Regarding the first point, that isn't what happened. The market never provided more silver than the Hunt's could afford to purchase. The CFTC...
They are rolled-over or settled in cash. But the point is that the CFTC's own regulations say that the futures market has the function of "price...
I look at it just the opposite. When silver reached $50+ the market traded relatively freely. Subsequently, the CFTC intervened and implemented...
I will say that gold will be $2400 and silver $35 by the end of 2011. It's a bull market after all.
Everybody can decide for themselves whether they think silver is under or over-valued. I happen to think it is undervalued. -silver is...
GNXP is insolvent and will have to do another stock offering to survive. PBEC just did one. Neither company should ever have been bought in my...
Penny stocks generally are not investments. Just remember that you don't have to try to recover your losses by doing the same thing that created...
I think the best chance for you to get off of the lawn mower someday would be to put the money into a common stock mutual fund, leave it there,...
I saw in your other post that your husband told you that you would be okay. From that I presume that he believed that whatever he was invested in...
Just make sure it is your own decision based on your own analysis. Please don't take any action based on my [or anyone elses] recommendation.
Nobody under the age of 50 has seen this movie before. But I'll tell you how it ends. Silver will continue to go up and down -- right up to the...
That is a very good summary of the problem. You can take 1,000 folks who have passed the Series 7, CFA, and possess a degree in finance. A...
Some do, some don't. And some coins tone nicely, but most don't.
In the case of ASEs, a little extra care might pay off someday since the coins are both bullion and an emerging numismatic collectible [in my...
I agree. Investing is all about using as many facts as you can accumulate to estimate the probability of gain/loss, and acting accordingly....
If it is primarily for investment, I would say buy a one ounce AGE, and APMEX is okay. If you stray into pre-1933 coins, make sure they are...
A local dealer near me will buy ASEs for spot plus $1. But junk goes for a discount to spot.
http://www.jpscorner.com/Silica_Gel_Desiccant.htm Unless you live in and store your coins in a very dry environment, the addition of desiccant...
I didn't know that. Very interesting history lesson. But when you think about it, it makes sense that the money systems of the time would have...
It looks like it was subjected to extreme heat.
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