Since when has the FRN based currency depended upon industrial production? Certainly not now. What restrictions are on Bernanke to halt money...
The prudent investor never keeps all their eggs in one basket or rather in the case of physical gold, in one place. Anyone indulging in the act...
This.... The military means the USA can't be defeated in war, can use the threat of military action to achieve whatever goals it wants...
I don't understand your point. Hate is an emotion and I tend to avoid emotions when asking questions about currency. I never said the dollar...
I'm not sure what this actually means. Strong against other fiat currencies? Strong buying power? (there are a lot of people living on the edge...
The biggest advantage of holding your own physical bullion. --- Nobody else knows that you have it or what you did with it.
I haven't been to Japan in a few years, but the 1 yen coin is considered to be practically worthless. (if they still have them) It's made of...
You would win this wager since inventories of of these metals in the Comex is zero. Gold, Silver & Copper are the only physical metal options...
If you are an investor of physical bullion, your outlook should be a lot longer than this.
People asked the same questions 12 years ago when gold was less than $300/oz. The question should be, what has changed with the economy as to...
Tell this to the central banks who hold it as an asset on they base money balance sheets. This included the Federal Reserve. They don't have...
Sovereign governments do not go except via either revolution or war. On the other hand the currency of a government can fail without...
Indeed. Banking thrives on obfuscation. In my case I knew nothing of this difference until I took the time to study how finance works in the...
No. I was only making the distinction between investment bank and retail bank. If such a thing was taking place, it would be handled by the...
Easy answer. Amount of the reward. Why does a person risk money in the stock market instead of keeping it savings? Lets keep in mind that we...
But it's still risk which they hope to make money on. The risk, at a minimum, are the holding costs of storing a vast amount of silver as well as...
The only product that an investment bank has to buy and sell, is risk. They sell risk to their clients, and place bets on it themselves. So I'm...
^If you are a bullion investor who invests for bullion value, then IMO there is no difference between a cleaned coin and one that isn't. In fact...
It's not true. Real wealth is created only by 3 things. It's grown, it's dug up, it's manufactured. Technology, software, etc are simply tools...
LOL. The past tempts us, the present confuses us, and the future concerns us. Your "insider" is not to be trusted.
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