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<p>[QUOTE="Blaubart, post: 1998252, member: 37498"]I wouldn't go so far as to say it isn't possible with paper pm. It's just different:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/032613/best-way-buy-silver.asp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/032613/best-way-buy-silver.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/032613/best-way-buy-silver.asp</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0312/what-happened-at-mf-global.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0312/what-happened-at-mf-global.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0312/what-happened-at-mf-global.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Long story short:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In the end, creditors and lawyers essentially <i>stole</i> a whole lot of silver from investors.</p><p><br /></p><p>One concept that many people use to sell paper pm is that there is physical bullion behind the paper. That's good, right? Well, it's also bad because there's a remote possibility that someone will manage to pull off a successful heist of a large scale precious metals warehouse. If that were to happen to GLD or SLV, would investors somehow be reimbursed?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Blaubart, post: 1998252, member: 37498"]I wouldn't go so far as to say it isn't possible with paper pm. It's just different: [url]http://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/032613/best-way-buy-silver.asp[/url] [url]http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0312/what-happened-at-mf-global.aspx[/url] Long story short: In the end, creditors and lawyers essentially [I]stole[/I] a whole lot of silver from investors. One concept that many people use to sell paper pm is that there is physical bullion behind the paper. That's good, right? Well, it's also bad because there's a remote possibility that someone will manage to pull off a successful heist of a large scale precious metals warehouse. If that were to happen to GLD or SLV, would investors somehow be reimbursed?[/QUOTE]
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