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Because of our economic conditions, you should find it easier to purchase silver. Has anything changed that caused it to rise this far? No, it's getting worse.
We may see a bit of a pullback now that the Govt has chosen not to close. Some of the recent run up I feel was speculation based around that. But the reason for
wanting to hold physical silver has not changed.
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Whats the "poor mans silver"? ;)
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Whats the "poor mans silver"? ;) Cupro-nickel  |
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It's speculation, same as oil; if you have some money, buy for the long haul, I don't see how you csn go wrong. You just have the stomach to saty in!
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The poor mans silver is copper
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Because of our economic conditions, you should find it easier to purchase silver. The local coin shops are selling silver (especially ASE's) like bags of ice in the desert. I was in a shop for ten minutes and three different people bought bullion ASE's. |
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The poor mans silver is copper Exactly! :) |
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United States
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At this time I have stopped buying or collecting silver coins, because of the price. Between 1999 and 2004 I purchased most of the coin collection I have now. That is when silver was $6.00 to $8.00 an ounce. Just an an example, I don't want to spend $42.00 for a silver eagle that I previously bought at $9.00. It is a two edged sword for me. My coin collection has increased by 300 percent or more, but I just cant justify paying the current market prices to further my collections.
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Silver will have its "dips" it will drop a $1 here and there. When you wake up and the market is down $.80 don't fret, buy!
Disclaimer: I know nothing about silver and I will not accept any responsibility for your huge loses in the future. I will on the other hand accept any donations for those who strike it rich.
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Valued Member
United States
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I think it is still a case of dollar cost averaging. My "gut" tells me we are still going to see a fairly large gain in price.
I am debating whether or not to sell my larger items. (larger than 1oz).
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Today I just got 7 silver quaters and 15 mercs for only $50! :-]
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It's speculation, same as oil; if you have some money, buy for the long haul Personally, I wouldn't recommend buying precious metals over the long haul. It's good to have some to keep diversified, but they are fair volitile and unpredicitable. In the early '80s, more than 30 years ago, there was a huge run up on gold, then a crash. The trend was generally down or neutral until the turn of the century where it started going up very quickly. I would find it very hard to believe the prices will stay where they are or go up significantly from here. If you were to have "invested" in gold in 1979/80 it would have been worth about the same in 2000, not much of an investment and due to inflation and the time value of money, you probably lost money. |
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At this time I have stopped buying or collecting silver coins, because of the price. Between 1999 and 2004 I purchased most of the coin collection I have now. That is when silver was $6.00 to $8.00 an ounce. Just an an example, I don't want to spend $42.00 for a silver eagle that I previously bought at $9.00. It is a two edged sword for me. My coin collection has increased by 300 percent or more, but I just cant justify paying the current market prices to further my collections. Current prices often look high when compared to historical prices. This exact same idea has kept be out of the gold market since gold was $250/oz. Look at it now. That $42 ASE might look real good to you if silver hits $80/oz. or more. Just sayin'. |
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Personally, I wouldn't recommend buying precious metals over the long haul. It's good to have some to keep diversified, but they are fair volitile and unpredicitable. I've been investing since 1978 and have yet to see too many investments that are not volatile or unpredictable. Sure, cash and its equivalents are stable but lose buying power with inflation, and bonds will drop any time interest rates are raised. Stocks? Real estate? Yes, they all have their share of good and bad points as investments. I do agree that the volatility in the PM markets can be extreme at times but that does not discourage those of us who regularly buy small amounts of PMs as inflation hedges. We are dollar cost averaging into our long-term positions, so have an average price that stretches over several years, if not longer. Anyone who bought gold this way over the past 10 years still has an average purchase price of around $850/oz. I also agree that PMs are a useful component of an over-all investing plan that includes several other asset classes. I would not put more than 8-10% of my money into PMs but it is good to have that amount when the paper asset markets tank. |
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