Recently, I received an email from a reader showing disappointment for having recently “bought high.” She has been acquiring PHYSICAL PMs for years – hence, sitting on significant profits; including a major purchase at this summer’s “lows” – when gold was trading around $1,580/oz, and silver $28/ounce. However – like myself – her Wall Street background is permanently ingrained in her psyche; via the time-honored adage to “BUY LOW, SELL HIGH.”
Let’s face it, EVERYONE is irritated when they “buy” something and immediately watch it fall in value. More importantly, when such purchases involved “paper investments” like stocks and bonds, actual LOSSES are incurred; which may NEVER be recouped. Heck, if you bought on margin – which Wall Street types tend to do – you may be FORCED to realize losses immediately. And oh yeah – your job, too.
Conversely, PHYSICAL gold and silver are NOT “paper investments”; but time-honored savings; essentially GUARANTEED to at least preserve purchasing power, and likely increase it DRAMATICALLY. Not only has worldwide monetary debasement gone parabolic since the gold standard was abandoned in 1971, but gold and silver prices have been ARTIFICIALLY SUPPRESSED to keep the Central banks’ fiat Ponzi Scheme intact. And I think we ALL know how Ponzi Schemes turn out…
Ponzi Scheme – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The “Holy Grail” of Precious Metals knowledge is the aforementioned realization that gold and silver are NOT “investments,” but MONEY. The ENTIRE WORLD has been brainwashed otherwise for decades; to the point essentially NO ONE worries about their “cash” in the “bank.” The fact that INFLATION has been destroying their dollars, Euros, and Yen phases them not…
…nor does the utter INSOLVENCY of the banking system…
No CB Solutions: Liquidity vs Insolvency
…repeated BAILOUTS…
QE3/∞! Fed Announces OPEN ENDED MBS at $40 Billion /Month!!!
…or actual BANK COLLAPSES…
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For most people, the truth will NOT be understood until it is too late; i.e., when the ENTIRE WORLD simultaneously figures it out, as fiat currencies collapse and REAL MONEY is sold out. When you start measuring your wealth in terms of ounces – not “dollars” – you will have made the leap of faith necessary to PROTECT your assets; putting yourself in the only “1%” that really matters…
As for me, I could care less what price I pay, so long as I ESCAPE un-backed currency – to the promised land of REAL MONEY. In terms of PROTECTING my assets, my goal is to “BUY LOW”, “BUY HIGH,” and “SELL NEVER.”
PROTECT YOURSELF, and do it NOW!
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I exchange fiat (I don’t like to use the term “buy” when it comes to silver) every pay day for pre-65 coinage. I have a set amount that I put away out of each pay check that is allocated for that purpose ONLY. I pay my bills in fiat and save in silver. I dollar cost average so I exchange when the price is up & down… sometimes even pick up a little extra on the low dips. I started picking up silver in the $18 range… all the way up to the $49+ range and all the way back down into the $26 range and back to the current “price”. It’s all paper manipulation, all I care about is acquiring as much as I can with the allocated amount every other week.
I do believe in having a small amount of savings in fiat for emergency purposes only, but I keep it in cash form and outside of the fractional reserve banking system.
Danny,
Perfect, that’s EXACTLY how I do it.
Andy
Andy – As usual,another great article, thanks for keeping us focused. Magnus
Thanks!
Andy