I don't consider wikipedia to be a reliable source of information. The US dollar as now constituted is fungible, durable, portable and divisible....
I don't know of any restaurants, retail, utility or government entity that readily accepts gold or silver in lieu of US dollars as a form of...
Gold and silver eagles are not a medium of exchange or unit of account. They are collector coins and bullion, not circulating money. The face...
Obviously gold can be money, because it was. Just as obvious, gold is no longer money. It isn't a medium of exchange or unit of account. Since...
Just make sure you are aware that SLV holds less than one ounce per share, and it goes down every year. Read the prospectus.
Everyone is free to do any calculation they want, or none at all. I've just explained how I do it, and if you stick with the primary silver...
Graded bullion might turn out to be a sleeper since it is so disrespected. Just make sure you don't pay too much of a premium. A few years ago I...
Great!
The comment was directed at all readers and not just the poster -- to get people thinking. My general and unscientific observation over the years...
I don't think of it as steering people away from bullion, and I own it myself. What bothers me are the situations where young or presumably young...
Someone who is 25 hopefully will be buying silver after contributing to a 401k or IRA and building up 6 months of savings and/or paying off debts....
Missed our chance? Presumably you believe silver will go up a lot in price, otherwise why buy it? And if that's the case, does it really matter...
If silver hits $20 it would probably signal that the current bull market is over and silver will go back to sleep for another 15 to 20 years....
I owned Southern Copper at one time. My current interest is in a couple of juniors [MUX and RBY] and CEF. I'm more comfortable with CEF than...
The best way to obtain the cost to produce silver is to do it yourself. It's easier than it looks. Just take two or three of the major silver...
Technical analysis incorporates all of the fundamental information that is known or can be known by investors. Most of the time, a chart will...
I also hold RBY. Unfortunately, Canadian law is so screwed up that nothing can be done without permission of the FNs. And in this case, RBY is...
You are correct, see post #45.
I don't want to revise my call. I just want to correctly state what it is. This is the chart I've been following for the past few months....
[ATTACH] Check out the 1525 level.
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