Absolutely into a basket of stocks, particularly for a 20 year old person. The stock market is just about the greatest wealth builder available...
The question was whether a 20 year old should own PMs to hold for retirement. Even though economic conditions now are favorable for PMs, I don't...
I agree it isn't science. That said and human nature being what it is, when a stock [or commodity] has been going up in price and is still going...
I disagree. There are reasons to slab common dates. First of all, slabbing lends authority to a coin being MS instead of AU. Someday my kids...
Except for the fact that over the past 30 years, gold has underperformed inflation. I know that perhaps this will even out if you can wait, say,...
You are correct that I view investing from a bottom-up approach. I look for pockets of undervaluation and then try to pick stocks with (1) low or...
Must be a full moon... I would just add that all investing is about judging probabilities. When the probability of gain seems to outweigh the...
(1) It just isn't that difficult if you stick to value investing principles. (2) I agree. Do it yourself is better. Nobody will care about your...
I spent many years trashing technical analysis and believing the fundamental investment writers that did the same. It's just been in the last...
I would urge caution. Many of the best technical analysis investors like Jesse Livermore, Bill O'Niel, Curtis Faith, Richard Dennis and others --...
There are no "right stocks" to buy. Fortunately, you are a 20 year old college student, and the good news is that successful stock market...
All things being equal, I'd rather have a certified uncirculated $20 Lib [any date] than an AGE.
If the prediction turns out to be correct, it certainly won't be because of the gold/silver ratio, which is one of the really bogus financial...
I used to use a personal benchmark comparison of $150. If I could get a common date MS61 $20 Liberty for $150 greater than the spot price for 1...
Looking at your avitar, maybe it was a MOO button.
Welcome to CoinTalk! To be blunt, I think it is a stupid idea for a 20 year old. I would advise putting 100% of your savings into the stock...
This is what I do. My experience with banks [no names mentioned to protect the guilty] are that their fees are too high and SDB availablity is...
The last time I checked, Turbo Tax did not prepare Form 8621 to make the QEF election required for holding CEF. If you look at the form and...
That sounds a little low, but all commodities tend to eventually sell at about the cost of production [total cost, not cash cost]. I have a...
Good answer when you don't have an answer. Sounds smug without actually having to risk being wrong. :thumb:
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