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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MerlinAurelius, post: 2613073, member: 84384&quot;]In my opinion, precious metals are good for storing wealth that is to be passed from generation to generation.&nbsp; Personally, I would not use physical gold or silver as an investment vehicle in order to get returns during my lifetime.&nbsp; But that&#039;s just me.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I would, however, liquidate my holdings of gold or silver, using say Apmex, and then buy the other when the gold to silver ratio is favorable.&nbsp; Thus, increasing the size of my holdings without having to constantly purchase more and more.&nbsp; I would buy silver when ration is ~75:1 or above(like now).&nbsp; Then sell the silver and buy gold when it is 50:1 or below. </p><p><br /></p><p>If I buy 150 ounces of silver @ 75:1 it takes 75 ounces to equal one ounce of gold so my 150 ounces of silver is equivalent to 2 ounces of gold.&nbsp; </p><p>If I then sell my 150 ounces of silver when the ratio is 50:1 and buy gold, that 150 ounces of silver now turns into 3 ounces of gold, and I didn&#039;t have to pay anymore out of pocket.&nbsp; This is how I plan to do it after I have put about 5% of my wealth into bullion.&nbsp; And teach my children to do the same with the precious metals I pass on to them.&nbsp; Simply an inter-generational savings account. </p><p><br /></p><p>You can check the gold:silver ratio and many other great historical charts here</p><p><a href="http://www.macrotrends.net/1441/gold-to-silver-ratio" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.macrotrends.net/1441/gold-to-silver-ratio" rel="nofollow">http://www.macrotrends.net/1441/gold-to-silver-ratio</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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