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

i would invest in silver and gold. about 75% in silver and 25% in gold

 

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You are correct. Simply, it is a supply and demand issue. However, it is similar to stocks because whether deciding to invest in gold (or anything for that matter), one must consider the variables comprising "supply" and "demand." If those factors can be determined with a reasonable degree of certainty/risk, then invest or do not invest.

 

Being that I could only keep any value realized above the original principal. I think I would go with highly leveraged paper.

 

I bought lots of Buffalos from 2006-2009. Great returns from them except the '09s. Then the mint started charging more than I was willing to pay. Don't know what modern gold bought at todays cost will do in 5 years though.

If I had to pick I'd say gold with a few silver bars just for the heck of it.

 

A piece of Precious METAL coming from OUTER SPACE! Is there any ET around selling this metal in a FLEA/BAY MARKET?

 

I prefer silver for numerous reasons I have explained many times so I won't bother going into them, but suffice it to say, supply and demand is more than enough for me. I also like gold, just not as much. I do not expect the COMEX to have any silver inventory left in 5 years unless they allow the physical market to determine the value.

 

I think silver is the hardest to predict; you kinda have to sell when the roller coaster hits a certain point. I'd go with gold over a long long term. Five years? I'd say platinum just because I think it's a bit undervalued right now. But, I won't blow smoke up your backside, nobody knows how it's going to shake out, it's all guessing.

I don't like palladium because I never see it sell for less than a crazy premium but I hear it's hard to move when the time comes. Weird.

 

That wasn't one of the options...:kewl:

 

I read where Alcoa cuts it's short-term predictions for Aluminum, but predicts it will double in price over the next five (5) years. :thumb:

 

I would invest 50% silver (common man) and 50% gold (World Central Banks)

 

I agree with your first point if the goal is to maximize profits in dollars, but the caveat is that if precious metals prices go high enough there is no point where you would want to sell, since it could potentially be a slippery slope of increasing value as the currency fades out. You might get out for a 10,000% gain only to realize the next month you could have had a 100,000% gain instead, just a wild and crazy hypothetical example.

I never liked palladium because it was overpriced and fractionals were hard to come by, but the new valcambi bars are pretty neat and I'm about to pick up a few 1 gram squares from somebody who is willing to break one up. The premium is still there, but at least it's a small amount and a design that I will enjoy. It's more just to have more types of metal in my collection than anything else. For value I prefer silver, and for stability I prefer gold.

 

You can find Russian 5,10,25 Rouble Ballerina palladium coins selling for about 20% premium over spot.

Image courtesy of NGC.

 

^But that is a commentary on numismatic value. We are discussing bullion values here.

 

That's where spot price vs. actual price are at odds. I seriously can't find palladium without a large premium over spot tacked on. It makes me think the spot price is off compared to what people will really sell and buy for.

 

Are you replying to my comment? Those russian palladium coins sell pretty close to spot, so not sure what you mean by bull vs num value. In fact you can even find them selling below spot prices when markets are dipping, granted these days it is harder but just have to hunt for them.

 

You need to let me in on these secret locations. I can never find that stuff near spot.

 

That is because spot price is for a contract of 100 ounces of gold or 1000 or 5000 ounces of silver delivered immediately. Most individuals do not deal in these quantities. You can assume that any amount smaller is going to cost more because of the additional carrying/dealer/packaging/retailer costs.

A good analog is the spot price for corn. What you pay for an ear of corn in the supermarket is going to be a lot higher/ear than the trainload of corn purchased by the supermarket on the commodity markets at spot price.

 

You can find them in world coin auction listing (HA, Stacks etc) or hunt in the bay here is recent listing MS67 that sold @ $713. Small premium but not bad for slabbed coin.

 

I guess I'm just a lazy searcher. Which I knew.

 

That is alright i get spammed with those listing since it is part of my search filters . I have never purchased any pure palladium coin to date, only palladium coins i have bi-metallic issue and white gold coin.