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<p>[QUOTE="Good Cents, post: 3341142, member: 100720"]I don't have an answer to your question, because I haven't been investing in PM for long.</p><p><br /></p><p>It doesn't make much sense to me to sell off some gold when the value goes up because if you're a long term investor there are going to be lots of ups and downs along the way and trying to time the market will just get you down. I would rather suggest staying within a RANGE percentage of your assets. So if gold goes up now, the next time you invest put it into something else where your percentage hasn't reached its height yet. Because when gold or PM starts out as 10% of your assets and then goes up and becomes (for argument's sake) 15% of your assets, your OTHER assets are now a lower % of your total assets. It's a bit of a see-saw, but that's how I would play it - investing in other things.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Good Cents, post: 3341142, member: 100720"]I don't have an answer to your question, because I haven't been investing in PM for long. It doesn't make much sense to me to sell off some gold when the value goes up because if you're a long term investor there are going to be lots of ups and downs along the way and trying to time the market will just get you down. I would rather suggest staying within a RANGE percentage of your assets. So if gold goes up now, the next time you invest put it into something else where your percentage hasn't reached its height yet. Because when gold or PM starts out as 10% of your assets and then goes up and becomes (for argument's sake) 15% of your assets, your OTHER assets are now a lower % of your total assets. It's a bit of a see-saw, but that's how I would play it - investing in other things.[/QUOTE]
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