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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 3667828, member: 26302&quot;]The problem with this is &quot;how much do you give up waiting for something to happen?&quot; Yeah, we all agree long term PM will go up, but as an INVESTMENT will it go up as much or more than alternatives? That is the unanswered question. Right now, I am looking at some metal or commodity stocks yielding about 5.5-7% dividends, with not a lot of likelihood the dividend rate will go down in a normal recession. Ignoring stock appreciation, do we think PM will do better AFTER ACCOUNTING FOR BUY/SELL SPREADS? The spreads can KILL YOU in physical pm markets.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is why I advocate physically buying pm for very long horizons, (to minimize spread hit), and as a contra asset to other assets, (to minimize potential subpar performance since it acts as a contra asset to the entire portfolio). Plus, to be honest, its pretty. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I am only three quarters serious about advocating it as a contra asset, if it weren&#039;t pretty and me liking to Scrooge McDuck it, analytically I would never justify owning it. I would do short term bonds instead, but I like holding precious metal, sue me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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