Here is an interesting thing. around 1980 when gold was $600 per ounce if you invested $10,000 that $10K would be worth around $30K today so you would have a nice 20K profit.
Had you invested that $10K in silver at that same time that $10K would now be worth $82K for a far $72K profit.
I think it's at a price now like housing is around here that it just can't go up the way it has.. My uncle bought a house in 1980 for $50k, now it's worth around $300k.. so 6x.. But in 30 years, is it going to be worth $1.8M ? Yeah right.
I bought gold when it was less than $500/ounce and sold it two years ago. I should have held on a bit longer obviously, but I can't complain. Anyone keeping or going into gold now is crazy.
Imagine if you had bought domain names back then... brown.com, blue.com, computers.com, cars.com, auctions.com, etc... would have made your gold dream a nightmare.
Imagine if you had bought domain names back then... brown.com, blue.com, computers.com, cars.com, auctions.com, etc... would have made your gold dream a nightmare.
a nightmare of tripling your money? yeah.. frightening shit man...
Imagine if you had bought domain names back then... brown.com, blue.com, computers.com, cars.com, auctions.com, etc... would have made your gold dream a nightmare.
exactly. people get all excited that their gold investment or stocks made 1200 in the past year. wowie...there are much better places to put your money that can return much better than that.
you don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day..
Here is an interesting thing. around 1980 when gold was $600 per ounce if you invested $10,000 that $10K would be worth around $30K today so you would have a nice 20K profit.
Had you invested that $10K in silver at that same time that $10K would now be worth $82K for a far $72K profit.
Maybe silver is the real investment.
Gold at it's peak in 1980 was $850 an ounce. Those fuckers got screwed big time. Just like anyone dumb enough to buy gold now. If you bought gold 10 years ago when it was $250 an ounce yeah you're doing ok now.
yeah just 300%, now calculate you put that money on bank, and see how much would you have now...
If you put $10,000 in a relatively low yield safe investment returning just 4% per year 30 years ago, it'd be worth $32,433.98 today. That's the magic of compound interest.
If you put $10,000 in a relatively low yield safe investment returning just 4% per year 30 years ago, it'd be worth $32,433.98 today. That's the magic of compound interest.
Yes but doesn't inflation eat an average of 3% per year?
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You sir know nothing about gold. It will continue to rise and someday be $1 million per ounce. Then you will be sorry.
It will continue to rise until there is stability and confidence in the currencies of the world, especially the USD, and that isn't going to happen anytime soon. As the USD goes, gold is only going to rise. Print more money, dollar value goes down, gold goes up.
History... know your history. And also know the reasons why people / countries hold gold, and continue to buy it even though it is at a record high. The Central Banks have bought more gold in the first half of this year than they did all of last year combined. Countries are stock piling it in tons and are buying even though it's high. And though it is unlikely, they probably know something the brilliant webmasters at GFY don't know.
What I would like to know is, all of you who think gold is a terrible buy, what exactly do you have to buy a new currency should the USD collapse and a new currency is issued? You think they are just going to drive through the streets tossing out free money? Lets hope nothing like that ever happens, but the path the USA is on is unsustainable. Something will give sooner or later. Pray to your god it's not a currency collapse. If you know anything about currency and history, you would know a new currency method is introduced every 25 - 40 years or so. We went off the gold standard in 1971, so we're do. No telling what is next, but there is a good chance dollars won't be worth very much when you try to cash them in for whatever is next.
Most of you have health insurance, car insurance, and home insurance, yet you do not have currency insurance. That's where precious metals come in. Doesn't hurt to own a little bit of it, nor is it crazy. Just in case. After all, isn't that why you insure everything else in your life? Just in case the worst happens.
Gold is up 17% in 2011 alone (and rising). Hardly a stupid investment. Even if you got in now, it's going to rise a lot more before it's all over. But like anything else, real state, stocks, other metals... all of it carries risk. But then again, so does holding onto a falling currency. That's just the way it works.
Just spend some time reading up on history, money, currency, and gold. No need to take anyone's word for it, see what happened in the past and you will clearly see what may be coming in the near future. Plan for the worst and hope for the best. That's all you can do.
Deceptive. That doesn't show percent increase. Of course the DOW is going to look like it's out performing gold because of the scale. That's not to say that it didn't, but the graph is deceptive. It should have the DOW price on one side and the price of gold on the other.
Deceptive. That doesn't show percent increase. Of course the DOW is going to look like it's out performing gold because of the scale. That's not to say that it didn't, but the graph is deceptive. It should have the DOW price on one side and the price of gold on the other.
I'd still take stocks over gold any day.
Any that are catching your eye right now? I think HOU is a good buy at under $5.
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So maybe I'm tripping out, but doesn't 14.23% on 10k compounded monthly only yield a little over 1.5k a year? I was under the impression that all of the rent money came from interest on your savings.
Maybe I'm missing something.
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So maybe I'm tripping out, but doesn't 14.23% on 10k compounded monthly only yield a little over 1.5k a year? I was under the impression that all of the rent money came from interest on your savings.
Imagine if you would have bought Apple's share back in 1994...
94 was good, but I was telling everyone back in nov 08 to buy - it was hovering around 98-100 during the crisis and everyone was saying sell sell sell!
I made quite a lot of money in 6 months on very little investement during that crisis. The same crisis is happening now - buy solid banking stocks like SOCGEN (CAC40).... they are rock bottom but for sure will go up as it is the major govt-backed bank.....
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Yes but doesn't inflation eat an average of 3% per year?
So? If you had let that $10k sit in under your mattress it would still be $10K today. If you bought $10k worth of gold in 1980 it would only be worth $21K today. So an investment that only yeilded 4% would have been the better choice. Of course in the 80's you could get 5% on a savings account and 10% on a 1 year CD.
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