I’m still selling coins priced at $115 an ounce so I’m holding what I have, selling what’s priced in the antique shop and buying a few items that are below $75 spot.
I just saw an ad on CT for a Silver bullet for just under $110. I don’t have one of those and at that price I never will.
I have a few silver bullets. Bought them several years ago. I reckon I will be a millionaire in silver bullet profits soon!
Just watched out news, they were discussing the US 38T dollar debt load, and that Trump is in a pickle. The interest payments on 38T is staggering. Which means he cannot afford to raise interest rates, since that would increase interest payments by a lot. They think he will re-value gold to 10K this year. This would put a dent in my coin adventures Maybe Congress could stop such a stupid thing.
I'll try to carefully maneuver around this to avoid getting those feared negative points, and take things back to investing and broader market trends. I think as the national debt continues to grow, there is a real risk of confiscation of some type over time, similar to 1933 with EO 6102. Because silver is an industrial metal and critical to AI, it could be fair game. I believe if this happens there will be a numismatic carve out similar to EO 6102 - the courts would likely affirm the right of Americans to keep numismatics for historical reasons. In this case, it's a big win for us Franklin holders.
I cannot ever see that happening today. Maybe in Putins Russia (Dictatorship) In 1933, many "New Deal" types were Leftwingers, and Marxists believe in absolute state power over populations.
I know I'll sound like a tin foil guy, and I don't mean to ramble without statistical backing, but I take into account things like housing**, healthcare, and education (two out of these three are clearly critical to a decent living standard), and I can't help but be dissuaded by official CPI numbers. To be fair, I have no concrete data off-hand to back this up, and this gets into how much faith we put into official numbers, so there's no real resolution here to our contrasting approaches. *I just looked at the yields of 5-7 year Treasuries and they are definitely better than just letting cash sit. So they are definitely an avenue for some. I just don't think most Americans find those yields compelling, and would rather take their chance at some other assets. Again, those yields beat CDs though. **Google AI tells me housing has gone up 3-5 percent per year on average over the last few decades. This means these mid-term Treasuries were neutralized at best, and slight losers at worst (and big losers in particular markets). I think healthcare is similar, especially in the last two decades - maybe worse.
Gold bullets would have made more sense, though… i wonder why the Lone Ranger did not have gold bullets… the gold slugs would have matched the lead weight… and “Hiyo Golden” would have worked…
Silver is considered more pure than gold so the Lone Ranger used silver. He also had access to a silver mine in one of the early shows.
Gold is not practical, I would not take a chance shooting a golden bullet out of a golden barrel. I made a bet for $100. We took out our rifles to shoot groundhogs, "woodchucks" look like a marmot. I tried out my Weatherby .378 Magnum "elephant rifle" End of the day, I made a bet, that the 300 grain bullet could pierce a old station wagon in the dump. From 200 yards I hit the right side, the bullet went thru the V-8 engine block, came ot other side. A gold bullet would have splattered on impact. I won my $100 bill.