Why INVEST in GOLD, SILVER & BASE METALS ?
"GOOD Money should be effective as a store of value, a medium of exchange as well as a unit of account. In order for money to be effective in the above it has to have the following properties:
* Divisible - should be divisible into smaller units
* Portable - able to carry it around therefore a high value should be able to be contained ina small space and weight
* Homogenous - one unit should be the same as any other unit
* Durable - should not be able to be easily destroyed or eroded
* Valuable - should have intrinsic value, normally because it is desirable. Should not be able to be created or discovered without reasonable effort. Normally a commodity itself."
A Few FAMOUS Quotes and Information:
"The Constitution of the United States is a contract between individuals that created a separate entity called government, where within it, the contract explains how this entity is to function. The government is the servant of the people and the top level of government, is the citizenry. The contract's validity supporting government's existence, only exists for as long as it maintains the contract, because its legitimacy is ONLY derived from the consent of the governed."
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coinage_Act_of_1792
"Knowledge with Action is Power"
"The trouble with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money"
"Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not"
"A general rule of thumb, every $1 Trillon of Fresh Debt issued by the treasury equates with a $125 per ounce increase in the price of Gold."
" Paper is Poverty... it is the ghost of Money, NOT Money itself."
"DEMOCRACY is two Wolves and a Lamb voting on what to have for lunch, LIBERTY is a well armed Lamb contesting the vote."
The first U.S. paper notes (fractional dollars) were printed in 1862 to make up for a shortage of coins and to help finance the Civil War, it has been down hill ever since. www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0774850.html
Definition FIAT Money
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency_war http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodity_money
Think back 50 years to 1961, a $1 U.S. Paper Note was and still is valued as a 2011, $1 U.S. Paper Note and in 1961 U.S. 90% Silver Coins were in circulation as Money. However, if you had kept $1 U.S. 90% Silver Half Dollars, Quarters or Dimes from 1961, based on 11-11-11 "Spot Silver price" of $34.73 your value for that $1 in silver would equal $25.13 in today's U.S. paper dollars. Which would you rather hold as Money, Paper or Silver?
My preference is BUY the physical metal, taking possession because you can hold the finished product in your hands and you can instantly see the beauty, purity & exact weight of what you own (NO Surprises, you either BUY it or pass on the deal offered at that time).
When you BUY shares of a mining company you run all the RISK involved in the mining of the metal, the company's management team, raising capital to explore for the ore, leasing the site, dealing with all the governmental permits and environmental rules & regulations, foreign governments (can take years for final approvals). Next comes building roads to the site, putting up all the necessary buildings, bringing in the drilling equipment & heavy machinery, hiring expert labor, insurance premiums, refining / smelting cost, transportation cost and so on. Also, you have to know the spot pricing of the metals and do feasibility studies to see if you can mine the ore at a profit for all the risk you have to incur before making a profit.
For me, I want to have the control of BUYING and SELLING the finished product when I want to without outside RISKS that I can't control. For me holding the Hard Asset is much better than a slip of paper.
Did You Know?
Currently (2009) there are:
177 currencies being used around the world today
609 currencies that no longer circulate
53 of those were destroyed as a result of HYPERINFLATION caused by over-issuance
Zimbabwe printed a $100,000,000,000,000 (One Hundred TRILLION Dollar Note) the largest so far
Percentages:
19% of World currencies have been destroyed by hyperinflation
23% of World currencies exist TODAY
58% of World currencies NO longer are in use
BUY the METALS not PAPER they have always stood the test of time
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"GOLD is the sweat of the Sun, SILVER is the tears of the Moon." INCA Proverb |
| 2011 Year End Closing METAL Prices ~~ Basis: New York KITCO Closing "BID" Prices | |||||||||||||||
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| AG |
SILVER |
$30.91 | $27.86 | -$3.05 | -10.95% | $? | $ | 0% | |||||||
| AU |
GOLD |
$1,421.60 | $1,566.40 | $144.80 | 9.24% | $? | $ | 0% | |||||||
| PT |
PLATINUM |
$1,769.00 | $1397.00 | -$372.00 | -26.63% | $? | $ | 0% | |||||||
| PD |
PALLADIUM |
$800.00 | $654.00 | -$146.00 | -22.32% | $? | $ | 0% | |||||||
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| CU |
COPPER |
$4.4187 | $3.5692 | -$0.85 | -23.80% | $? | $ | 0% | |||||||
| NI |
NICKEL |
$11.2979 | $8.4150 | -$2.88 | -34.26% | $? | $ | 0% | |||||||
| AL |
ALUMINUM |
$1.0973 | $0.9476 | -$0.15 | -15.80% | $? | $ | 0% | |||||||
| ZN |
ZINC |
$1.3104 | $0.8259 | -$0.48 | -58.66% | $? | $ | 0% | |||||||
| Pb |
LEAD |
$1.1677 | $0.9091 | -$0.26 | -28.45% | $? | $ | 0% | |||||||
