, and on paper only. The only down fall of taking possession of it is the limited market use.

 

Any estimates on your take 5 years from now?

 

All 10 large in gold for me due to 5 year timeframe. TC

 

5 year high was $10,010
Low was $780
If and when auto production uses up its supply and ramps up production full bore, I can see 7k as a possibility.

 

Interesting. Do you think gold will give at least 10%/yr return.

 

I would invest half in Neodymium (rare earth magnets) and half in Lanthanum (rare earth batteries). They're both fairly plentiful, but I think (in the next five years) the supply demand ratio for these will change the most.

Or not...who knows?

 

I wouldn't buy ANY investment that I couldn't sell except only after 5 yrs, except maybe land property with forever water rights.

 

In my opinion, you'd be much better off buying multiple metals and buying the "dips" and selling at the "peaks". Overall it's much more profitable than holding the metal itself. Lets say for silver you bought it 5 years ago at $8.00 per ounce of so. If you sold it today at $34.00 yeah to made a good return and investment but you missed a year with a $50.00 peak in prices and $40.00 sustained for a couple months. I think if you have to the money to invest (and are willing to accept the risks) it's better to "play the market" than just hold it.

 

:thumb: Half in silver the other half in Swiss francs.

 

Gold.

I have more confidence that it will be worth more denominated in $s than it is now. Can't say that for paper investments given that all the rules that govern the finance industry are being broken. Silver is a speculation so I wouldn't invest in it beyond some small numismatic items that I like to look at.

 

I can't tell you until I buy more first.

 

Platinum and/or Rhodium

use a 10+ year time frame

 

That's great advice, except that there's no way to differentiate between a "dip" and a "start of a long slide", or a "peak" and a "start of a long climb". In other words, when you identify a "dip" or a "peak", you're predicting the future -- and, to the extent that the market is working properly, that doesn't work any better than chance.

To be honest, I've a bit of that "market timing" myself. Sometimes I've done well. But I also sold the "peak" of $35 early last year -- right before it marched on up to $45+ -- and I bought a couple of the "dips" around $40, from which it proceeded down to $28 early this year.

 

If I had to choose, it would be all in gold. Since it isn't tied to economic activity, it's more likely to rise in a wider variety of conditions.

 

If you expect strong economic recovery go with PGM (Platinum group metals) otherwise stay away from them.

 

It has averaged a 14% return over the past decade. Just heard that on a Lear Capital commercial on TV. :smile. Of course, past performance is no predictor of future performance (in fine print). TC

 

If gold performs even half as well over the next 5 years like it has performed over the past 5 years, it will be a great investment.

 

Gold isn't like a stock or bond that generates a cash flow that can be extrapolated into a probable growth rate. It's a speculation and the probable outcome, in my opinion, is that there will be a speculative blow-off on the upside at some point in time that will take your breath away. Those who sell into it will reap the reward of a high rate of return. Those who hold on will probably make the round trip. Tech stocks in the late 90s are a good representation of what can happen.