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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fatima, post: 1169284, member: 22143&quot;]My prediction is that gold will continue to rise in relatively consistent manner as long as the gubment &amp; federal reserve, continue their absolutely reckless, destructive, and IMO criminal economic policies that are tearing the USA apart with the objective of enriching a few at the top.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t see any political situation developing where, after the next election, there will be much change to this.&nbsp; If by some miracle, Obama comes to his senses, forces the Congress to pass some real finance industry reform, have the justice department throw a lot of banksters and CEOs in jail, place a 25% import duty on imports from China, end the wars, and develop a true industrial policy, then you will see the price of gold fall rather quickly.&nbsp; Is it going to happen?&nbsp; hahahahaha.&nbsp; &nbsp; So gold will continue to rise as they continue to destroy what&#039;s left of the economy.&nbsp;&nbsp; Remember gold is a hedge against the $.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, I think silver is going to make many investors pee in their pants.&nbsp; If you have balls of steel and thus can endure wide swings in pricing, I think the net is that it will rise as well, but how much is anyone&#039;s guess, and the timing is unknown.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t have any issues with owning silver, but understand it doesn&#039;t move for the same reasons as gold.&nbsp;&nbsp; My preference in silver is to go more towards numismatic silver as this will have a certain bottom to it that bullion won&#039;t have.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I really don&#039;t know why the world governments don&#039;t hold silver as an asset.&nbsp;&nbsp; Maybe its the complex arrangement between the $, gold and oil and there is no room for silver in this arrangement.&nbsp; &nbsp; This does bring up an interesting observation.&nbsp;&nbsp; The US (military) guarantees that any country can buy a barrel of oil in US dollars.&nbsp;&nbsp; Every country in this world consumes oil so this does give the $ an advantage that continues to give other countries a reason to hold it as an asset.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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