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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fiddlehead, post: 25264251, member: 31286&quot;]haha!&nbsp; I&#039;ve lived a long time and have yet to encounter a sure thing....&nbsp;&nbsp; I collect for fun and buy bullion for diversification and the most important consideration I make is downside risk, in everything I invest in.&nbsp; I don&#039;t avoid it entirely, I just evaluate it as best I can.&nbsp; That&#039;s one of the nice things about collecting old rare gold in moderate grades, the downside risk is somewhat balanced by the intrinsic, or hopefully so, value of the precious metal the items are made from. The greater the &quot;collector&quot; value in a coin compared to it&#039;s precious metal content, the greater the downside risk. That&#039;s what makes collecting gold coins different from collecting dolls or automobiles. Real estate is kind of like that too.&nbsp; If the property is useful to you or generates some income then bubbles are mitigated somewhat, cutting a bit into downside risk.&nbsp; Interesting discussion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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