I think it's just confusing Marsden....thanks for clearing it up.
Would it have sold for MORE without being dipped, GD ? Others can chime in, too !! :D
I'm with you, but the bigger point is not whether toning should detract from the grade or not...it's if the toning is HIDING more blemishes and...
I don't know how you can be the world's reserve currency AND be on the gold standard AND not drain gold. o_O Being the world's reserve currency...
I have one of those 5-ounce ATB PF-68's and I can't see the defects. :D
Some interesting tidbits from American Default ; I've made it through a few chapters so far: FDR while campaigning in the final weeks of the 1932...
I doubt anybody is writing or running alogorithm's for silver. :D
Debt levels are not a problem for the most part. Interest servicing costs are still super-low and unlike 2008 when 40% of debt was variable today...
....and 6-month, 1-1-year, and 2-year Treasuries all yielding close to over a bit over 5% aren't a bad place to hide out, either. Hell, even my...
Good job, TC....how did you determine that ?
Thanks for this thread, Insider, I learned a few things. Are you going to tell us which coin is counterfeit and WHY (i.e., what would be the #1...
I'm sure he'll circle back.
Not on anything 2 years and in. If they rose in yield/fell in price, equities would get hit anyway. You'd still own the Best House in a Lousy...
That's a pretty ballsy prediction, ETR. It COULD happen -- but I doubt it, even among bears. Stocks are not dirt-cheap but they are no...
TC, HELOC loans are NOTHING compared to pre-2008. Maybe 1/5th the total outstanding. Short-term bonds provide yield AND are a source of cash if...
I have NO problems buying gold or gold coins as part of our hobby or even as a small % of a non-wealthy person's portfolio. Gold, commodities,...
That's what the world runs on. If you want some gold for disaster insurance, I get that. But you can't possibly think that tying up the bulk of...
In the same time period, the S&P 500 returned 12.1% with much lower volatility and risk. In other words....$1 invested in gold or other...
Since most of us do NOT have a lifespan of 5,000 years.....gold's return over that time period isn't of much use. :D Cherry-picked data like from...
It's not gold coins but tangible financial assets -- stocks, bonds, and cash -- that give you financial security. Gold is simply disaster...
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