Hi leon.
Very much enjoy your threads and others that are about PM's and what is going to happen over the next year & why etc.
Interesting that the fall in Gold & Silver that you talked about and that we have seen happen for some years now does not seem to be happening this year. It is still a bit early in Jan but Gold & Silver are looking very much range bound.
Getting the timing right to buy at the bottom of the price cycle is generally known as just about impossible to do. But there are definitely some strong market information to be had to get an idea about when to buy your PM's or not.
All that said am of the opinion that most people buy when they have the funds to do so and I am in a position to do just this come next August. Looks like I will have a 5 figure amount of funds left over to buy Gold bars and maybe some Silver tubes of bullion coins that are close as I can get to spot price.
Perth Mint & my City CBD PM dealer are who I will buy my PM's from so as to keep away from the forgeries I read about in this forum.
Buy from the
Perth Mint and the purchase info is available to the governing powers of the day.
But buying at the CBD dealer there is no record of anything.
The last time I had Gold I sold it in 2007. Purchased it at under AU$600 oz. Sold it because I had too not because of any timing action or market reading.