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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikem2000, post: 1728673, member: 30574&quot;]C&#039;mon Peace, we have no&nbsp; beef here.&nbsp; First, just to straighten things out, I am not into brokering, never have been, Quite frankly, I don&#039;t have the stomach for it.&nbsp; I am an IT professional for big Pharma</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, Lets get down to brass tacks. We are discussing here, please hear me out.&nbsp; It is known fact that the equities market has been the best performing mainstream asset class.&nbsp; Not much argument there.&nbsp; So, the first question is why wouldn&#039;t everyone want to own stocks.&nbsp; That is simple, it can be risky, right?&nbsp; People fear losing their money.&nbsp; Fear is a needed emotion, and as long as it does not get out of control, it is a good thing.&nbsp; No one should be insulted to be called fearful.&nbsp; I am fearful of just about everything in the financial&nbsp; world. My solution to that fear is diversification</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, the stacker crowd does&nbsp; indeed fear the equities markets.&nbsp; They fear it a lot, they don&#039;t trust it, they fear it will collapse.&nbsp; They fear the entire financial system.&nbsp; There should be no argument here.&nbsp; So we take it farther.&nbsp; Where did these fears come from? They did not come out of thin air.&nbsp; Opinions and beliefs require input to be formed.&nbsp; Well, many permabulls&nbsp; read the bullion bloggers, the silver sites, etc. etc.. I know this since they quote them so often and post links to articles from them.&nbsp; So, it is not a stretch to think that many folks opinions were influenced by what they read from these folks.&nbsp; Heck, my opinions are certainly influenced by what I read.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think the stacker crowd is any different.&nbsp; Like I said, opinions do not come out of thin air. Input is required.</p><p><br /></p><p>So now the problem, these silver sites and such have definite strong ties to the bullion industry, there really is no question.&nbsp; They have an agenda, and they are not looking out for your best interests. They want to sell bullion direct, or are a&nbsp; front for someone who wants to sell bullion.&nbsp; This is why I brought the salesman angle into it.&nbsp; Salesman want to sell.&nbsp; That is what matters, and they use fear to do it.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, to wrap it all up, if someones opinion has been influenced by someones else&#039;s desire to sell bullion, and the salesman was using fear as a motivator, do you really think that is all right?&nbsp; If these folks lost a buttload of money, because they bought Silver at $46 after reading what a great price it was from a salesman who was using fear mongering as a tactic, what would you call these folks.&nbsp; I call them victims.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now Peace, even if you don&#039;t agree with me, can you at least agree it is worth discussing?&nbsp; Even if it may be a bit distasteful to some?&nbsp; There was no malice here.</p><p>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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