There was inflation every year from 1980 to 2000, and the price of silver didn't rise. I don't think it is a sure thing that it will rise from...
For my own portfolio, I define risk as the chance of permanent [or at least long term] capital loss. When someone says they are new to silver...
If someone says they are new to investing in silver, and says they disagree that is is risky, they clearly haven't done enough research to be...
You can believe what you wish, but this isn't something that is open to opinion. Every investment has something wrong with it, and if you can't...
I agree. People are focusing on the silver with the lowest purchase price at this time because they are in the accumulation phase and silver is...
You made a good buy. My personal preference is for American Silver Eagles which cost a little more but also sell for more when you dispose of...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/11/AR2010011103892.html Okay, this is a bit dated but shows that the profits...
No, it would be net neutral on the profits. The Treasury would still receive the Fed profits from everything except Treasury bond interest. But...
Yes, it makes a lot of sense and may end up being the choice when the federal government is backed into a corner and runs out of options. In...
I think everything you mentioned will have value and will be kept wherever it is available. And this is a universal, not cultural view. People...
You keep repeating that gold has value only if it permits a person to escape to somewhere where there is a better life. I think you completely...
PMs are a store of value until times get better. It's a way to carry some of your wealth from this side of collapse to the other side and...
I don't think that is the case. They still have to operate within the law, honor contract law, and not manipulate prices to defaud one class of...
I don't disagree that PM prices coud fall at some point, and probably will at some point. While a lot of things now are similar to the 70s, there...
I'd try to sell it to the jeweler. ;) The lack of markings would worry me.
When times are good, the "best" silver appears to be that with the lowest premium. When times are bad, everyone wishes they had the silver that...
The gold price is a reflection of unsane monetary policy. When monetary policy returns to sanity, so will gold.
I agree it is widely practiced by the larger players. I think if you or I tried it, we'd be on TV doing the perp walk.
I'll have to think about that one... I thought manipulation, by definition, was illegal in the commodities markets according to the exchange's...
I don't mind the fear and greed part. What I worry about is whether or not markets are "honest." With the advent of high frequency trading,...
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