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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 1635695, member: 4626&quot;]&quot;Propaganda&quot; for all its negative connotations, merely means some type of media intended to influence opinion.&nbsp; I&#039;ll leave it to you whether the article is a piece trying to influence the opinions of the readers, or merely stating those of its author.</p><p><br /></p><p>The article is definitely one-sided though, but he does have a point.&nbsp; Precious metals are a good, stable, long term store of wealth but aren&#039;t noted for their long term growth potential.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the author&#039;s views on &quot;chasing the herd&quot; are downright silly though; chasing the herd is not always a bad thing as long as you don&#039;t do it too late (what&#039;s the alternative, stay behind and get eaten?&nbsp; If that&#039;s not extending the metaphor too much lol...).&nbsp; Sometimes the herd is running in a good direction and following is a perfectly prudent thing to do.&nbsp; Adopting a hipster attitude to investing, where you decide to avoid doing the things the majority of investors are doing for no other reason than the majority is doing it, doesn&#039;t sound like a sound strategy to me.&nbsp; If the majority is wrong, by all means avoid doing what they&#039;re doing.&nbsp; But just because the &quot;herd&quot; is adopting a given strategy doesn&#039;t automatically make it wrong.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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