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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
10743 Posts |
WOW.. I don't look at prices for Gold or Silver very often but, was surprised to see Silver below $20.00 U.S...  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
548 Posts |
It's been on a down trend for the last 8 months. There are probably lower prices still to come.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2661 Posts |
It is a good time to buy and do some dollar cost averaging. That is if you can find some PM's that do not have an extraordinary markup over spot, or find any at all for that matter.
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Valued Member
United States
410 Posts |
8 Months? Silver has been in a downtrend for 2 years. The top of the bubble was the summer of 2011.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
If the U.S. economy continues to improve, PM investment will no longer be the 'star' it once was. (downside).
Job availability and job security will improve. (upside).
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
616 Posts |
I look at PMs as a Fear and Instability play (rightly or wrongly) and I believe there will be another period (probably more) of extreme Fear and Instability over the next 40 years. Unfortunately, until that period occurs my PM holdings won't be generating any income and possibly gains. This is one of the reasons I personally could never see move a huge percentage of my savings into PMs. Others probably have a different views.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
548 Posts |
@ JSH
I think if you look at the 3 year charts for silver you will see that silver had been going up and down by big amounts until October 2012. From that point onwards silver has been going down with no recovery.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
933 Posts |
once it hit $40...it was downhill with no stopping from there
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Valued Member
United States
410 Posts |
 After the unsustainable climb during the second half of 2010 the fall was inevitable. The only question was how high the bubble would go before it popped. Now the question is how low silver goes before it stabilizes. Does it find footing at $20, $15, or does it drop all the way back down to $10. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I look at PMs as a Fear and Instability play (rightly or wrongly) and I believe there will be another period (probably more) of extreme Fear and Instability over the next 40 years. You pretty much hit it on the head there. Well more than likely do something stupid to spike it again but like you mentioned that would be a couple decades from now. |
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Valued Member
United Arab Emirates
283 Posts |
I'm using this to invest in lots of ounces of silver.
Not really rounds since the cost of making them costs some money.
So I'm just getting regular plain bars.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5818 Posts |
I tend to save my dollar for situation like yesterday market episode and buy into it. Haven't make large purchase of PM for a while except for what I really wanted, like the Niue Island Fortuna Redux 6 oz. cylinder shaped silver and the Koi silver 'feng shui' silver coin also from Niue. I got good prices for those on ebay. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Haven't make large purchase of PM for a while except for what I really wanted, like the Niue Island Fortuna Redux 6 oz. cylinder shaped silver The thing is, though, the price of stuff like that really has no relation whatsoever to the current spot value of silver. The price would likely have been the same when silver was at $30 as when it is at $20. Don't get me wrong -- I bought one myself and love it, but I think it's really more of a "collectible" than a form of PM. To take it to an extreme example, it's sort of like calling a silver teapot made by Paul Revere "a purchase of PM" simply because it's made of silver... |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5818 Posts |
I stand corrected Barry,
It is a collectible item, limited edition to like 8,000 for the Koi, don't remember number for the Fortuna Redux. I am a sucker for this type of collectible with nice packaging, hoping over time these will gain popularity and price increase. Otherwise; would make a nice display pieces.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
By the looks of the graph above, silver seems that it will trade in the $20 to $30 range in 5 years' time.
As a chartist, that is my reading of this information.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The thing is, though, the price of stuff like that really has no relation whatsoever to the current spot value of silver. I guess this could be said for any numismatic coin, right? |
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Posted 06/21/2013 07:47 am
