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<p>[QUOTE="WingedLiberty, post: 1191473, member: 26030"]<b>Doug21</b>, that sounds like torture. Sorry. At least it sounds like you are moving in the right direction now. Keep looking for a Mary Ann type, the right woman is out there somewhere. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Oval_Man</b>, yes the opinions on this board are wide and varied on PMs. Painful story on the silver sale, but we've all made financial moves like that from time to time. Look at the bright side, at least your holdings were relatively small, and you did make a good profit on it. I have to say, investing is not easy -- there are so many moving parts -- so even the people with a background in finance get confused and are often wrong. (Just watch CNBC for a few weeks and you'll see what I mean.) Yes, the lesson of not buying rare coins as an investment is a hard one. Took me 40 years to come to that conclusion. Having bullion over the long term, then buying some rare coins with the profits from the bullion I find is the best strategy. That's the only thing that's really worked for me. So what coins did you buy after your bullion sale? What's your fancy? One thing is for sure, I, along with most people on this board, LOVE rare and unusual coins. It's a passion. Bullion is great as a money making device, but it's not as interesting (to me at least).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="WingedLiberty, post: 1191473, member: 26030"][B]Doug21[/B], that sounds like torture. Sorry. At least it sounds like you are moving in the right direction now. Keep looking for a Mary Ann type, the right woman is out there somewhere. [B]Oval_Man[/B], yes the opinions on this board are wide and varied on PMs. Painful story on the silver sale, but we've all made financial moves like that from time to time. Look at the bright side, at least your holdings were relatively small, and you did make a good profit on it. I have to say, investing is not easy -- there are so many moving parts -- so even the people with a background in finance get confused and are often wrong. (Just watch CNBC for a few weeks and you'll see what I mean.) Yes, the lesson of not buying rare coins as an investment is a hard one. Took me 40 years to come to that conclusion. Having bullion over the long term, then buying some rare coins with the profits from the bullion I find is the best strategy. That's the only thing that's really worked for me. So what coins did you buy after your bullion sale? What's your fancy? One thing is for sure, I, along with most people on this board, LOVE rare and unusual coins. It's a passion. Bullion is great as a money making device, but it's not as interesting (to me at least).[/QUOTE]
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