The Fed Just Helped US Gold And Silver Stackers

With the U.S. cash deposit rate at 0.25% and the inflation rate at 3%, small wonder that U.S. citizens are interested in PM investment.

For me, an an Australian, I will buy real estate, but not for renting out.
It is important in my case that you efficiently use the real estate you buy. That means building a new (smaller) house for myself. The real investment return is expressed in not paying rent.

I currently own my house, fully paid off 20 years ago.
That will be given to my kids. Gratis. They need it more than I do.

At this time, I cannot see much future in cash deposits or the stockmarket, especially with world economic forecasting outlook looking so poorly.

I will continue to invest in my coin collection with considerable circumspection.

Actually I don't see real estate doing much for tha average Australian investor, either. That is why what I buy and the amount of of investment is so important.

I would NOT consider the investment in real estate for renting out to be a completely sound proposition at this time, but I do need somewhere to live.

It is important with the spending of any money for investment or enjoyment to separate 'wants' from 'needs'.

The ownership of two houses is beyond my 'needs'. That is why I am giving the family home to my kids. Like I said: "They need it more than I do". THEY get to save rent over a lifetime. Better to exercise the terms of my will before I die than after. As far as I can, I intend to die with no assets.

Bh1964: What you have reported is good at least in one respect:

The higher farm land values will help to inhibit urban sprawl on the fringes of towns and cities in the U.S.

In other parts of the World, far too much prime agricultural land has had it's use changed to satisy the demands of urban developers.

For urban dwellers, with no interest in agrucultural land, security in PM's is looming larger.

Farmland something I might be able to know just a little about. it's location followed now by if you won mineral rights because of the Marsiellas (sp) shell.

Farm land is still cheap but go one mile and a lot is expensive. For example farmland is cheap at around $2,000 an acre. However building lots just a few miles away with full utilities go for $30,000 for 150 x100.

it certainly can differ a lot depending on what part of the country you live. For example I just bought 36 ares that adjoins my land last year. I paid $70,000 for nice flat tillable land boarded by a county road. To some I over paid but to me it was a bargain.

A little further north where they are starting to drill for oil those people are getting $5,000 an acre just for the gas leases.

I expect if you live in another state the or near a major city then the value goes way up.

The last major land sell was last year and involved 600 acres. The selling price was 1.5M which included two farm houses, barn and out buildings. So maybe mine was not a good deal, who knows.

I own 1,400 acres and still trying to buy some more because I still have to make long runs to farm some other land.

Give me a city person and I will sell them a 150 x 100 plot for $50K easy. They are stupid they want a rural setting and do not know the true value of the land.

Some idiot from Tampa tried to make a Tennessee crack, when I posted something about Iran messing with the USA under one of those stupid waste of space yahoo articles. I said them messing with us makes me think the guys in charge over there have a combined IQ of like 89....

He tried to be clever an say something stupid like "Most all Iranians I have ever met are rather smart, but I have met some idiots from Tinnacee, spelling like that, ticks me off to high freakin heaven. Stereotyping BS, man he was lucky my foot was not in the range of his backside, lol....

Boy, that set me off a rip session, lol. I said for one thing pal, you are the tard living right in the middle of Hurricane alley, and I am up here protected by the valley's in the safe zone, so who is the smart one? I went on to say he would be lucky to survive through storm season, and that I also have a couple friends from Tampa, one in fact my best friend and I can however attest to the overall low IQ of someone from Tampa. And like my dad says..."People from Florida are freakin nuts, something in the water!", lol.....

I told that Jack wagon he could not appreciate or understand the loyalty that life long Tennessee guy like myself possess for his land. And I even tossed out an Alamo stat, via Florida volunteers compared to Tennessee, lol....

JK CCF Floridians! I just said all that to get under his skin, I love Florida actually, lol....

That yellow water is Florida's state drink. I believe it is tannic acid though I could be wrong. The problem with Florida is the new comers more than the natives.

The highest part of Florida is someplace up in the pan handle at around 350 ft. There are a few places near the central part of the state at around 300 ft too.

Florida was a great state for silver. I lived there for two years and did great prospecting for silver. I/m not sure if it was the locals or the tourist but for some great reason they had a habit of tossing silver dollars into the many fresh water springs in the state. In any event was a great place to prospect for silver.

You called it Angel an Ed, I forgot about the Canary islands, that is tsunami waiting to happen, not if but when, lol....

It would be like when a really big boned person, say like 1200 pounds did a belly flop in one end of the pool, and you were just chillin in the shallows on the other end, maybe with your feet in or something, and next thing your washed up on the fence, lol....

That happened out your way Ed back in the mid 60's as their was a young man an his dad, who survived as the wave carried them up into the treeline and seems like there boat got stuck in a high tree and they survived. Basically a huge chunk of the cliff broke off an fell right into the lake, perhaps a few hundred yards from the dad and his son. Another boat got carried out to seas and was not as lucky as they were never seen again. The entire harbor got washed away, either into the tree lines or out to sea, even though they were all unoccupied. It was back in a cove, like on a large lake perhaps right around Washington state/Vancouver or Alaska seems like. On all those shows on History that talk about the Canary Island theory, always mention that event in reference, even though on a much smaller scale. The Canary islands would be way larger, and much more catastrophic in nature.....

You all do know that the LA Palma Tsunami theory has been debunked? Just like ebay - Tv programs can be filled with hype.

You all might want to read this.

http://www.tsunamisociety.org/PressReleases.html