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<p>[QUOTE="Otter, post: 448413, member: 3464"]<b>Goldline</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The CEO of Goldline as on CNBC today. During the interview he said that historically 1oz American Eagles used to be sold at a 4% premium over spot with his firm taking 1% and the supplier/govt getting 3%. He said today, its more like 12% with the average premium ~$90 over spot.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was in a local coin shop yesterday...they said that their supplier could not provide product (gold) but was willingly buying....supply/demand is out of sync right now and its probably WAY OVER DONE...so that buying bullion right now for investment purposes is probably less than desirable. However, if its going to be used as a hedge against future inflation or a major global economic meltdown, then sooner rather than later might make sense.</p><p><br /></p><p>While holding hard commodities at some level is wise, if things truly go 'to heck in a handbasket', I would rather be holding something to eat....but I doubt we are that bad.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Otter, post: 448413, member: 3464"][b]Goldline[/b] The CEO of Goldline as on CNBC today. During the interview he said that historically 1oz American Eagles used to be sold at a 4% premium over spot with his firm taking 1% and the supplier/govt getting 3%. He said today, its more like 12% with the average premium ~$90 over spot. I was in a local coin shop yesterday...they said that their supplier could not provide product (gold) but was willingly buying....supply/demand is out of sync right now and its probably WAY OVER DONE...so that buying bullion right now for investment purposes is probably less than desirable. However, if its going to be used as a hedge against future inflation or a major global economic meltdown, then sooner rather than later might make sense. While holding hard commodities at some level is wise, if things truly go 'to heck in a handbasket', I would rather be holding something to eat....but I doubt we are that bad.[/QUOTE]
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