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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;buyingsilvers, post: 1486560, member: 18821&quot;]it depends on your objective.</p><p><br /></p><p>Metals will go up and down in real terms (when denominated in paper currencies) due to a plethora of factors, but for the long term, I feel that it is an inflation hedge, and held to preserve purchasing power.&nbsp; Maybe you might &quot;make money&quot; off of it, but to me, that should not be it&#039;s primary purpose in your portfolio of investment assets.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>About the only other assets that can withstand the test of time (say 100-200 years) are hard assets.&nbsp; And some of those can decline or lose value as well because of changes in technology, wars, etc.&nbsp; Gold &amp; silver were valuable thousands of years ago, they&#039;re still valuable today.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As far as making money?&nbsp; you&#039;d have made a lot more money buying apple stock 30 years ago and holding it versus buying gold.&nbsp; But hindsight is 20/20[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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