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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikem2000, post: 1542559, member: 30574&quot;]Unfortunately, Past performance does not guarantee future performance.&nbsp; You are also looking at these numbers after 10 years, of a very bullish metal run.&nbsp; If you&nbsp; looked at those numbers just 5 years ago, they would not have looked so pretty. Also, 5 years in the future, they might not look so pretty.</p><p><br /></p><p>One final thought, If in 1964 you took those 3500 coins and bought some blue chip stocks like IBM and AT&amp;T , you would have done MUCH better. In fact if you calculate a modest 7 percent since 1964, that $3500 would now be worth $110,000.&nbsp; Can you say Porsche 911 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> It also gets better.&nbsp; I can only check back from 1980, but IBM has returned 8% since then. If we can make&nbsp; leap in faith and plug in that return since </p><p>1964 we get $185,000.&nbsp; Also , it is very hard to get a rate of return with the 7 way break up and all the other break ups and sits , but I believe AT&amp;T did much better.</p><p><br /></p><p>You see metals just sit there, but companies grow and that is the main reason why metals should only have a small place in your potfolio.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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