tashkerra

The Disconnect Between Supply and Demand in Gold & Silver Markets

Thought-provoking article, Mr. Conrad, and excellent commentary, Philman, Jimmyboy, User 244350, and Bron!

This has been a seminal forum on gold and silver-- and serves notice that we, as investors, are not sitting idly by as the market manipulators and the dishonest bankers would have us do. Our financial lives will surely depend on making the best and most informed decisions possible. To that end, there are many of us who are reading, watching, and listening to what all is being said and are preparing for the changes discussed here. Thanks...

Time to Buy and Hold Gold

xsuddensam: I couldn't agree with you more. The whole point of gold acquisition is to preserve wealth and build a financial berm against financial disaster and social disorder.

istartedi: "History also tells us that gold can't even ensure against you being shot or hauled off to a concentration camp. In fact, it might make you a target. The SS and/or thugs are likely to end up with all your gold."-- Imagine coming to Texas to haul anyone off to a concentration camp or confiscate gold (or anything else for that matter). Methinks you assume too much.

regarding the war on drugs: business... strictly business. Afghanistan grows 90% of world's poppy crop. To industrialize it, tax it, and sell it on the open market would make Afghanistan the 'Saudi Arabia of narcotics' and send narco-manufacturers around the world into bankruptcy. Same for cocaine, a necessary evil for the GDP of South American states to pay back loans to US banks and to keep the friends of those banks in the power loop.

Value Investing: Going for the Gold (and Silver)

Hey Trefies, I noticed that too...

M3 Money Supply and Inflation: Got Gold?

The only reason that the ' buying spree ' with gold coins would not be accepted is because the face value of those coins (which represent legal tender in the US) is too low compared to the value of the metal.

If the Treasury ever allows redemption based on the value of the metal, gold and silver would make fiat currency obsolete-- quickly

Long Ideas for an Upcoming Crash

GMiki

What if by chance Bernanke and Paulson have an epiphany and open the Gold window of the Treasury-- allowing gold to be traded in a narrow band and allow gold holders to purchase at huge discounts and erase debt at their pleasure?

M3 Money Supply and Inflation: Got Gold?

Many of the employees of Bear Sterns and Enron had well-diversified portfolios. So once all of their dollars ran out, what did they do?

The best portfolio is the one that has real money in it-- gold and silver.