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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rick, post: 19435, member: 1235&quot;]GET THE TURTLE!!</p><p><br /></p><p>I would assume you are right with the holdings issue.&nbsp; Much like you cannot have access to the money in your account, immediately at hand - otherwise the interest would be immediately taxable as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I don&#039;t know that I would go so far as to say the reason for investing in gold and silver would be expectations of government collapse or economic disaster.&nbsp; I think bullion has a market, just like any other commodity, so it could have an expectation of market expansion just the same.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the S&amp;P averages 6%, and gold goes up 10%, then that would have made it a smart investment on its own merits.&nbsp; As well as the same as rare coin trade.</p><p><br /></p><p>In fact, it might serve to stablize the market for rare coins, as well, in as much as it gives a default value to the supply chain... like the government bond serves to evaluate acceptable risk.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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