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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JusMeJim, post: 1294056, member: 34054&quot;]Hopefully this is in the right area. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m curious to hear what others think about including coins as an investment for your retirement.&nbsp; Currently I&#039;m about 15 years from retirement, and my wife is about 20.&nbsp; We both have 401 K&#039;s invested in stocks and mutual funds that seem to be going no where fast....in fact this year has not been a good year at all.&nbsp; Not sure if it matters, but our home will be paid off before we reach retirement.</p><p><br /></p><p>Instead of putting 10K into our 401K accounts this year, i&#039;m thinking of buying coins/silver with the money.&nbsp; Possibly $5K in silver coins/bullion, and $5K in higher grade slabbed coins (only graded by PCGS or NGC).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been doing some research and it appears that you can get some nice higher grade silver dollars, halves, etc on eBay (and other places) for about 75% of what the listed value is.</p><p><br /></p><p>I realize none of you have a crystal ball, and everyone just has their opinoins, but I guess my questions would be.....</p><p><br /></p><p>Would slabbed coins be a pretty good long term investment, in which you could expect that over a 15 to 20 year period you could expect at least a decent return?&nbsp; I realize there will be ups and downs, but long term is what I&#039;m worried about.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would think silver might be harder to predict, but if you bought silver today at around $34. oz ($24-$25 per $1. coin value).....could you expect it to maybe at least double at some point in the next 15 to 20 years?</p><p><br /></p><p>Is buying and selling not the best strategy....maybe you need to buy and sell for a profit (hopefully), and then re-buy on dips?</p><p><br /></p><p>Any other &quot;strategies&quot; for buying coins for retirement?</p><p><br /></p><p>Please no arguments like you get on some of the stock boards....just a nice, good discussion about the ups and downs of the subject I&#039;m asking about.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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